Treating MDS 2013: Educational Meetings

AA&MDSIF is offering a series of educational programs about treating low-risk and high-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). Each location includes a dinner program for nurses and other health professionals on a Thursday evening and a half-day program for patients on Friday morning. Expert speakers will present at both programs in each city. 

Thursday Evening Program on MDS for Nurses/Health Professionals

MDS nurses meetingTreating Low-Risk and High-Risk MDS:  An Evidence-Based Update on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Myelodysplastic Syndromes

 

Free continuing education dinner program for nurses and other health professionals

Friday Morning Program for MDS Patients and Families

MDS Patient meetingTreating MDS in 2013: Medical Experts Share the Latest on the Diagnosis, Treatment, and Management of MDS

A free educational program for MDS patients and family members

Birmingham MDS meeting

Birmingham, AL - May 16th and 17th
Doubletree by Hilton

REGISTER for Birmingham - nurses and other health professionals

REGISTER for Birmingham - patients and families

Speakers:

  • Harry Erba, MD, PhD, Internal Medicine Director, Hematologic Malignancy Program, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
  • Brady Stein, MD, MHS, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
  • Sandy Allen-Bard, Leukemia Nurse Practitioner, Weill Cornell Leukemia Program

Milwaukee MDS meeting

 

Milwaukee, WI - October 10th and 11th
DoubleTree Hotel Milwaukee-Brookfield

REGISTER for Milwaukee - nurses and other health professionals

REGISTER for Milwaukee - patients and families  

Speakers:

  • Ehab Atallah, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology,Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center
  • Joan Latsko, DNP, CRNP, OCN, AOCNP, Director, Medical Oncology, Wheeling Hospital
  • B. Douglas Smith, MD, Associate Professor of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University

 

New York City MDS meeting

New York City, NY - Fall 2013
Details to be confirmed soon

REGISTRATION available soon       REGISTRATION available soon

Speakers and details available soon