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During this webinar, Dr. Jamile Shammo from Rush University Medical Center, discusses PNH and special concerns for women. Topics discussed in the webinar are: puberty, birth control, pregnancy, menopause and hysterectomy.

Dr. Bhatt and Dr. Zimmer discuss important information about how and when to treat infectious disease in patients who have had a transplant. This webinar is appropriate for patients who are contemplating a transplant and those who have already had one. 

Tiffany N. Tanaka, MD, is a board-certified hematologist specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of blood cancers and blood disorders, with an emphasis on myeloid malignancies.  Dr.

Kathleen Moore, MD is Director, Oklahoma TSET Phase I Program; Associate Professor, Section of Gynecologic Oncology and is an associate professor in the section of gynecologic oncology and serves as the director of the Oklahoma TSET Phase I Clinical Trials Program, the state’s only phase I clinical trials program. She is the Jim and Christy Everest Endowed Chair in Cancer Research as well as the director of the gynecologic oncology fellowship program.

Swapna Thota, MD joined Roswell Park in 2017 where she specializes in caring for patients with acute leukemias, MDS and other blood cancers. She holds a dual appointment as Assistant Professor of Oncology at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo.  Dr. Thota's research focuses on hematologic malignancies, especially on novel drug development to improve outcomes in patients with blood cancers. 

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Carmelita Escalante, MD, is Professor and Department Chair in the Department of General Internal Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.  

Dr. Aditi Shastri, M.B.B.S. is a Hematologist/Oncologist at Montefiore Medical Center and is an Assistant Professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr.

Join AAMDSIF's Leigh Clark for a panel discussion with two longer-term PNH patients, Marlena Connor and Jessi Hackney. Marlena and Jessi talk about their experiences as patients, what they wish they'd knowns when they were being diagnosed, what resources are important to them and how patients (and caregivers) can connect with others affected by PNH.

Dr. Ramy Hanna is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine and Nephrology at the University of California Irvine UCI-Health. He is a clinician-educator who works at the intersection of patient education and research, participating in ongoing research into diseases of the kidneys (nephrology) as it relates to complement disorders such as PNH. Dr. Hanna is focused on working with underserved communities and the expanding field of Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learned related to improving the diagnostic process and treatment outcomes for patients.