Women's Blood Disorders: Clotting and Bleeding from Periods through Menopause with Ariela Marshall - Ep. 212

FemTech Focus

In this episode, we talk to Ariela Marshall, a hematologist specializing in disorders of thrombosis and hemostasis (bleeding and clotting) in women. In this interview, we discuss blood thinners, the role of estrogen in blood clots and disorders of thrombosis and hemostasis throughout a woman's life.

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Guest bio

Dr. Marshall is a hematologist specializing in disorders of thrombosis and hemostasis (bleeding and clotting) in women. She is a graduate of Harvard Medical School and completed her residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania followed by a fellowship in hematology-oncology at Dana Farber Cancer Institute/Massachusetts General Hospital. She worked as a hematologist at Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota from 2015-2021 and in 2021 she moved to Philadelphia to became the Director of Women’s Thrombosis and Hemostasis at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Marshall is currently planning to move back to Minnesota in summer 2023 and will establish educational platforms and advocacy initiatives centered on women’s health, particularly women’s blood disorders. In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Marshall is a medical educator with a focus on career development, leadership, mentorship, and work-life integration. She has a particular interest in gender equity for patients as well as for physicians. She leads several national advocacy initiatives, co-chairs several national working groups and task forces, and speaks regularly on a national scope to discuss her efforts to advance fertility/infertility awareness, parental health, and gender equity.

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The FemTech Focus Podcast is brought to you by FemHealth Insights, the leader in Women’s Health market research and consulting. In this show, Dr. Brittany Barreto hosts meaningfully provocative conversations that bring FemTech experts - including doctors, scientists, inventors, and founders - on air to talk about the innovative technology, services, and products (collectively known as FemTech) that are improving women's health and wellness. Though many leaders in FemTech are women, this podcast is not specifically about female founders, nor is it geared toward a specifically female audience. The podcast gives our host, Dr. Brittany Barreto, and guests an engaging, friendly environment to learn about the past, present, and future of women’s health and wellness.

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Time Stamps

[04:10] Ariela’s background

[06:00] Definitions - hematology, hemostasis and thrombosis

[07:52] How does bleeding and clotting affect women?

[09:25] Disorders in younger women

[11:50] Contraception

[13:06] Blood clots

[20:39] Blood thinning

[22:58] Sex specific recommendations

[24:24] The role of estrogen in blood clots

[30:40] Bleeding and risk factors for menopausal women

[32:33] Bleeding PSA’s for women’s health

[36:48] What’s an area of women’s health and wellness that still needs innovating?

[38:03] Insurance for blood thinners

[38:58] What does the femtech industry as a whole need the most right now in order to be successful?

[39:37] Are medical schools starting to have the conversation about sex as a biological variable?

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Episode Contributors

Dr. Ariela Marshall

LinkedIn: @Ariela Marshall, MD

Twitter: @AMarshallMD

Dr. Brittany Barreto

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