Between 20 and 25 million people worldwide have sickle cell disease. In this video, HealthMaker Gary Gibbons, MD, director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, explains who has it and how many people contract the disease each year.
Gary Gibbons, MD, is a renowned leader within the field of cardiology. Throughout his career, Dr. Gibbons has held several prestigious positions. Roles include serving as the Director of the NIH's National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, leading the Cardiovascular Research Institute as its founding director and working as a professor of physiology and medicine at the Morehouse School of Medicine.
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