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Collaborating to Transform Treatment and Improve Outcomes
The 10th International Bone Marrow Failure Disease Symposium will bring together physicians treating these diseases; laboratory researchers studying the genetics, genomics, and pathophysiology of bone marrow failure; and clinical investigators to discuss current areas of consensus and controversy, share recent research results, and identify the highest-priority directions for basic and clinical research to advance the field.
The past few years have seen exciting new developments in treatments for the three diseases, including new drugs and advances in bone marrow transplantation, as well as new insights into the molecular pathogenesis of the diseases. As with our previous Symposiums, this 2026 gathering of international bone marrow failure specialists will advance the knowledge of the clinical and laboratory science in these diseases and will clarify promising directions for collaborative research.
This Scientific Symposium is a unique forum that focuses on recent advances in the field and fosters robust debate both during and between the sessions. Researchers are invited to submit abstracts on innovative bone marrow failure research for the poster session on Thursday evening.
For New Investigators, the Symposium is an especially rare opportunity to interact with international bone marrow failure experts. Travel grants are available for New Investigators to attend the program.
SYMPOSIUM AGENDA - MARCH 19, 2026 (Eastern Standard Time)
8:00 AM Morning Session
Genetics and Genomics of Bone Marrow Failure
Co-chairs: Torsten Haferlach, MD, Munich Leukemia Laboratory and Christopher Reilly, MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Pathways of Clonal Progression Arising from Germline Predisposition
Co-chairs: R. Coleman Lindsley, MD, PhD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Marcin Wlodarski, MD, PhD, St. Jude's
1:00 PM Afternoon Session
Clonality in Acquired Bone Marrow Failure, PNH, and VEXAS
Co-chairs: Emma Goarke, MD, NHLBI and Yoshitaka Zaimoku, MD, PhD, Kanazawa University
Advances in Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria
Co-chairs: Austin Kulasekararaj, MBBS, King's College Hospital and Pedro Prata, MD, PhD, CHU de Limoges
Non-transplant Therapies for Marrow Failure
Co-chairs: Carlos Decastro, MD, Duke Health and Phil Scheinberg, MD, PhD, Hospital A Beneficência Portuguesa de São Paulo
Transplantation for Bone Marrow Failure
Co-chairs: Rick Childs, MD, NIH and Amy DeZern, MD, MHS, Johns Hopkins
7:15 PM Reception and Poster Session
SYMPOSIUM AGENDA - MARCH 20, 2026 (Eastern Standard Time)
8:00 AM Morning Session
MDS and Secondary AML Pathophysiology
Co-chairs: Maria (Ken) Figueroa, MD, Miller School of Medicine and Jaroslaw Maciejewski, MD, PhD, Cleveland Clinic
MDS Classification and Prognosis
Co-chairs: Elsa Bernard, PhD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Mateo Della Porta, MD, Humanitas Cancer Center
1:00 PM Afternoon Session
Health-related Quality of Life
Co-chairs: Namrata Chandhok, MD, Miller School of Medicine and Thomas LeBlanc, MD, MA, Duke Health
Treatments for MDS and Secondary AML: Low-risk MDS and CCUS
Co-chairs: Rena Buckstein, MD, Sunnybrook Hospital and Valeria Santini, MD, University of Florence
Treatment for MDS and Secondary AML: High-Risk MDS and Secondary AML
Co-chairs: Hetty Carraway, MD, MBA, Case Western Reserve University and Amer Zeidan, MBBS, Yale School of Medicine
Confirmed Faculty
Summit Co-Chair: Mikkael Sekeres, MD, MS, University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
Summit Co-Chair: Toyosi Odenike, MD, FASCO, University of Chicago
Summit Co-Chair: Richard Stone, MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Summit Co-Chair: Neal Young, MD, National Institutes of Health
Bhavisha Patel, MD, National Institutes of Health
Régis Peffault de Latour, MD, PhD, Hôpital Saint-Louis
Timothy Chlon, PhD, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Christopher Hahn, PhD, Adelaide Medical School
Allan Warren, FMedSci, University of Cambridge
Thibault Comont, MD, PhD, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse
Carmelo Gurnari, MD, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Guillermo Garcia-Manero, MD, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Andrew Brunner, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital
Alison R. Kavanaugh, MSN, ACNP-BC, ACHPN, Massachusetts General Hospital
Morag Griffin, MBChB, FRCPath, St. James Hospital
Martina Fiumara, PhD, San Raffaele Scientific Institute
Hiroki Mizumaki, PostDoc, National Institutes of Health
Fernanda Gutiérrez-Rodrigues, PostDoc, National Institutes of Health
David Young, MD, PhD, National Institutes of Health
Véronique Frémeaux-Bacchi, MD, PhD, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers
Sunseet Agarwal, MD, PhD, Boston Children's Hospital
Juan Bueren, PhD, Centro de Investigaciones Energeticas
Kasiani C. Myers, MD, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Nicolaus Kroger, MD, UK Hamburg
Luca Lanino, MD, Yale School of Medicine
Wil Santivasi, MD, Duke University School of Medicine
Max Stahl, MD, Yale School of Medicine
Poster Session
Travel Grants
You are invited to participate in the Poster Session of the 2026 AAMDSIF International Bone Marrow Failure Scientific Symposium. At least one author must be registered for the Symposium to be considered for poster presentation. Encore data is eligible for submission. The deadline for submission is February 20, 2026.
The Aplastic Anemia and MDS International Foundation is pleased to offer limited travel support in the amount of $500 to New Investigators who attend the 2026 International Bone Marrow Failure Scientific Symposium. To qualify for this request, the applicant must be a post-doctoral fellow, an instructor, or an assistant professor for fewer than 5 years.
Hotel Information
The 2026 AAMDSIF International Bone Marrow Failure Scientific Symposium will be held at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center. A limited number of rooms are available under our room block with a room rate of $249.00 per night. Discounted rate offer ends on February 28, 2026.
Hotel Location:
Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center
5701 Marinelli Road, Rockville, Maryland 20852
(301) 822-9200
AAMDSIF would like to thank the supporters whose generous contributions help fund this educational program
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8:00 AM EDT - 4:00 PM EDT
Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center
5701 Marinelli Road
Rockville, MD 20852