Please join us …
When: Tuesday, June 4, 2019, 12–1 p.m.
Where: ICES, G-Wing, Conference Centre (Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre)
Who: Isaac Odame, MB ChB, MRCP (UK), FRCPath, FRCPC; Professor and Alexandra Yeo Chair in Haematology, University of Toronto; Director, Division of Haematology, Departments of Medicine and Paediatrics, University of Toronto; Haematology Section Head, Division of Haematology/Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children; Medical Director, The Global Sickle Cell Disease Network, Centre for Global Child Health, The Hospital for Sick Children.
Topic: Hemoglobinopathies: transforming treatment and care
Learning objectives
- Explain the key pathophysiologic mechanisms underlying sickle cell disease and thalassemia
- Describe the current approaches to treating sickle cell disease and thalassemia
- Discuss new developments in finding novel disease-modifying and curative therapies.
Isaac Odame