Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

Michael Burke, MD

Institution
Children's Wisconsin-Milwaukee Hospital
Physician Status
accepting new patients
Primary Disease Area of Focus
Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)
Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPN)
Pediatric
About
Dr. Michael Burke is an Associate Professor at the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin (CHW) in the Division of Hematology/Oncology/Blood & Marrow Transplantation. He is Director of the Pediatric Leukemia & Lymphoma Program at CHW and Co-Director of the Developmental Therapeutics Program where he oversees all early phase clinical trials (Phase I and II studies) at CHW. He has developed both early phase and upfront clinical trials in acute leukemia that have opened locally here at CHW as well as nationally and internationally through consortiums such as the Children’s Oncology Group (COG) and the

Uwe Platzbecker, MD

Institution
University Hospital in Leipzig
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)

Abdulraheem Yacoub, MD

Institution
University of Kansas Medical Center
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)

Britta Will, PhD

Institution
Albert Einstein College of Medicine Cancer Center
Physician Status
available for consultation
Primary Disease Area of Focus
Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

Matthew Walter, MD

Institution
Washington University - Barnes Jewish Hospital
Physician Status
accepting new patients
Primary Disease Area of Focus
Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)
About
Dr. Walter's research is interested in identifying novel treatments for patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) through the discovery of gene mutations that occur in the genomes of hematopoietic cells from patients with MDS.

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