K12 Symposium
K12 Scholars Symposium: Advances in Non-Malignant Hematology
Joseph B. Martin Conference Center at Harvard Medical School
June 16-17, 2009
Click here to download the Symposium Registration Form.
Click here to download the Travel Reservation Form.
The K12 Community must register for the Symposium by May 8th!!
MEETING SITE
Joseph B. Martin Conference Center at Harvard Medical School
77 Avenue Louis Pasteur
Boston, MA 02115
Phone: 866-790-7000
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
The Symposium will be open to the Boston medical community on the morning of June 17th. To attend any of these talks you must register in advance! Please email our program coordinator meghan.sullivan@childrens.harvard.edu to register!
Click here to download and print the Symposium Schedule for June 17th.
HOTEL
Best Western Boston – The Inn at Longwood Medical
342 Longwood Ave.
Boston, MA 02115
Rate: $199 per night (group rate)
Reservations: 617-731-4700
Fax: 617-731-4870
SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE
Click here to download and print the full Symposium Schedule.
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
1:00PM Welcome and Opening Remarks 1:15-2:50PM Site Directors Business MeetingScholar Career Development Meeting 3:00-5:00PM Scholar Talks (15 minutes to speak, 5 minutes Q&A) 3:00-3:15PM Angelo de Claro, MD
University of Washington
"Proteomic Analysis of Macrophage Lipid Rafts"
3:20-3:35PM Joshua J. Field, MD
Washington University St. Louis
"Asthma as a modifier of sickle cell disease severity"
3:40-3:55PM Deborah Chirnomas, MD
Children's Hospital Boston
"Understanding Inadequate Response to Deferasirox"
4:00-4:15PM Will Savage, MD
Johns Hopkins
"Biomarkers of Silent Cerebral Infarct in Sickle Cell Disease”
4:20-4:35PM Coy D. Heldermon, MD, PhD
Washington University St. Louis
“Microchimerism Modulation”
4:40-4:55PM Raj Kasthuri, MD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
“Mechanism of Thrombosis in HIT”
5:00-6:00PM Cocktail Hour 6:00-7:00PM Dinner 7:00-8:00PM Keynote Speakers
Nancy Berliner, MD
Chief, Division of Hematology, Brigham and Women's Hospital
"Women in Science and Medicine: Is the glass half full or half empty?"
W. Keith Hoots, MD
Director, Division of Blood Diseases and Resources, NHLBI
"The Biosciences Philharmonic: Non-Malignant Hematology as Concert Master?"
8:00-9:00PM "Why am I a Hematologist?" 9:00PM Adjorn for the evening
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
7:15-8:00AM Breakfast & Registration 8:00-8:10AM WelcomeEllis J. Neufeld, MD, PhD, Harvard Blood Scholars Program Director
Ellen Werner, PhD, Program Director, Division of Blood Diseases & Resources, NHLBI
8:15-11:45AM Senior Speaker Talks (15 minutes to speak, 10 minutes Q&A) 8:15-8:45AM Robert A. Brodsky, MD
Director, Division of Hematology, Johns Hopkins
“Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria: Diagnosis and Management”
8:50-9:20AM Janis Abkowitz, MD
Head, Division of Hematology, University of Washington Medical Center
“Heme Trafficking - Bidirectional Translation”
9:25-9:55AM Michael DeBaun, MD, MPH
Ferring Family Chair in Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine
“Leveraging Participation of Junior Faculty in Clinical Trials: Lessons from the Silent Cerebral Infarct
Transfusion Trial” 10:00-10:15AM Coffee Break 10:15-10:45AM Thomas Ortel, MD, PhD
Vice Chair of Basic & Translational Research, Director, Hemostasis & Thrombosis Center,
Duke University Medical Center
“Translational Medicine in Hematology: From the Clinic to the Research Lab and Back”
10:50-11:20AM Mortimer Poncz, MD
Chief, Division of Hematology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
“K12/Shmav 12, What's in the Wings?”
11:25-11:55AM Edward J. Benz, Jr., MD
President, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
"Mentors and their Messages”
12:00-1:00PM Working Lunch (Scholars & Mentors ONLY) 1:05-2:45PM Scholar Talks (15 minutes to speak, 5 minutes Q&A) 1:05-1:20PM Bill Hobbs, MD, PhD
University of Washington
“Cocaine - Associated Platelet Activation”
1:25-1:40PM Suman Sood, MD
University of Pennsylvania
“The Role of Statins in the Prevention of Venous Thromboembolic Disease”
1:45-2:00PM Regina Crawford, MD
Duke University
“Computerized Neurocognitive Testing in Adult Sickle Cell Patients”
2:05-2:20PM Brady Stein, MD
Johns Hopkins
"Sex modifies JAK2V617F expression in the chronic myeloproliferative disorders"
2:25-2:40PM Matthew Heeney, MD
Children's Hospital Boston
"Iron Refractory Iron Deficiency Anemia (IRIDA)"
2:45-3:15PM Symposium Wrap-Up 3:30PM Adjourn and Depart
TRANSPORTATION
Hotel located 1.5 blocks from meeting site.
SYMPOSIUM CONTACT
Meghan Sullivan
Program Coordinator, Harvard Blood Scholars
Children’s Hospital Boston
300 Longwood Ave – Karp 8210
Boston, MA 02115
Phone: 617-919-2139
Fax: 617-730-0934
Email: meghan.sullivan@childrens.harvard.edu
300 Longwood Ave