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Our ITP Program at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center is one of the most comprehensive treatment and research programs in the world. That is why we receive many inquiries from people on our website concerning ITP. We hear from people diagnosed with ITP who are seeking the best treatments available, as well as those who are experiencing certain symptoms and want to know if they should be alarmed.  We hear from parents concerned for their children who are displaying symptomology, as well as from children monitoring their older parents’ blood disease. Dr. Bussel provides advice for those recently diagnosed with ITP as well as for those interested in learning more about the illness.

Thalassemia comes from the Greek word "thalassa" for sea. Thalassemia means the anemia of the sea. It is also called Cooley’s Anemia for the pediatrician from Detroit, Michigan, Dr. Thomas B. Cooley, who described the disease in 1925.