Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

As a physician caring for patients with acute leukemias and related disorders, I have a sustained focus on translational research in hematologic malignancies. Genomic sequencing technology revolutionized our understanding of cancer biology. My research focuses on exploring the dynamic changes of tumor immune microenvironment with clonal evolution of myeloid malignancies. Targeting inflammaging of bone marrow to impede clonal evolution is my ultimate professional goal and there by improve the survival rate for leukemia patients. My long-term goal is to develop potentially less toxic targeted

Dr. Elizabeth Bowhay-Carnes is a Texas native and passionate about serving the people of her home community. She earned her bachelors of science degree in biochemistry from the University of Texas at Austin, followed by work with the MD Anderson Cancer Center Umbilical Cord Blood Bank in Houston. She received her medical doctorate from UT Health San Antonio and completed her residency in internal medicine and fellowship in hematology and medical oncology at the UT Health Science Center. She joined UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center in 2016 as Director of the Adult Non-Malignant

Dr. Duffield is a board-certified hematopathologist, specializing in the diagnosis of cancers that arise in the bone marrow and lymphoid tissues. She completed a pathology residency and hematopathology fellowship at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and joined the faculty of Johns Hopkins in 2010. In 2020, she joined Memorial-Sloan Kettering to become a member of the Hematopathology Service.

Constandina Herbert, MN, RN, BMTCN is the Nursing Supervisor, Blood and Marrow Transplant Clinic at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance/Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Ms. Herbert works with patients, families, and caregivers as they navigate the transplant process.

I am both a hematologist-oncologist and a clinical researcher. Along with caring for you, I conduct research focused on hematologic (blood-based) malignancies — specifically, acute myeloid leukemia (AML), myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), polycythemia vera, essential thrombocythemia and myelofibrosis. My overarching research aim is to help adults with these diseases have better outcomes by developing and testing evidence-based therapies that are tailored to your unique needs as a patient. I design and conduct clinical trials testing novel care concepts for people with AML and MDS, and I use

Dr. Kanwaldeep Mallhi is a pediatric oncologist and hematologist who specializes in nonmalignant blood disorders in children. These disorders include immunodeficiencies, bone marrow failure and metabolic errors. She is an expert in pediatric blood stem cell transplants, and her research focuses on alternative donor sources and the development of reduced-intensity conditioning regimens, which use radiation, chemotherapy or other procedures to remove diseased or failing cells prior to transplant.