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Lucy A. Godley, MD, PhD, is an expert in the care and treatment of patients with diseases of the
bone marrow
bone marrow:
The soft, spongy tissue inside most bones. Blood cells are formed in the bone marrow.
, including leukemias, lymphomas and multiple myeloma. She also cares for patients undergoing stem cell transplantation and patients with benign hematologic conditions.
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Dr. Amy DeZern is a
hematologist
hematologist:
(hee-muh-TOL-uh-jist) A doctor who specializes in treating blood diseases and disorders of blood producing organs.
and medical
oncologist
oncologist:
(on-KAH-luh-jist) A doctor who specializes in the treatment and prevention of cancer.
at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center and is an Assistant Professor of Oncology and…
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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…
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Dr. Robert Coleman Lindsley, M.D., PhD. is a physician scientist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, specializing in research topics associated with MDS. His career has developed in conjunction with his interest in how disease evolves, and in turn, how new and existing therapies can interrupt the process of disease progression. The
clinical research
clinical research:
A type of research…
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Dr. Malcovati is an Associate Professor of Hematology at the University of Pavia Medical School and with special interest and expertise in myeloid neoplasms, in particular,
myelodysplastic syndromes
myelodysplastic syndromes:
(my-eh-lo-diss-PLASS-tik SIN-dromez) A group of disorders where the bone marrow does not work well, and the bone marrow cells fail to make enough healthy blood…
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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…
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Mikkael A. Sekeres, MD, MS has been Medical Advisory Board Co-Chair since 2004. He is currently the Physician Liaison in Hematology and Chief of the Division of Hematology at the Sylvester Comprehensive Center at the University. Previously, Dr. Sekeres was the professor of medicine, director of the leukemia program, and Vice Chair for
Clinical Research
Clinical Research:
A type of…
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Aristoteles Giagounidis is Head of the Department of Oncology, Haematology, and Palliative Care at Marien Hospital in Düsseldorf, Germany. After earning his medical degree in 1992 from Eberhard-Karls-University in Tübingen, Germany, Dr Giagounidis was house officer at the Withybush General Hospital in Haverfordwest, Wales, and at the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford, Kent, UK. He then served as…
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Dr. Stone received his MD in 1981 from Harvard Medical School, his internal medicine residency training at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and his hematology-oncology fellowship at DFCI. He has performed numerous laboratory and clinical studies on acute leukemia and related disorders, and frequently participates in grand rounds worldwide. He is currently the Director of the Adult Acute Leukemia…
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My main academic and clinical objective is to, if not cure, at least contribute to significantly better outcomes for patients with
Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Myelodysplastic Syndromes:
(my-eh-lo-diss-PLASS-tik SIN-dromez) A group of disorders where the bone marrow does not work well, and the bone marrow cells fail to make enough healthy blood cells. Myelo refers to the bone marrow.…
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David Margolis, MD, received his medical degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1989. He is currently a professor of pediatrics at the Medical College of Wisconsin, located in Milwaukee, and is program director of Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin’s Blood and
Bone Marrow Transplant
Bone Marrow Transplant:
A bone marrow transplant (BMT) is also called a stem cell transplant (…
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Dr. Gondek is a current Evans Fellow at Johns Hopkins University in the Department of Oncology, working with Dr. Amy Dezern on research related to signaling pathways in MDS
stem cells
stem cells:
Cells in the body that develop into other cells. There are two main sources of stem cells. Embryonic stem cells come from human embryos and are used in medical research. Adult stem cells in the…
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Dr. Becker is pursuing several areas of research investigation, including 1) the mechanism of adhesion mediated
chemotherapy
chemotherapy:
(kee-moe-THER-uh-pee) The use of medicines that kill cells (cytotoxic agents). People with high-risk or intermediate-2 risk myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) may be given chemotherapy to kill bone marrow cells that have an abnormal size, shape, or look…
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Dr. Singh completed his Internal Medicine Residency as well as his Hematology and Oncology Fellowship at the State University of New York Upstate Medical University. His clinical interests include mismatched donor stem cell transplantation , Hereditary predisposition to hematologic malignancies and Cellular therapies. His research interests include donor selection in stem cell transplantation,…
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