Event Description

Name: Know Your AML Therapy: Venetoclax
Start: 2022-10-24T15:00:00-04:00
End: 2022-10-24T16:00:00-04:00

Venetoclax is an oral AML therapy that is becoming more commonly used in various combinations with other AML drugs. Learn it's mechanism of action, effectiveness and side effects from Dr. Mims and come with your questions.

Schedule & Agenda

Introduction

03:00PM

Katie Braswell

Katie introduces the agenda of the event and featured speaker Dr. Alice Mims.

03:00PM

Katie Braswell

Introduction

Katie introduces the agenda of the event and featured speaker Dr. Alice Mims.

Presentation

03:05PM

Alice Mims, MD

Dr. Mims talks about venetoclax, it's mechanism of action, effectiveness and side effects

03:05PM

Alice Mims, MD

Presentation

Dr. Mims talks about venetoclax, it's mechanism of action, effectiveness and side effects

Questions and Answers

03:35PM

Audience

Type your questions in the chat and Dr. Mims will answer them!

03:35PM

Audience

Questions and Answers

Type your questions in the chat and Dr. Mims will answer them!

Speakers & Moderators

Katie Braswell

Dallas, Texas

Katie joined the HealthTree Foundation as the Community Director for AML in 2021. She is a registered dietitian who previously worked at the VA hospital in Dallas, Texas where she coached veterans with blood cancer on how to use nutrition to improve their treatment outcomes and minimize cancer-related side effects. Katie is passionate about health education and patient empowerment. In her spare time, she loves to experiment with new recipes in the kitchen, spend time running outdoors and travel to new places.

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Alice Mims, MD

Columbus, Ohio

Dr. Alice Mims is the Acute Leukemia Clinical Research Director and Associate Professor in the Division of Hematology at Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center. Her research focuses on studying the effectiveness of novel therapeutics for patients with AML and other myeloid neoplasms including MDS.

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