Andra James

Andra James (Med ’93) was named 2008 Physician of the Year by the National Hemophilia Foundation for her pioneering work involving women with clotting and bleeding disorders. Dr. James is an assistant professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology’s division of maternal fetal medicine at Duke University Medical Center. She is a nationally recognized expert on von Willebrand disease. She was also the recipient of the National Hemophilia Foundation’s first Project Red Flag Renée Paper Award of Excellence.  Educating women and physicians and generating more awareness about bleeding disorders is central to James’ work. As a member of the National Institutes of Health/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute’s von Willebrand Disease Expert Panel, she helped craft new guidelines in 2008 for diagnosing and treating the disease. She published a book, 100 Questions & Answers About von Willebrand Disease, and is the lead investigator on a new research project that will study postpartum bleeding in women with and without von Willebrand disease.