Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Program (HHT)
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The HHT Program at Boston Medical Center includes medical providers from 10 specialties, committed to providing coordinated, excellent care including genetic counseling and testing, diagnosis, screening, and treatment to optimize the health and lives of those affected by HHT.
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Specialty Clinics
Hematology
Patients with blood disorders receive consultation and treatment for a broad range of benign conditions, such as hemoglobinopathies (sickle cell anemia and thalassemia), hemochromatosis, bleeding and thrombotic disorders (von Willebrand's disease and hemophilia), hypercoagulable states, myeloproliferative disorders, myelodysplasia and anemia, and malignancies such as leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma.
Conditions We Treat
Treatments & Services
- Nasal AVM laser ablation
- Nasal AVM embolization
- Brain AVM Counseling
- Brain AVM Radiosurgery
- Brain AVM Embolization
- Brain AVM TOBAS study
- Colonoscopy
- Endoscopy, Upper Endoscopy
- Lung AVM embolization
Diagnostics and Tests
Genetic Consultation
As HHT is a hereditary condition, people with several features of HHT or a close relative with HHT are often referred to a genetics professional. During a genetics consultation, information regarding HHT, clinical diagnostic criteria, as well as possible genetic testing is provided. Genetic testing (via blood or saliva sample) can help provide a definitive diagnosis of HHT. Genetic consultation also provides a time to discuss possible results such as positive, negative, or uncertain and the implications of each. The genetics team works closely with the person being tested and insurance to provide affordable access to genetic testing.
A clear diagnosis (genetic or via clinical criteria) allows for appropriate recommendations for preventative screening, medical management and treatment of the features of HHT. Those diagnosed with HHT can then share their diagnosis with other first-degree relatives to determine whether they too may merit such counseling and testing or have not inherited HHT.
Our Team
Directors
Jean-Antoine Ribeil, MD, PhD
Special Interests
Hemoglobinopathies, red blood cell disorders, sickle cell anemia
Michael P Platt, MD, MSc
Special Interests
Diseases of the nose, sinuses, and anterior skull base, endoscopic procedures
Thanh Nguyen, MD
Special Interests
Interventional neuroradiology, brain aneurysm, stroke, head and neck tumors, carotid and intracranial artery stenosis, subarachnoid hemorrhage, spinal vascular interventions, traumatic carotid and vertebral dissection, vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty for acute spinal fractures
Anesthesia
Rafael M Gonzalez, MD
Clinical Genetics
Jodi D Hoffman, MD
Special Interests
Pediatric genetic syndromes, Jewish genetic diseases, adult genetic conditions, malformation syndromes, cancer syndromes
Dermatology
Margaret S Lee, MD, PhD
Special Interests
Pediatric dermatology

Otolaryngology (ENT)
Gregory A Grillone, MD
Special Interests
Laryngology, minimally invasive surgery of the upper aerodigestive tract, sleep surgery, laser surgery, head and neck cancer surgery
Jessica R Levi, MD
Special Interests
Pediatric obstructive sleep apnea
Michael P Platt, MD, MSc
Special Interests
Diseases of the nose, sinuses, and anterior skull base, endoscopic procedures
Hematology
Jean-Antoine Ribeil, MD, PhD
Special Interests
Hemoglobinopathies, red blood cell disorders, sickle cell anemia
Interventional Neuroradiology
Mohamad K Abdalkader, MD
Thanh Nguyen, MD
Special Interests
Interventional neuroradiology, brain aneurysm, stroke, head and neck tumors, carotid and intracranial artery stenosis, subarachnoid hemorrhage, spinal vascular interventions, traumatic carotid and vertebral dissection, vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty for acute spinal fractures
Interventional Radiology
Suvranu Ganguli, MD
Special Interests
Interventional neuroradiology, vascular and interventional radiology
David Guez, MD
Pulmonology
Elizabeth S Klings, MD
Special Interests
Pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary complications of sickle cell disease, pulmonary embolism, chronic dyspnea
Hector A Marquez, MD
Neurology
Thanh Nguyen, MD
Special Interests
Interventional neuroradiology, brain aneurysm, stroke, head and neck tumors, carotid and intracranial artery stenosis, subarachnoid hemorrhage, spinal vascular interventions, traumatic carotid and vertebral dissection, vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty for acute spinal fractures