Beyond the Liver: Understanding Alcohol’s Impact on Hematologic Function
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Beyond the Liver: Understanding Alcohol’s Impact on Hematologic Function
Host: The National Council on Mental Wellbeing
Recorded: August 4, 2026
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Overview
This training explores how alcohol disrupts blood cell production and function, including bone marrow toxicity, impaired nutrient absorption, increased bleeding risk, and increased vulnerability to infection. Because clinicians frequently encounter these hematologic abnormalities without a clear underlying cause, understanding alcohol's role can improve diagnosis, inform treatment decisions, and support more effective patient management. Participants will learn how alcohol affects blood cells and platelets, recognize common hematologic complications associated with alcohol use, and apply these insights to enhance clinical assessment and care.
The target audience for this introductory level activity includes: All types of healthcare professionals.
The ACGME Competencies include: Medical Knowledge, Patient Care and Procedural Skills, and Systems-based Practice
Learning Objectives
Upon completion, learners will be able to:
- Identify how alcohol affects red cells, white cells, and platelets.
- Recognize common hematologic complications linked to alcohol use.
- Apply clinical insights to improve patient assessment and management.
- Registration Deadline: 08/30/2027
- Close Access Date: 09/30/2027
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Thomas G. DeLoughery, M.D., M.A.C.P., FAWM
Oregon Health & Science University
Tom DeLoughery graduated from Indiana State University in 1981 and the Indiana University School of Medicine in 1985. He did his internship at the University of California, Irvine before traveling to Oregon where he finished his internal medicine residency and hematology/oncology fellowship.
He is currently a professor of medicine, pathology and pediatrics in the Divisions of Hematology/Oncology and Laboratory Medicine at OHSU. His clinical interests are in blood diseases, hemostasis, and thrombosis. He has won numerous teaching awards and has given education sessions to national meetings of many professional societies. He is the course director for the medical school Blood Course and was a co-developer of the Blood and Host Defense course for the New Curriculum.
He also has an interest in the hematologic aspects of sport and travel medicine and served six years on the board of directors of the Wilderness Medicine Society and has chaired their research committee. He is a master at the American College of Physicians and Fellows of the Academy of Wilderness Medicine.
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