Meet Dr. Robert Bona

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• 00:00My name is Robert Bona.
• 00:02I'm a hematologist in the
• 00:04section of hematology,
• 00:06here in the Department of Medicine,
• 00:08at the Yale Cancer Center.
• 00:10I work primarily in the classical,
• 00:12also known as benign hematology program,
• 00:15an in the hemophilia treatment center.
• 00:18Anne, I'm primarily involved in the care
• 00:20of patients who have blood disorders,
• 00:23namely those of excessive bleeding,
• 00:25excessive blood clotting,
• 00:27or those individuals who have
• 00:29abnormalities of some of the blood cells,
• 00:31such as anemia,
• 00:33low or low platelet counts,
• 00:35or individuals who have
• 00:36disorders of iron metabolism.
• 00:38I enjoyed caring for or being part
• 00:40of the care team for patients with
• 00:43blood disorders in medical school.
• 00:46I've always enjoyed looking at
• 00:48blood cells under the microscope.
• 00:50And studying blood calculation
• 00:52and blood clotting.
• 00:54Also I went to medical school in Syracuse,
• 00:58NY and at the time the hematologist
• 01:01there were among the most renowned
• 01:04individuals in their fields in the world,
• 01:08really so learning from
• 01:09them was truly inspiring.
• 01:11We care for patients and often.
• 01:16Nurses are involved in the care
• 01:18advanced practice providers and
• 01:20certainly other physicians,
• 01:21including those in lab medicine and
• 01:24transfusion medicine are important to
• 01:27the care of the patients I see as well
• 01:30as related specialties in medicine,
• 01:32surgery and radiology.
• 01:34So that that team approach is very,
• 01:37very important for for good
• 01:39care to our patients.
• 01:41I have always tried to be
• 01:44a compassionate physician.
• 01:45I recognized that it's so important
• 01:48to listen to individuals as they
• 01:51come into the office and that that
• 01:53skill of listening is something
• 01:56that is a lifelong skill.
• 01:58A skill that takes a life to to learn and,
• 02:02and I believe it's very,
• 02:05very important to develop that.
• 02:07To a significant degree,
• 02:08when patients come for their visit,
• 02:11I think it's really important
• 02:12that they have a sense of what
• 02:15they would like us to cover.
• 02:17So almost come with an agenda,
• 02:19and that might mean they want to discuss
• 02:22their diagnosis or they'd like to
• 02:24discuss treatment for their disease.
• 02:26Or perhaps they want to discuss
• 02:28diagnostic possibilities if a
• 02:30diagnosis has not yet been made.
• 02:31So I think primarily it's important
• 02:34that they come with a sense of
• 02:36what they would like us to cover.
• 02:39During the visit.
• 02:40It's also important to have
• 02:42complete medical records,
• 02:44so that's easier nowadays with
• 02:46the electronic medical record.
• 02:47But on occasion individuals will
• 02:49be referred to us from outside
• 02:52our system and getting adequate
• 02:54and complete medical records
• 02:56is also quite important to us.
• 02:58I think bringing a friend I
• 03:01family member a significant other
• 03:04is always a good thing to do.
• 03:06We often talk about significant
• 03:09health care issues.
• 03:10Sometimes the issues are complex and
• 03:12having another set of years to offer
• 03:15a different perspective perhaps.
• 03:17I think can be quite important.
• 03:20The research areas that are most
• 03:23interested in currently involve
• 03:24helping to evaluate new treatments for
• 03:27individuals with bleeding disorders or
• 03:30individuals with clotting disorders.
• 03:32I also hope in the future too.
• 03:35Make connections with some of the
• 03:38basic and physician scientists here at
• 03:40Yale to understand better some of the
• 03:43pathophysiology of the more complex
• 03:45diseases that we help take care of.