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Matt Kalaycio, MD, FACP, is the former Chairman of the Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology at Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute. Dr. Kalaycio is also a Professor in the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University. Board-certified in hematology, Dr. Kalaycio's clinical interests are in leukemia and hematopoietic cell…
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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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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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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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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. 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. 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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Earlier this summer, AAMDSIF called for research proposals addressing
Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria
Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria:
(par-uk-SIZ-muhl nok-TURN-uhl hee-muh-gloe-buh-NYOOR-ee-uh) A rare and serious blood disease that causes red blood cells to break apart. Paroxysmal means sudden and irregular. Nocturnal means at night. Hemoglobinuria means hemoglobin in the…
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Dr. Akiko Shimamura directs the
Bone Marrow Failure
Bone Marrow Failure:
A condition that occurs when the bone marrow stops making enough healthy blood cells. The most common of these rare diseases are aplastic anemia, myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH). Bone marrow failure can be acquired (begin any time in life) or can be…
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Dr. Ellen Friedman has been the Hematology Fellowship Director of Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine since 2005. She completed a fellowship in hematology at New York University, specializing in the conditions of red cells, platelets and hematologic malignancies. She has been engaged in diagnosing and treating these conditions while simultaneously teaching medical…
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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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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. Katherine Calvo is a hematopathologist and researcher in the Hematology Section Clinical Center’s Department of Laboratory Medicine at the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Calvo graduated from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and completed a fellowship and residency at National Institutes of Health. In collaboration with Dr. Steven Holland in the National Institute…
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Gerard Socié, MD, PhD, is the head of the hematology department at Hospital Saint-Louis, APHP. Gerard Socié has a research appointment at the Institut Pasteur -APHP with Dr. Lars Rogge. His main fields of expertise are transplantation (GvHD),
aplastic anemia
aplastic anemia:
(ay-PLASS-tik uh-NEE_mee-uh) A rare and serious condition in which the bone marrow fails to…
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Dr. Ivana Gojo is a
Hematologist
Hematologist:
(hee-muh-TOL-uh-jist) A doctor who specializes in treating blood diseases and disorders of blood producing organs.
/Oncologist in Baltimore. Her clinical focus is on diagnosis and management of patients with acute leukemias (AML, ALL) and other myeloid malignancies (MDS, MPNs, CML), with emphasis on the development of novel therapeutic…
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