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Miguel Abboud
Lebanon representative
Dr Miguel Abboud is Professor of Pediatrics, Hematology-oncology, Head of Sickle Cell Disease Program Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, AUB. Dr Abboud was the first medical director (and co-founder) of the Children’s Cancer Center of Lebanon, he established a successful bone marrow transplant service, limb salvage surgery, and sickle cell disease programs as well as an acute lymphoblastic leukemia research protocol in collaboration with the Leukemia/Lymphoma Division at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, TN, USA. The sickle cell program at AUBMC now provides comprehensive service to over 300 children and adolescents with this disease.
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SAVE THE DATE – ASCAT Conference 2023
The ASCAT conference “Therapeutic Strategies For Sickle Cell Disease & Thalassaemia: Time to Consider A Multi-Modal & Personalised Approach” will be held on 25-28 October in London.
Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing (6-8 March 2023)
The Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing took place in London, UK on March 6-8, 2023.
SAVE THE DATE: Sickle Cell & Thalassaemia course
A two-day training course on Sickle Cell Disease and Thalassaemia will run virtually on 17th-18th October 2022. The course is organised by South Thames Sickle Cell & Thalassemia Network.