AA&MDSIF Patient and Family Conference
July 27-30, 2008, Arlington, VA
July 27-30, 2008, Arlington, VA
Speakers and Presentations
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| Dr. Elaine Sloand, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute | Dr. Sloand answering patient questions | Dr. David Araten, NYU School of Mecidine |
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| Dr. Susan Shurin, Deputy Director, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute | Dr. Neal Young, Chief, Intramural Research Hematology, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute | Dr. Jaroslaw Maciejewski, Chair, Translational Hematology and Oncology Research, Cleveland Clinic |
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| Dr. Roy Wu, Chief, Clinical Grants and Contracts, National Cancer Institute (NCI) | Dr. John Barrett, Chief, Bone Marrow Stem Cell Allotransplantation Section, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute | Dr. Mikkael Sekeres, Department of Hematologic Oncology and Blood Disorders, Cleveland Clinic |
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| Dr. David Margolis, Director, Blood and Bone Marrow Transplant Program, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin | Dr. Richard Benjamin, Chief Medical Officer, National Headquarters of the American Red Cross | Dr. Gail Roboz, Director, Leukemia Program, Cornell University |
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| Kevin Lucia, Health Policy Institute, Georgetown University | Dr. Joachim Deeg, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | Olga Nunez, RN, National Institutes of Health |
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| Dr. Richard Stone, Clinical Director, Adult Leukemia Program, Brigham and Women's Hospital | Multiple tracks let patients and caregivers choose which sessions to attend | Sessions included time for answering audience questions |
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| A patient has her question answered by experts | Attendees at a session on MedlinePlus and other consumer health resources at NLM, presented by Andrew Plumber, Reference Librarian, National Library of Medicine | A hands-on training session on the use of Marrowforums was led by Neil Cuadra |
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| Ruth Cuadra helps explain Marrowforums features | ||
Photos by David Anderson Photography and Neil Cuadra