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  • Saturday, June 8, 2024
  • 8:15 AM – 8:30 AM ET
    2024 Scientific Chair Welcome
    Symposium Chair: Santosh L. Saraf, MD – University of Illinois at Chicago
  • 8:30 AM – 9:15 AM ET
    Top Abstract Oral Presentations
     Earn .75 CME Hour(s)
  • 9:15 AM – 9:45 AM ET
    Lower Extremity Wounds in Sickle Cell Patients, Pathogenesis, and Evidence Based Wound Care Protocols-37 years Experience/Update/Review of Literature
  • 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    Educational Session Focused on Individualized Therapy in Sickle Cell Disease
    Chair: Julia Z. Xu, MD, MS (she/her/hers) – University of Pittsburgh
     Earn 2 CME Hour(s)
  • 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    Educational Session Focused on Mental Health in Sickle Cell Disease
    Chair: Charles R. Jonassaint, PhD, MHS – University of Pittsburgh Department of Medicine
     Earn 2 CME Hour(s)
  • 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    Educational Session Focused on Stem Cell Health in Sickle Cell Disease
    Chair: Shannon McKinney-Freeman, PhD – St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
     Earn 2 CME Hour(s)
  • 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    Educational Session Focused on Survivorship: Post-Transplant and Post-Gene Therapy
    Chair: Emily Limerick, MD – National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
     Earn 2 CME Hour(s)
  • 2:00 PM – 3:15 PM ET
    Plenary Session - Unmet Need: Mechanistic and Translational Studies of Sickle Cell Disease Pain as a Whole Person Health Challenge
    Chair: Inna Belfer, MD, PhD – NIH/NCCIH
     Earn 1.25 CME Hour(s)
  • 3:30 PM – 5:45 PM ET
    Plenary Session: Curative Options in Sickle Cell Disease: Gene Therapy and Transplant
    Chair: Haydar Frangoul, MD – Sarah Cannon Center for Blood Cancer at The Children’s Hospital at TriStar Centennial
     Earn 2.25 CME Hour(s)