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Dr. Abdel-Wahab is a hematologist/oncologist who specializes in the research and treatment of patients with a variety of myeloid malignancies, which include myeloproliferative neoplasms, myelodysplastic syndromes, and acute myeloid leukemia.

Dr. Jodi Mayfield is an Assistant Professor of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Stem Cell research at the University of New Mexico. She received her MD from the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center in 2008. She is currently a member of the American Society of Hematology and the Children's Oncology Group. Dr. Mayfield's areas of practice include Stem Cell transplantation, Acute Leukemias, and Bone Marrow failure in Children. Publications Pinto N*, Mayfield JR*, Raca G, et al. Segmental Chromosomal Aberrations in Localized Neuroblastoma Can be Detected in Formalin-Fixed Paraffin

Dr. Katherine Calvo is a hematopathologist and researcher in the Hematology Section Clinical Center’s Department of Laboratory Medicine at the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Calvo graduated from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and completed a fellowship and residency at National Institutes of Health. In collaboration with Dr. Steven Holland in the National Institute for Allergy and Infection Diseases and Dr. Neal Young from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, they have developed a method for identifying patients with a high likelihood of having GATA2

Dr Deauna-Limayo received her medical degree at the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Southern California and fellowship in Hematology/Oncology at the University of Kansas. After fellowship, she stayed on at the University of Kansas as a teaching faculty for 18 years. She was an Associate Professor in Internal Medicine, the Director of the Lymphoma and Myeloma programs, and the chairperson for the Education Committee for Cancer Programs. She was also a member of the bone marrow transplant team. She now works at

Dr. Ellen Friedman has been the Hematology Fellowship Director of Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine since 2005. She completed a fellowship in hematology at New York University, specializing in the conditions of red cells, platelets and hematologic malignancies. She has been engaged in diagnosing and treating these conditions while simultaneously teaching medical students, medical residents and fellows in the skills and knowledge required. She has 40 years of experience in caring for patients in the Bronx both in the city hospitals and at Montefiore/Albert Einstein

Dr. Akiko Shimamura directs the Bone Marrow Failure and Myelodysplastic Syndrome Program of the Dana Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center. Her research focuses on translational studies spanning clinical through basic science investigations to understand the genetic and molecular basis of bone marrow failure, MDS, and leukemia predisposition with the goal of developing more effective and less toxic treatments. Dr. Shimamura had previously directed the Bone Marrow Failure Clinic at Boston Children’s Hospital and then at Seattle Children’s Hospital before returning to Boston

Bart L. Scott, MD, MS, is Assistant Professor at the University of Washington Medical Center and Assistant Member at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington. He received his medical degree from the University of South Alabama and his masters of Science in Epidemiology from the University of Washington, Seattle. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD, where he also served as Assistant Chief of Services. His medical oncology fellowship was completed at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Dr. Scott is board

Dr. Kasiani Myers received her medical degree from Case Western Reserve University and pursued training in pediatrics and hematology/oncology at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. After completion of her postdoctoral training, she joined the faculty of the Division of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Immune Deficiency at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center within the University of Cincinnati Department of Pediatrics. She is a recipient of the Procter Scholar Award to support her translational research in the field of bone marrow failure, including Fanconi anemia and