accepting new patients

Valeria Santini, MD

Institution
University of Florence
Physician Status
accepting new patients
Primary Disease Area of Focus
Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)
Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH)
About
Valeria Santini is an Associate Professor of Hematology at the University of Florence Medical School in Florence Italy, where she received her degree in Medicine and Postgraduate diploma in hematology (cum laude). She worked as an EORTC fellow in experimental hematology from 1988 to 1991 at the Dr. den Hoed Kliniek, Erasmus University, Rotterdam. In 1999 she worked in the Department of Leukemia at MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas, Houston. Her scientific interests and publications are focused on maturation induction and therapeutic targeting of epigenetics modifications, myeloid

Shyamala Navada, MD

Institution
Mount Sinai 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)
About
Dr. Navada is an assistant professor in the Tisch Cancer Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. She attended medical school at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Subsequently, she did an Internal Medicine Residency at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor prior to completing a hematology/oncology fellowship at Mount Sinai. She is currently completing a Masters of Science in Clinical Research in the graduate school at Mount Sinai. Her primary clinical and research interests are myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in the

H. Joachim Deeg, MD

Institution
University of Washington and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research 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)
About
Joachim Deeg, MD is a member of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington and professor of medicine at the University of Washington. He is also a member of the AA&MDSIF Medical Advisory Board.

Amy E. DeZern, MD, MHS

Institution
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
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. Amy DeZern is a hematologist and medical oncologist at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center and is an Assistant Professor of Oncology and Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She received her medical degree in 2005 from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and her Master in Clinical Investigation (M.H.S.) from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She completed residency training in internal medicine as well as fellowships in medical oncology and hematology at Johns Hopkins. Dr. DeZern sees patients at the Sidney Kimmel

B. Douglas Smith, MD

Institution
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University
Physician Status
accepting new patients
Primary Disease Area of Focus
Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)
Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPN)
About
B. Douglas Smith is Professor of Oncology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, and is on the active staff of Johns Hopkins Hospital. He earned his medical degree at the Medical College of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, after which he completed an internship, residency, and chief residency at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, New York. At the completion of his fellowship in Oncology at Johns Hopkins University, he joined the faculty in the Division of Hematologic Malignancies. Dr. Smith’s research focuses on taking new and promising laboratory insights and

James M. Rossetti, DO

Institution
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Physician Status
accepting new patients
Primary Disease Area of Focus
Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPN)
About
Dr. Rossetti earned his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed an internship and internal medicine residency at St. Francis Medical Center of Pittsburgh. He did fellowship training in hematology and medical oncology at The Western Pennsylvania Hospital and is board certified in medical oncology and hematology. He is an assistant professor at the Temple University School of Medicine and an adjunct clinical instructor for the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Rossetti is a recognized expert in hematological malignancy

Michael Keng, MD

Institution
University of Virginia Cancer 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)
About
Dr. Michael Keng holds a clinical faculty appointment in Medicine in the Division of Hematology/Oncology at UVA Cancer Center. He practices at the Emily Couric Clinical Cancer Center in Charlottesville and serves as an inpatient hematologist at UVA Hospital. His clinical areas of interest are: myelodysplastic syndromes, myeloproliferative disorders, acute myeloid leukemia, chronic myeloid leukemia, acute lymphoid leukemia, and aplastic anemia. He attended medical school at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan and completed internal medicine residency at University of Southern

Rami Komrokji, MD

Institution
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute Tampa, Florida
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)

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