Bloodline Reviews™ presents “Highlights from the 2012 Bone Marrow Failure Scientific Disease Symposium,” held March 22-23, 2012 in Bethesda, MD, USA


Expert faculty interviews were recorded on March 23, 2012, at the “Bone Marrow Failure Disease Scientific Symposium,” a two-day conference for medical experts held in Bethesda, Maryland, USA

Clinical Outcomes in MDS

sekeresMikkael Sekeres, MD, MS
Director, Leukemia Program
Department of Hematologic Oncology and Blood Disorders and Department of Translational Hematology and Oncology Research Taussig Cancer Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH, USA

bucksteinRena Buckstein, MD, FRCPC
Affiliate Scientist
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Toronto, ON, Canada

 

stoneRichard M. Stone, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Medicine
Harvard Medical School,
Program Director, Adult Leukemia
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, MA, USA

New Developments in the Genetics of MDS

EbertBenjamin L. Ebert, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Associate Physician, Hematology
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA, USA

WalterMatthew J. Walter, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine,
Oncology Division
Stem Cell Biology Section
Department of Genetics
Siteman Cancer Center
Washington University in Saint Louis
St. Louis, MO, USA

Transplantation for Aplastic Anemia and PNH

brodsky_fullRobert A. Brodsky, MD
Professor of Medicine and Oncology
The Johns Hopkins Family Professor
Director, Division of Hematology
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD, USA

Prognostic Models in MDS

GGMGuillermo Garcia-Manero, MD
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Section of MDS
Deputy Chair for Translational Research
Department of Leukemia
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX, USA

Immunosuppression for Aplastic Anaemia

Professor Judith C.W. Marsh, MDProfessor Judith C.W. Marsh, MD
Department of Haematological Medicine
King’s College Hospital
London, United Kingdom

Stem Cell Transplantation for Myelodysplastic Syndroms

bart-scottBart Scott, MD
Assistant member
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Assistant Professor
University of Washington Medical Center
Seattle, WA, USA