Event Description

Name: Infection Prevention for AML Patients with Sami Salvatora, PA-C
Start: 2023-04-18T12:00:00-04:00
End: 2023-04-18T13:00:00-04:00

How can AML patients and their families prevent or reduce their chances of infection? What are some precautions that need to be taken and what vaccinations may be recommended? Join the group discussion with Sami Salvatora, Physician Assistant from MD Anderson, to discuss this important topic!

Schedule & Agenda

Introduction

12:00 PM

Katie Braswell

Katie introduces the agenda of the event and featured speaker Sami Salvatora, PA-C.

12:00 PM

Katie Braswell

Introduction

Katie introduces the agenda of the event and featured speaker Sami Salvatora, PA-C.

Presentation

12:05 PM

Samantha Salvatora, PA-C

Sami shares what AML patients and their families need to know to help prevent infection.

12:05 PM

Samantha Salvatora, PA-C

Presentation

Sami shares what AML patients and their families need to know to help prevent infection.

Questions and Answers

12:40 PM

Audience

Type your questions in the chat and Sami will answer them!

12:40 PM

Audience

Questions and Answers

Type your questions in the chat and Sami 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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Samantha Salvatora, PA-C

Houston, TX

Physician Assistant, Department of Leukemia at MD Anderson Cancer Center at the University of Texas

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