An SOS on ROS: The Intersection of Platelets and Thrombosis in Redox Biology
From the stock market to politics, keeping gains and losses straight these days can be confusing. Scientific gains and losses can be equally overwhelming. Thankfully, in Monday’s Scientific Spotlight Session on Redox Biology in Thrombosis, the pathways involved in...
The Road to Wisdom: ASH-ASPHO Pediatric Choosing Wisely Collaboration
“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 (ABIM) to support and engage physicians in improving...
Cutting Costs for CML Abroad
“If you have to get cancer,” I once reassured a frightened patient, “CML [chronic myeloid leukemia] isn’t bad.” CML is truly one of our cancer success stories. The identification of a single genetic swap — BCR-ABL — and the development of tyrosine kinase inhibitors...
Constructing an Idea: From Wings to Landing Gear
“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 Rose, MD, and Jean...
A Collaboration between ASH and The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Clinical Trial Support Center
ASH and The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) are collaborating to enhance physician and patient access to clinical trials for hematologic malignancies. LLS’s Clinical Trial Support Center (CTSC) is a free clinical trial resource that clinicians can use to...
The Spirit Catches You: Anne Fadiman Will Discuss Cross-Cultural Communication Through Her Award-Winning Book
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 Fadiman’s award-winning novel,...
Trainees Strengthen Their Drive for Hematology at ASH-a-Palooza!
My first question was critical: What kind of gifts will ASH-a-Palooza bear this year? Formerly known as “Trainee Day,” the now reinvented ASH-a-Palooza was a half-day, interactive tour de force of learning, networking, and mentorship. There were also, of course,...
“Why I Volunteer”: Peter Valk — International Consortium on Acute Leukemia
ASH member and ICAL member Peter Valk, PhD (Erasmus University Medical Center) talks about the significance of the program for him and for global hematology, and sheds some light on the reasons he volunteers. Although I did not know a great deal about ICAL when I was...
“Why I Volunteer”: Katherine Tarlock, MD — Health Volunteers Overseas
ASH member and HVO volunteer Katherine Tarlock, MD (University of Washington, Seattle Children’s Hospital and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center) talks about her work with physicians in Siem Reap, Cambodia, and sheds some light on the reasons she volunteers. I had...
Spotlight on Global Capacity Building
The Global Capacity-Building Showcase (Hall B, Level 2 [Orange County Convention Center] - map it ) is an annual meeting poster category designed to encourage international collaborations in the form of capacity-building programs in low- and middle-income countries....