Immunosuppressive Therapy
Immunosuppressive drug therapy Immunosuppressive drug therapy: (i-myoo-no-suh-PREH-siv)
Aplastic Anemia
Growth Factors
Growth factors Growth factors: Growth factors are naturally occurring hormones in your body that signal your bone marrow to make more of certain types of blood cells.
Blood Transfusions
A blood transfusion blood transfusion: A procedure in which whole blood or one of its components is given to a person through an intravenous (IV) line i
Blood Clot Treatment
Blood clots are very dangerous. If you have a blood clot blood clot: A mass of blood that forms when platelets stick together. Harmful blood clots are more likely to happen in PNH.
Androgens
Androgens Androgens: Androgens are natural male hormones that can cause your bone marrow to make more red blood cells. This can improve anemia.
2nd Annual DEI Symposium for Bone Marrow Failure Care
Topic(s)
Aplastic Anemia
Bone Marrow Transplant
Living Well with Bone Marrow Failure
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)
Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH)
This symposium provides updates on the most recent advances in the pathophysiology, diagnosis and clinical management of bone marrow failure diseases, including aplastic anemia, myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH), secondary acute myeloid…
Jamile M. Shammo, MD, FASCP, FACP
Institution
Northwestern Medical Group
Physician Status
accepting new patients
Primary Disease Area of Focus
Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
Aplastic Anemia
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)
Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPN)
Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH)
Tiffany: “My Bone Marrow is Failing Me”
Tiffany was putting her degree in psychology to work. A Bethune-Cookman University graduate, she was working her dream job in a facility in Jacksonville, Florida.