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Virtual HealthTree Round Table for AML: Making Sense of Diagnosing & Treating AML

HealthTree Roundtables for AML

Jan 26, 2022 / 04:00PM - 05:30PM EST

Event Description

Name: Virtual HealthTree Round Table for AML: Making Sense of Diagnosing & Treating AML
Start: 2022-01-26T16:00:00-05:00
End: 2022-01-26T17:30:00-05:00

Join us virtually for HealthTree for AML's very first virtual Round Table event featuring three leaders in the AML field:

Pinkal Desai, MD of Weill Cornell
David Sallman, MD of Moffitt Cancer Center
Hetty Carraway, MD of Cleveland Clinic

Learn from these top AML experts about the latest way AML is diagnosed and treated to find out what you can do to stay one step ahead for your best outcomes. Extensive time for audience questions will be included.

What are HealthTree Round Tables for AML?

These events are education programs for AML patients and caregivers on a variety of treatment and research issues. Each Round Table features presentations from internationally-recognized AML experts who will also participate in extensive Q&A time with audience members. In 2022, these events will take place either in person at a variety of US-based locations or virtually.

Schedule & Agenda

Introduction and announcements

04:00PM

Katie Braswell

Katie introduces the agenda for the event and featured speakers Pinkal Desai, David Sallman and Hetty Carraway.

04:00PM

Katie Braswell

Introduction and announcements

Katie introduces the agenda for the event and featured speakers Pinkal Desai, David Sallman and Hetty Carraway.

Properly Diagnosing AML

04:05PM

Dr. Desai

Dr. Desai will explain the proper way to diagnose AML utilizing the most evidenced based technology so that the most effective treatment can be given

04:05PM

Dr. Desai

Properly Diagnosing AML

Dr. Desai will explain the proper way to diagnose AML utilizing the most evidenced based technology so that the most effective treatment can be given

The Current Standard of Care for Treating AML

04:25PM

Dr. Sallman

Dr. Sallman will review the most optimal way to approach AML treatment as of 2022 utilizing the most up-to-date and highest quality research currently available.

04:25PM

Dr. Sallman

The Current Standard of Care for Treating AML

Dr. Sallman will review the most optimal way to approach AML treatment as of 2022 utilizing the most up-to-date and highest quality research currently available.

Emerging Therapies for Treating AML

04:45PM

Dr. Carraway

Dr. Carraway will provide insight on cutting-edge therapies and ongoing clinical trials that aim to change and improve the way AML is currently treated

04:45PM

Dr. Carraway

Emerging Therapies for Treating AML

Dr. Carraway will provide insight on cutting-edge therapies and ongoing clinical trials that aim to change and improve the way AML is currently treated

Question and Answer Session

05:05PM

Audience

Type your questions in the chat and the expert panel will answer them!

05:05PM

Audience

Question and Answer Session

Type your questions in the chat and the expert panel 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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Pinkal Desai, MD

New York, New York

Hematologist Oncologist, Assistant Professor Of Medicine At Weill Cornell Medical College And Assistant Attending Physician At The New York-Presbyterian Hospital

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David Sallman, MD

Tampa, Florida

Hematologist Oncologist, Assistant Member in the Department of Malignant Hematology at Moffitt Cancer Center

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Hetty Carraway, MD

Cleveland, Ohio

Director of the Leukemia Program and Vice Chair of Strategy and Enterprise Development at Taussig Cancer Institute, Professor of Medicine at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve

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