Dec 10, 2019 | 2019, 2019 Special-Interest Sessions, 2019 Tuesday
By Basem M. William, MD On Monday, the Director of the Division of Hematology Products in the Office of Hematology and Oncology Products at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Ann Farrell, MD, chaired the two special ASH-FDA Joint Symposia focusing on new...
Dec 10, 2019 | 2019, 2019 Education Program, 2019 Scientific Program, 2019 Special-Interest Sessions, 2019 Tuesday
By Janice Staber, MD There have been years when the hemostasis and thrombosis community might have felt a little left behind at the ASH annual meeting. However, here in Orlando, sessions on hemostasis and thrombosis were discussed front and center. From the...
Dec 9, 2019 | 2019 Monday, 2019 Policy & Practice, 2019 Special-Interest Sessions
By Lynn Malec, MD, MSc, and Janice Staber, MD “We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.” – George Bernard Shaw The Choosing Wisely® campaign is an effort led by the American Board of Internal Medicine...
Dec 8, 2019 | 2019 Policy & Practice, 2019 Special-Interest Sessions, 2019 Sunday
By Janice Staber, MD “Great ideas need landing gear as well as wings.” — Charles Douglas Jackson In the Special-Interest Session, Systems-Based Hematology: How to Implement Evidence-Based Programs for Virtual Hematology Consults and Anticoagulation Stewardship, Michal...
Dec 8, 2019 | 2019 Global Update, 2019 Publications, 2019 Special-Interest Sessions, 2019 Sunday
By Ilana Yurkiewicz, MD The summer before I started medical school, I lay on the grass and read. I was trying to prepare — an impossible feat, I now realize — for the challenges that would face me in my chosen career. As part of this endeavor, I picked up Anne...
Dec 5, 2019 | 2019 Saturday, 2019 Society News, 2019 Special-Interest Sessions
This year’s meeting will offer two Special-Interest Sessions tailored for all those who have an interest in learning more about both sides of the peer review process. First Editor-in-Chief of Blood Bob Löwenberg, MD, PhD, will lead the discussion “How to Get Published...