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OUR SPEAKERS
Mikkael Sekeres, MD, MS has been AAMDSIF's Medical Advisory Board Co-Chair since 2004. He was the Director of the Leukemia Program at the Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center and has recently joined the Sylvester Cancer Center in Miami, Florida. Dr. Sekeres is one of the leading experts in bone marrow failure disease research, a skilled clinician and is regularly published is journals and mainstream media. He also authored a bestselling book about his experiences, "When Blood Breaks Down".
Valeria Santini, MD is an Associate Professor of Hematology at the University of Florence Medical School. She heads the MDS and CML programs at the University of Florence and in addition to serving on the AAMDSIF Medical Advisory Board, she is also a member of the Executive Board of the Italian Society of Hematology. She's an active researcher and clinician.
Uwe Platzbecker, MD is Director, Clinic and Polyclinic for Hematology, Cell Therapy and Hemostaseology at the University of Leipzig in Germany. He is an internationally recognized researcher, speaker and clinician who serves on the AAMDSIF Medical Advisory Board.
Thursday, December 3, 2020
12:00 PM EST - 1:00 PM EST
WEBINAR DESCRIPTION
AAMDSIF will provide a global update on COVID-19 and the impact on bone marrow failure disease patients and their loved ones. Dr. Mikkael Sekeres (newly of the Sylvester Cancer Center, Miami), Dr. Valeria Santini (University of Florence Medical School) and Dr. Uwe Platzbecker (University of Leipzig) will provide a live update on what we've learned about the novel coronavirus in 2020 and what they expect to see in 2021.
You are invited to participate in this session by submitting your questions via the text chat window during the webinar or in advance of the session by email to help@aamds.org.
AAMDSIF would like to thank Bristol Myers Squibb and
Acceleron for their generous support of our COVID-19 Webinar Series.
Thank you for registering for "AAMDSIF Global Update on COVID-19", on December 3, 2020 at 12:00pm Eastern.
You will receive an email with a registration confirmation including the webinar link
and a call-in phone # for those participating via telephone.
If you do not receive the link, please check your Spam/Junk folders.
If you have not received a registration confirmation, please email clark@aamds.org
or call (800) 747-2820 x2 no later than 30 minutes before the webinar is scheduled to begin.
If you are not able to join the webinar, an archived video will be available in 2 - 3 business days on the AAMDSIF website.