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  • Friday, June 7, 2024
  • 12:30 PM – 12:45 PM ET
    Welcome Address: The State of Sickle Cell Disease
    Chair: Lanetta Bronte-Hall, MD – Foundation for Sickle Cell Disease Research
    Chair: Avery Dial
    Chair: Gershwin Blyden, MD, PhD – Foundation for Sickle Cell Disease Research
    Chair: Santosh L. Saraf, MD – University of Illinois at Chicago
    Chair: Wally R. Smith, MD – Virginia Commonwealth University
  • 12:45 PM – 1:45 PM ET
    Access to Care Keynote Presentation
  • 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET
    The Patient Symposium - Beyond Transition: Reaching Adult Life Milestones
    Chair: Kim Smith-Whitley, MD – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA & Pfizer Inc, South San Francisco, CA, USA
     Earn 2 CME Hour(s)
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM ET
    Investigational New Drug, Device, and Therapeutics Symposium
  • 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM ET
    Advocating State by State in Sickle Cell Disease, A Panel Discussion
  • 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM ET
    Adult, Child, and Caregiver Town Hall & Dinner Panel: Making Progress with Improving Emergency Department Care and Experiences for Persons with Sickle Cell Disease (RSVP Required)
  • 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)
  • Sunday, June 9, 2024
  • 8:00 AM – 9:15 AM ET
    An Update on Sickle Cell Disease from Federal Agencies
    Chair: Santosh L. Saraf, MD – University of Illinois at Chicago
     Earn 1.25 CME Hour(s)
  • 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET
    Scientific Keynote: Catering the Margin: Reproductive Health Considerations for Girls & Women with Sickle Cell Disease
  • 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM ET
    Global Health Symposium in honor of Dr. Kwaku "KOF" Ohene-Frempong
    Chair: Jane S. Hankins, MD, MS (she/her/hers) – St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
     Earn 2 CME Hour(s)
  • 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM ET
    Abstract Breakout Session I Clinical Trials
    Moderator: Sheinei Alan, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Inova Schar Adult Sickle Cell Center, Inova Fairfax Hospital
     Earn 1.5 CME Hour(s)
  • 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM ET
    Abstract Breakout Session I Clinical/Translational
    Moderator: Dunia Hatabah, MD – Emory University School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics
     Earn 1.5 CME Hour(s)
  • 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM ET
    Abstract Breakout Session I Health Services
    Moderator: Marwah W. Farooqui, DO (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois
     Earn 1.5 CME Hour(s)
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM ET
    Abstract Breakout Session II Basic Science/Translational
    Moderator: Rawan Korman, MD (she/her/hers) – Emory University School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics
     Earn 1.5 CME Hour(s)
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM ET
    Abstract Breakout Session II Health Services/Quality Improvement
    Moderator: Daniel M. Sop, MS – Virginia Commonwealth University
     Earn 1.5 CME Hour(s)
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM ET
    Abstract Breakout Session II Psychosocial
    Moderator: Shirley A. Johnson, LSW – Virginia Commonwealth University
     Earn 1.5 CME Hour(s)