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ASH Announces New 2017 Executive Committee Members
On October 26 , the American Society of Hematology ( ASH ) announced the election of four new members to its Executive Committee , the governing body of the organization , for terms beginning after the 2016 ASH Annual Meeting December 3-6 in San Diego , CA :
• Roy L . Silverstein , MD , will serve as vice president .
• Robert Brodsky , MD , will serve as secretary .
• John C . Byrd , MD , and Cynthia Dunbar , MD , will each serve as councillor .
Learn more about the newly elected members below .
Roy L . Silverstein , MD , is professor and chairman of medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin ( MCW ) Division of Hematology and Oncology , senior investigator at the Blood Research Institute , BloodCenter of Wisconsin , and associate director at MCW Cancer Center . Dr . Silverstein ’ s fields of interest include clinical non-malignant hematology as well as translational research on the molecular , cellular , and genetic causes of thrombosis , angiogenesis ,
Roy L . Silverstein , MD and atherosclerosis . He has published more than 200 articles , which
include papers in Blood , Nature Medicine , Journal of Clinical Investigation , and Journal of Experimental Medicine . Among other honors , he is a recipient of the New York Weill Cornell Medical Center Alumni Council Distinguished Achievement Award . He has been an ASH member since 1985 and most recently served as chair of the editor-in-chief search committees for Blood Advances and ASH Clinical News ; he is also a former editor-in-chief of The Hematologist .
Robert Brodsky , MD , is a professor of medicine and oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine . Dr . Brodsky also serves as the director of the Division of Hematology and the T32 Training Program . He is the Johns Hopkins Family Professor of Oncology Research and a member of the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center . His research interests include high-dose cyclophosphamide , aplastic anemia , and paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria . He has been recognized
Robert Brodsky , MD with numerous honors . In 2013 , he received the Clinical Research Achievement Award from the Clinical Research Forum for the second most important clinical research paper in medicine . He was named a Clinical Research Scholar of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of America in 2000 and a fellow of the American College of Physicians in 2004 . He has been an ASH member since 1992 and is serving as a Scientific Program Co-Chair for this year ’ s annual meeting .
John C . Byrd , MD , is a professor of medicine , pharmaceutics , and veterinary bioscience and the director of the Division of Hematology at the Ohio State University ( OSU ) in Columbus . He is also co-leader of the Leukemia Research Program at OSU ’ s Comprehensive Cancer Center . Dr . Byrd is internationally recognized for his translational research focused on the development of targeted , immune-based treatments for leukemia . A few of his honors include
John C . Byrd , MD Distinguished University Professor
Award from OSU , the American Society of Hematology William Dameshek Prize , and the American Association for Cancer Research Joseph H . Burchenal Memorial Award for Outstanding Achievement in Clinical Cancer Research . He has been involved
in ASH throughout his career , serving as faculty and co-director of the ASH Clinical Research Training Institute , an associate editor of Blood and as a contributing editor of The Hematologist .
Cynthia Dunbar , MD , is the section head and senior investigator for the Hematology Branch , Division of Intramural Research at the National Heart , Lung , and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health . Dr . Dunbar ’ s research group investigates the mechanisms by which stem cells develop and differentiate into other cell types , particularly in relation to hematopoiesis , which governs the formation of new blood cells . She has received numerous awards for
Cynthia Dunbar , MD teaching , mentorship , and research , including the NIH Clinical Center Distinguished Clinical Teacher Award , the John Decker Memorial Lectureship , and the Brigham and Women ’ s Hospital Moloney Award and Lectureship . She has been an ASH member since 1988 and serves as co-chair of the Bridge Grant Program Study Section . She is a former editor-in-chief of Blood .
Twenty-one junior faculty took part in the inaugural ASH Medical Educators Institute , a hematology training program , in late September at ASH Headquarters in Washington , DC .
Back row ( L to R ): Christi Hayes , MD ; Gloria Lim , MD , MSc ; Jennie Law , MD ; Ming Lim , MBBChir ; Karen Hook , MD ; Fiona Miall , MD ; Adam Giermasz , MD , PhD ; Satish Shanbhag , MBBS , MPH ; Ida Wong-Sefidan , MD ; Erin Reid , MD , MS ; Scott Gitlin , MD ; Richard Tower , MD , MS ; Sanjay Mohan , MD , MSCI ; Kenneth Zuckerman , MD ; and Leslie Ellis , MD , MHPEd .
Recorded Sessions from the Meeting on Hematologic Malignancies Are Available
Order the 2016 ASH Meeting on Hematologic Malignancies Webcast , with more than 13 hours of exclusive educational content . The webcast provides access to 19 “ How I Treat ” sessions and eight panel discussions
Second row ( L to R ): Rebecca Karp-Leaf , MD ; Michelle-Zeller , HMSc , MD , MHPE ; Catherine McGuinn , MD ; Elizabeth Roman , MD ; Ariela Marshall , MD ; Molly Mandernach , MD , MPH ; Allison Carilli , MD ; Katherine Walsh , MD ; Mark Atlas , MD ; Melissa Rose , DO ; Sawa Ito , MD , PhD ; and Jay Youngclaus .
Front row ( seated ): Linda Burns , MD ; Alice Ma , MD ; Roy Smith , MD ; Marc Kahn , MD , MBA ; Jennifer Kesselheim , MD , Med ; and Marc Zumberg , MD .
featuring top experts in hematologic malignancies . Each session features a video recording of the speaker along with his / her presentation slides . Go to ashondemand . org to order . ●
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