Dr. Steensma is Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Attending Physician at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. His primary area of clinical activity and research focus is myelodysplastic syndromes myelodysplastic syndromes: (my-eh-lo-diss-PLASS-tik SIN-dromez) A group of disorders where the bone marrow does not work well, and the bone marrow cells fail to make enough healthy blood cells. Myelo refers to the bone marrow. Dysplastic means abnormal growth or development. People with MDS have low blood cell count for at… (MDS) and related conditions, and he was honored for his focus on the development of new therapies and discovery of new somatic genetic mutations critical to understanding the pathobiology of myeloid neoplasms.
Dr. Steensma is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, and a member of the American Society of Hematology, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the European Hematology Association, and the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society. He is a member of the editorial board of 5 journals, including the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Leukemia Research, and Haematologica, and has more than 150 publications in peer-reviewed journals including Blood, Lancet, the Journal of Clinical Oncology, and Leukemia. His laboratory and clinical research clinical research: A type of research that involves individual persons or a group of people. There are three types of clinical research. Patient-oriented research includes clinical trials which test how a drug, medical device, or treatment approach works in people. Epidemiology or behavioral studies look at the… has been funded by the National Cancer Institute and by several philanthropic groups. His primary clinical and research focus is myelodysplastic syndromes, and he also maintains an active interest in non-malignant hematology, especially disorders of red cells and therapy of cancer-associated anemia anemia: (uh-NEE-mee-uh) A condition in which there is a shortage of red blood cells in the bloodstream. This causes a low red blood cell count. Symptoms of anemia are fatigue and tiredness. .