Aplastic Anemia

General Director of Clínica Ruiz, Center of Hematology and Internal Medicine of Puebla; Director of research Division of Laboratorios Ruiz, within Clínica Ruiz; Professor of Hematology at the Autonomous Popular University of the State of Puebla

Dr. Oved completed scientific and clinical training that included tenures as a Fulbright Fellow with the Weizmann Institute in Israel, the NYU School of Medicine with two years as a Howard Hughes Medical Fellow, followed by a residency in Pediatrics at NYP Weill Cornell Medical College. During his residency, he developed an interest in more translational questions working with Dr. James Bussel to test a novel combination of dexamethasone and rituximab for pediatric patients with chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP).

Graduated in Medicine (1997) and PhD in Clinical Medicine (2003) from the Ribeirão Preto Medical School of the University of São Paulo (FMRP-USP) and medical residency in Hematology and Hemotherapy (2001) from the Hospital das Clinicas of FMRP-USP. He did postdoctoral studies at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA, where he also worked as a Staff Scientist at the Hematology Branch until 2011. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Clinical Medicine at FMRP-USP, coordinator of the Hematology and Program discipline Graduate Program in Oncology, Stem

Dr. Litzow is Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He was the Director of the BMT Program at Mayo from 1992 to 2008 and continues to remain active in the BMT program. He was the Director of the Myeloid Disease Oriented Group in the Division of Hematology from 2002 to 2016. He was appointed chair of the Leukemia Committee of the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group-American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ECOG-ACRIN) in September 2013 after having served as co-chair of the committee since 2001.