APSTH-ISTH joint symposium (July 11th, 2009, Boston) 09/25,2008 The APSTH-ISTH joint symposium (12:15 - 13:45 on July 11th, 2009) President of the Boston ISTH Conference, Dr. Bruce Furie and the Scientific Program Committee Chair, Dr. Ken Bauer were kind enough to agree to have the APSTH-JSTH joint symposium (12:15 - 13:45 on July 11th, 2009) during the educational program of the Boston ISTH Conference. The speakers and titles of their presentations are as follows: 1) Coagulopathy in Malaria Speaker - Pantep Angchaisuksiri, M.D. Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University Bangkok, Thailand 2) Use of Asian snake venom inhibitors in studies of blood coagulation mechanism Speaker - Takashi Morita, Ph.D. Department of Molecular Biology Meiji Pharmaceutical College Tokyo, Japan 3) Coagulopathy induced by snake bites and its management Speaker - Geoff Isbister, M.D. Menzies School of Health Research Clinical Toxicologist and Emergency Physician Calvary Mater Newcastle, Australia 4) Genetic disorders related to coagulopathy prevalent in the far east Speaker - Toshiyuki Miyata, Ph.D. 　　　　　　Director of Department of Etiology and Pathogenesis 　　　　　　Research Institute, National Cardiovascular Center National Institute of Circulation Research 　　　　　　Osaka, Japan