About Us
Our Vision
The American Blood Clot Association envisions a future in which there is a high public awareness to the life threatening dangers of blood clots. With a higher awareness, blood clot related conditions and deaths will be significantly reduced
Our Mission
The American Blood Clot Association is a nationwide non-profit, voluntary health organization that is dedicated to educating patients and healthcare professionals to prevent, diagnose, and treat life-threatening blood clots like DVT (deep vein thrombosis), PE (pulmonary embolism), and clot related stroke.
The American Blood Clot Association focuses its initiatives on the people who are at a high risk of developing a blood clot, those who have experienced a blood clot, and medical professionals who diagnose and treat patients.
Our Objective
- Become the key source of information to increase awareness and knowledge of blood clot conditions and treatments to patients and healthcare professionals.
- Prevent blood clots(thrombosis), diminish suffering, and reduce death related to blood clots.
- Work with healthcare professionals to establish guidelines to prevent, diagnose, treat, and manage blood clots.
- Assist in developing support groups locally and online.
- Promote educational courses/webinars for patients and healthcare professionals
- Build an online social network that increases awareness, encourages conversation and collaboration.
- Create awareness through traditional and social media channels
- Encourage medical professionals to specialize in thrombosis/thrombophilia.