Dr. Rafael Bejar, MD, PhD, is board-certified in internal medicine, oncology, and hematology, with a special interest in hematologic malignancies (blood cancers). He specializes in the care of patients with
Dr. Abel received his MD and MPH from Columbia University in 2000. He completed his postgraduate training in internal medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and his hematology/oncology fellowship at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. In 2007, he joined Dana-Farber and is a member of the Hematologic Malignancies staff, as well as the Center for Outcomes and Policy Research.
Brian's surprise MDS diagnosis leads to an unsettling strategy: watch and wait! Listen to him describe how he makes the most from the long-term waiting with low-risk MDS in this conversation with AAMDSIF.
Dr. Mikhail Kogan, Medical Director of the GW Center for Integrative Medicine, discusses incorporating Integrative Medicine into a patient's treatment plan. He describes using yoga, meditation, and other techniques to help patients while they are in treatment for bone marrow failure conditions.
Johnnie Burford was deployed in Korea. He was a muscular 195-lb athlete, a proud member of the US Army Second Division. Nothing stopped him from performing his duty. Yet a rapid weight loss of 100 pounds, coupled with unusual bruising, alerted him that something was very wrong.
Derek was turning 45 and had noticed occasional swelling in his legs. Due to a family history of heart disease, his wife, Amy, was uneasy, noticing this symptom. She encouraged Derek to see his doctor for more thorough testing.
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