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The Spring Virtual Patient & Family Conference will occur using a virtual platform.
Links to access the platform will be sent out via email two weeks before the Conference.
CONFERENCE AGENDA
11am ET/8am PT Opening Welcome & COVID-19 Update
Ronald Paquette, MD (Cedars-Sinai) will provide an update on the COVID-19 global pandemic, answer patient questions about the approved and pending vaccine options and give a welcome from sunny California.
11:30am ET/8:30am PT Concurrent Sessions
EXHIBIT HALL BREAK (15 minutes)
1pm ET/10am PT Concurrent Sessions
EXHIBIT HALL BREAK (15 minutes)
2:30pm ET/11:30am PT Concurrent Sessions
4pm ET/1pm PT Patient Support Groups (held via Zoom)
Faculty Director: Ronald Paquette, MD, Cedars-Sinai
JOINING THE CONFERENCE IS EASY!
AAMDSIF is using a new virtual platform for our 2021 Patient & Family Conferences. You will receive log-in instructions two weeks before the Conference. Support groups will be held via Zoom which you can join via desktop, laptop, tablet, mobile device or by telephone. Zoom is free and works on most devices. We have two links to participate in this Conference, one for attending sessions and a second for Patient Support Groups.
WHO ELSE IS GOING TO THE CONFERENCE?
AAMDSIF Conferences are open to patients, families, caregivers and friends who are living with bone marrow failure disease including aplastic anemia, Myelodysplastic Syndroms (MDS), Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH), Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) as well as those who have had or are considering a Bone Marrow Transplant. Other bone marrow failure diseases and health concerns related to all bone marrow failure diseases will also be included.
EXHIBIT HALL FUN!
We are pleased to offer a virtual Exhibit Hall for our Patient & Family Conference for you to visit some of our partners, sign up for the 2021 March for Marrow and to check in with other patients, family members and caregivers.
FACULTY & PLANNING TEAM
AAMDSIF is grateful to Dr. Ronald Paquette (Cedars-Sinai) for his leadership and support in pulling together our first virtual conference of 2021. Dr. Paquette is a long-time friend of the Foundation and a member of the Medical Advisory Board. We are also grateful to the volunteer members of the AAMDSIF Patient Education Council for their tireless support of the Foundation's educational programming.
Dr. Ronald Paquette, Cedars Sinai
Dr. Ilene Weitz, Keck Medicine, USC
Dr. Nathan Punwani, Cedars Sinai
Dr. Tiffany Tanaka, UC San Diego Health
Dr. Ryotaro Nakamura, City of Hope
Aplastic Anemia and MDS International Foundation
4330 East West Highway | Suite 230 | Bethesda, MD 20814
Have Questions? Contact us at conference@aamds.org or 800-747-2820 and press 2 for Patient Services.