Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)
Luspatercept in Patients with Lower-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes
BACKGROUND:
Patients with anemia anemia: (uh-NEE-mee-uh) A condition in which there is a shortage of red blood cells in the bloodstream. This causes a low red blood cell count.
Marlise Luskin, MD, MSCE
Institution
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
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)
About
Dr. Luskin received her MD from the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine in 2009. She completed residency training in Internal Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, followed by a fellowship in Hematology and Oncology at the University of Pennsylvania. She joined Dana-Farber as a member of the Adult Leukemia program in 2016.
Melhem Solh, MD
Institution
Northside Hospital Cancer Institute
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)
About
Melhem Solh, M.D., is board certified in the subspecialties of medical oncology and hematology. Dr. Solh is a Northside Hospital Blood and Marrow Transplant and Leukemia Program physician.In 2019, Dr. Solh was recognized as among Atlanta’s Top Doctors in his specialty by Castle Connolly.
Saurabh Chhabra, MD, MS
Institution
Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ
Physician Status
accepting new patients
Primary Disease Area of Focus
Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
Aplastic Anemia
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)
Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPN)
About
Saurabh Chhabra, MD, received his Medical Degree from the University of Delhi in 2002. He completed his Internal Medicine Residency at Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, NJ in 2008. He then went on to complete his Fellowship in Hematology/Oncology at Cancer Institute of New Jersey in 2011. Dr. Chhabra then moved to Stanford University, Stanford, CA and completed his Fellowship in Blood and Marrow Transplantation in 2012. He was recruited to Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC in 2012, where he was a member of the Hematologic Malignancies and BMT
Timothy Pardee, MD, PhD
Institution
Wake Forest Baptist Health Comprehensive Cancer Center
Physician Status
accepting new patients
Primary Disease Area of Focus
Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)
Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPN)
About
Dr. Timothy Pardee specializes in hematology and oncology with Wake Forest Baptist Health in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He is also the director of Leukemia Translational Research.
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)
Mark lives symptom-free with MDS, but it's still "like an albatross"
Mark had no symptoms common to bone marrow failure bone marrow failure: A condition that occurs when the bone marrow stops making enough healthy blood cells