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Andra Hohler James

Professor Emeritus of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maternal Fetal Medicine
Box 3967 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
2608 Erwin Road, Suite 200, Durham, NC 27705

Selected Presentations & Appearances


Sickle Cell Disease in Pregnancy - Hematology Lecture - Guest Lecture Series · March 4, 2022 - March 4, 2022 Lecture Harvard/Massachusetts General Hospital, Virtual
Thrombocytopenia in Pregnancy - Hematology/Medical Oncology Grand Rounds · March 1, 2022 - March 1, 2022 Invited Talk Weill Cornell Medicine/New York Presbyterian Hospital, Virtual
Iron Deficiency Anemia in Pregnancy - Annual Meeting · January 24, 2022 - January 24, 2022 Invited Talk SAAOG, Sea Island, GA
Pregnancy and Preconception Issues in SCD - SAPPORT (Sickle Cell Disease Advanced Practice Provider Opportunities and Resource Training) · September 1, 2021 - September 1, 2021 Invited Talk Johns Hopkins University, Virtual
Iron Deficiency Anemia in Pregnancy - Pediatric Hematology Grand Rounds · April 21, 2021 Invited Talk University of Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Virtual
Bleeding and Clotting Conundrums in Women's Health - Foundation for Women and Girl's with Blood Disorders biennial meeting · September 25, 2020 National Scientific Meeting FWGBD, Virtual
Women with Hemophilia: Management of Delivery - WFH 2020 World Congress · June 17, 2020 International Meeting or Conference World Federation of Hemophilia, Virtual
Venous Thromboembolic Disorders: Treatment - Pregnancy and Maternal Conditions That Increase Risk of Morbidity and Mortality Workshop · May 19, 2020 Invited Talk NICHD/NIH, Virtual
Deep Venous Thrombosis/Pulmonary Embolism - Obstetric Critical Care Course · February 3, 2020 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Grapevine, TX
Coagulation Conundrum Roundtable: Case-based Discussion on the Implications of Exogenous Estrogens in Hemostasis and Thrombosis - Annual Meeting Educational Program · December 7, 2019 - December 8, 2019 Invited Talk American Society of Hematology , Orlando, FL
Massive Transfusion and TEG (Viscoelastic) Guided Management - Maternal Medicine Course · September 5, 2019 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Chicago, IL
Reproductive Issues in Sickle Cell Disease - Grand Rounds · August 14, 2019 Lecture Duke OBGYN, Durham, NC
Inherited Antithrombin Deficiency - Uterine Hemostasis Colloquium II · May 9, 2019 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium Foundation for Women and Girls with Blood Disorders, New Orleans, LA
Heavy Menstrual Bleeding: What Does the Internist Need to Know? - Parvin Saidi Memorial Lecture · November 14, 2018 Keynote/Named Lecture Rutgers University Department of Medicine, New Brunswick, NJ
Venous Thromboembolism in Pregnancy · November 10, 2018 National Scientific Meeting American Heart Association , Chicago, IL
Bleeding Disorders in Adolescents - Sally Perlman Lecture · October 5, 2018 Keynote/Named Lecture University of Louisville Department of Pediatrics, Louisville, KY
Prevention and management of thromboembolism in pregnancy when heparins are not an option · September 13, 2018 International Meeting or Conference Swedish OBGYN Society Thrombosis and Hemostasis meeting, Gothenburg Sweden
Diagnosis and treatment of VTE during pregnancy · September 13, 2018 International Meeting or Conference Swedish OBYN Society Thrombosis and Hemostasis meeting, Gothenburg, Sweden
Postpartum Hemorrhage: What to Do When Uterotonics and Sutures Don't Work - 67th Annual Meeting · August 25, 2018 Invited Talk Georgia Obstetrical & Gynecological Society and Georgia Section ACOG, Sea Island, GA
Clotting Disorders in Pregnancy - 67th Annual Meeting · August 24, 2018 Invited Talk Georgia Obstetrical & Gynecological Society and Georgia Section ACOG, Sea Island, GA
Understanding the Medical Complications and Pregnancy-Related Complications - Annual Sickle Cell Disease Meeting · August 14, 2018 National Scientific Meeting NIH/NHLBI/DBDR, Bethesda, MD
On being a woman with a bleeding disorder - 2nd Canadian Conference on Bleeding Disorders in Women · June 1, 2018 Keynote/Named Lecture Canadian Hemophilia Society, Quebec City, Quebec
Special considerationf for delivery of a baby to a mother with a bleeding disorder - A close look at hemostatic preparation and delivery issues - 2nd Canadian Conference on Bleeding Disorders in Women · June 1, 2018 Invited Talk Canadian Hemophilia Society, Quebec City, Quebec
Uterine Hemostasis · November 8, 2017 Visiting Professorship Lecture George Washington University Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Washington, DC
Treating Excessive Menstrual Bleeding: What does the internist need to know? · November 2, 2017 Visiting Professorship Lecture University of Florida, Department of Medicine, Gainesville, FL
Bleeding and the Management of Hemorrhagic Disorders in Pregnancy · November 2, 2017 Invited Talk Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology - Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine; Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology; University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
What's New in Anticoagulation? - Medical Complications During Pregnancy Course · September 25, 2017 National Scientific Meeting Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine ,
Sickle Cell Disease and Having Children: Pre-pregnancy Issues - Sickle Cell Disease Educational Seminar · September 8, 2017 Invited Talk Cayenne Wellness Center and Children's Foundation, Valley Children's Hospital, Madera, CA
Management of Coagulopathy at Delivery - Symposium on Women with Bleeding Disorders · April 1, 2017 Invited Talk University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CA
Evaluation and management of heavy menstrual bleeding across the lifespan - Symposium on Women with Bleeding Disorders · April 1, 2017 Invited Talk University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CA
How a woman who bled to death changed my life - Symposium on Women with Bleeding Disorders · March 31, 2017 Keynote/Named Lecture University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CA
What (If Anything) to do About Thrombophilia in Pregnancy - Consultative Hematology Course · December 5, 2016 National Scientific Meeting American Society of Hematology, San Diego, CA
Massive Obstetrical Hemorrhage - When Uterotonics and Sutures Fail - Scientific Program · October 14, 2016 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium ACOG District IV & VII , White Sulphur Springs, WV
Thrombophilia Update - CM Easley Symposium and Resident Research Day · May 20, 2016 Visiting Professorship Lecture University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville, Greenville, SC
Reproductive Bleeding in Women with Bleeding Disorders - CM Easley Symposium and Resident Research Day · May 20, 2016 Visiting Professorship Lecture University of South Carolina of Medicine Greenville, Greenville, SC
Maternal-Fetal Considerations in Antithrombin Deficiency - The Management Challenges of Antithrombin Deficiency in Pregnancy · October 16, 2015 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium Foundation for Women and Girls with Blood Disorders, Chicago, IL
Update on Inherited Thrombophilia for Obstetricians - 69th Annual Meeting · September 19, 2015 Invited Talk The South Carolina Obstetrical and Gynecological Society Meeting, Hilton Head, SC
Reproductive Tract Bleeding in Women with Underlying Bleeding Disorders - 69th Annual Meeting · September 17, 2015 Invited Talk The South Carolina Obstetrical and Gynecological Society Meeting, Hilton Head, SC
Family Planning for Women with Sickle Cell Disease - Improving the Health of Individuals and Families Living with Sickle Cell Disease · September 11, 2015 Invited Talk Duke School of Nursing, Durham, NC
Thrombosis in Pregnancy and Maternal Outcomes - Annual Meeting · July 2, 2014 Invited Talk Teratology Society, Bellevue, WA

Service to the Profession


Consultant - Meeting to plan for the update of the US Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use (US MEC) and the US Selected Practice Recommendations for Contraceptive Use (US SPR). · January 21, 2021 - January 21, 2021 Consulting Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Virtual
Co-chair OBGYN Subgroup - Hemostasis Clinical Trials Outcomes Workshop · September 23, 2019 - September 24, 2019 Consulting NIH/NHLBI, Bethesda
Consultant - Hormonal contraceptive use among women with medical conditions that increase thrombosis risk · September 10, 2019 - September 10, 2019 Consulting CDC , Atlanta, GA

Consultation regarding risk factors for thrombosis for the Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use

Member expert panel - ASH VTE Guidelines: Thrombophilia · 2018 - 2022 Committee Service American Society of Hematology , Washington, DC
Expert - Superficial Venous Thrombosis: Impact and Effect of Hormones - Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use · August 27, 2015 Consulting CDC, Atlanta, GA
Member expert panel - ASH VTE Guidelines: Venous Thromboembolism in the Context of Pregnancy · 2015 - 2018 Committee Service American Society of Hematology , Washington, DC
Member - VTE Technical Advisory Panel · 2015 - 2019 Committee Service Joint Commission, Oakbrook, IL
External Adviser - Transagency Consortium for Trauma Coagulopathy · 2014 - 2022 Editorial Activities NIH/NHLBI, Bethesda
Co-chair - Working Group on Mechanistic Perspectives on Hormone-Induced Thrombosis in Women · September 12, 2012 - September 13, 2012 Committee Service NIH/National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD
Special Advisor - Women’s Issues · 2011 - 2012 Consulting Division of Blood Diseases and Resources, NHLBI/NIH, Interagency Personnel Agreement ,
Member - Medical Advisory Committee · 2010 - 2019 Committee Service Platelet Disorders Support Association,
President · 2009 - April 19, 2022 Professional Development Foundation for Women and Girls with Blood Disorders,
Member - Sickle Cell Disease Expert Panel · 2009 - 2014 Committee Service NIH/National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD
Member - Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee · 2005 - 2012 Committee Service National Hemophilia Foundation, NY
Member - von Willebrand Disease Expert Panel · 2004 - 2007 Committee Service NIH/National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD

Service to Duke


Co-chair · 2015 Event/Organization Administration Duke Hemostasis and Thrombosis Center,

Clinical Activities


  • Lead and senior author for the Women’s Health chapter of the American Society of Hematology’s Self Assessment Program.  
  • Co-developer of Duke protocol for prevention of postpartum venous thromboembolism.

  • Co-author of the  ACOG Thromboembolism in Pregnancy Practice Bulletin.

  • Co-contributor to the Canadian guidelines for Prevention of Recurrent Stroke in Pregnancy. 

  • Member of the American Society of Hematology Thromboembolism in Pregnancy Expert Panel for development of evidence-based guidelines.

  • Member of the American Society of Hematology Thrombophilia Expert Panel for development of evidence-based guidelines.