MDS+AML MATTER Summit San Francisco
Event Information
Description
Registration Information
There is no fee for this activity, however you will be asked to provide credit card information to guarantee your reservation. Credit cards will be charged a one-time $25 fee ONLY if you do not attend or do not cancel your registration by January 9, 2019.
Registration is granted on a first-come, first-served basis as space is limited. We encourage you to register early and reserve your space, as we cannot guarantee that we can accommodate onsite registration.
Goal of the Summit:
To improve the diagnosis and treatment of patients with myelodysplastic syndrome and acute myeloid leukemia. Participants will actively engage in multidisciplinary, small group activities covering the following:
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Risk stratification
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Diagnostic testing
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The role of transplants
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Alternative to 7+3
Summit Faculty:
Jessica Altman, MD, Chair
Associate Professor of Medicine Hematology/Oncology
Northwestern University
Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois
Rafael Bejar, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Division of Hematology and Oncology
UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center
La Jolla, California
Linda J. Burns, MD
Medical Director, Medical Services
National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP)/Be The Match
Senior Scientific Director
Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research
Minneapolis, Minnesota
AnneMarie Block, PhD, FACMG
Laboratory Director, Cytogenetics Lab
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Associate Professor of Oncology
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Buffalo, New York
Robert Paul Hasserjian, MD
Associate Pathologist
Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor of Pathology
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
Michael Linden, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Laboratory
Medicine and Pathology
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Kirsten Roblee, BSN, RN, OCN
The James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute
Columbus, Ohio
Catherine Choy Smith, MD
Assistant Professor
Division of Hematology-Oncology
Department of Medicine
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, California