Hematology

Sickle Cell Disease

Expert Perspectives in Sickle Cell Disease to Cover Key Topics in Sickle Cell Disease Treatment

expert perspectives by Julie Kanter, MD; Michael Rutledge DeBaun, MD, MPH; Stella T. Chou, MD

Overview

Expert Perspectives delivers health care providers with insights from key thought leaders on the latest advancements and current practices in medicine, in a concise and timely format. This issue of Expert Perspectives in Sickle Cell Disease will feature selected topics in Sickle Cell Disease that we hope you will find of value in your clinical practice.

The clinicians who were surveyed selected the following experts and topics.

Community-Selected Experts:

Stella T. Chou, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Chief, Division of Transfusion Medicine
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Michael Rutledge DeBaun, MD, MPH

Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine
Vice-Chair for Clinical and Translational Research
J.C. Peterson Endowed Chair in Pediatrics
Director, Vanderbilt-Meharry Center for Excellence in Sickle Cell Disease
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN

Julie Kanter, MD

Associate Professor, Division of Hematology and Oncology
Director, Adult Sickle Cell Program
Codirector, Lifespan Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

Community-Selected Topics:

Expert Roundtables

• Recent Advances in the Treatment of Sickle Cell Disease
• Approach to Patients With a High Number of Vaso-Occlusive Crises in the Past Year

Clinical Topic Updates

• Updates on the Understanding of Thrombotic Risk in Sickle Cell Disease
• Hemoglobin A Clearance in Sickle Cell Disease

Patient Care Perspectives

• Risks of Chronic Transfusion Therapy: Closing the Gap
• Telehealth in Sickle Cell Disease: Pros and Cons

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Julie Kanter, MD

Associate Professor, Division of Hematology and Oncology
Director, Adult Sickle Cell Program
Codirector, Lifespan Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

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Michael Rutledge DeBaun, MD, MPH

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Stella T. Chou, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Chief, Division of Transfusion Medicine
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Hematology

Sickle Cell Disease

Expert Perspectives in Sickle Cell Disease to Cover Key Topics in Sickle Cell Disease Treatment

Overview

Stella T. Chou, MD

Michael Rutledge DeBaun, MD, MPH

Julie Kanter, MD

Julie Kanter, MD

Michael Rutledge DeBaun, MD, MPH

Stella T. Chou, MD

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