SSBMT WEBINAR SERIES

• To provide updated information on the multidisciplinary diagnostic and therapeutic options for hematological disorders.
• To facilitate and increase communication, collaboration and exchange of knowledge and experience between hematologists, oncologists, pathologists, and scientists and other healthcare providers in the region.
• Discuss the latest data available on hematological diseases.
• Delineate optimal patient management in complex hematology cases.

July’s elite speakers who shared their expertise in their field of specialty are:

1. Ayalew Tefferi, Professor of Medicine and Consultant, Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
2. Joseph Connors, Emeritus, Professor at British Columbia Cancer Center for Lymphoid Cancer, University of British Columbia, Canada,
3. Richard Larson, Professor of Medicine, Section of Hematology/Oncology, University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of Chicago and
4. Jorge Cortes, Professor & Director of the Georgia Cancer Center, Augusta University.

August webinar series will focus on Debates:

• How I Treat Ph+ ALL in Adult Post-CR1? Allo-SCT, Yes or No with Dr. Partow Kebriaei and Dr. Farhad Ravandi of MD Anderson Cancer Center
• How I Treat Multiple Myeloma Post-Auto SCT – Should we give consolidation? Dr. Saad Usmani of Levine Cancer Institute and Dr. S. Vincent Rajkumar of Mayo Clinic

Is Warfarin Dead as as Treatment for New Venous Thromboembolism? Yes or No with Dr. Alvin Schmaier of Cleveland Medical Center and Dr. Kenneth Bauer of Harvard Medical School