The Hematologist

In this episode, Contributing Editor Samuel Wilson, MD, an assistant professor of hematology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, talks with Marc Blondon, MD, an attending physician in the division of angiology and hemostasis with the University Hospitals of Geneva (Switzerland). They talk about a paper co-authored by Dr. Blondon titled, “Longitudinal profile of estrogen-related throm...

In this episode, Editor-in-Chief Shaji Kumar , MD, a professor of medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, talks with Leslie Ellis, MD, a professor of internal medicine at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist in Winston Salem, North Carolina. They discuss the ASH Ambassador Program, which is designed to support the recruitment and retention of trainees into hematology. Dr. Ellis is chair of a...

In this episode, Tamara Dunn, MD, a clinical associate professor of medicine in the division of hematology at Stanford University in Stanford, California, and co-chair of ASH’s Women in Hematology Working Group, hosts a conversation with Toyosi Onwuemene, MD, an associate professor of medicine, specializing in hemostasis/thrombosis, at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, and Nina Shah, MD,...

In this episode, Contributing Editor Ajai Chari , MD, a professor of clinical medicine and director of the myeloma program at the University of California San Francisco, talks with Pieter Sonneveld, MD, PhD, a professor of hematology at the Erasmus University of Rotterdam in the Netherlands. They discuss Dr. Sonneveld’s recent paper, “Daratumumab, Bortezomib, Lenalidomide, and Dexamethasone for Mu...

In this episode, Contributing Editor Lori Muffly, MD, an associate professor of medicine specializing in blood and marrow transplantation and cellular therapies at Stanford University in California, talks with Roberta Demichelis, MD, an assistant professor in the department of hematology and oncology at the Salvador Zubirán National Institute of Health Sciences and Nutrición in Mexico City. They d...

In this episode, Contributing Editor Sarah Tasian, MD, associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and chief of the hematologic malignancies program at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, talks with Rob Pieters, MD, the chief medical officer at the Princess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology and professor of pediatric oncology at the University of Utrecht, both...

In this episode, Dr. Shaji Kumar, editor-in-chief of The Hematologist , has a conversation with Drs. Jonathan Licht and Keith McCrae, the editors-in-chief, respectively, of ASH's two new journals Blood Neoplasia and Blood Vessels, Thrombosis & Hemostasis . Music: “Jellyfish in Space” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 creativecommons.org/licens...

In this episode, Dr. Satiro De Oliveira talks about his own experience with the mentorship program within ASH’s Minority Recruitment Initiative and its impact on trainees coming from underrepresented groups. Dr. De Oliveira is an associate professor in the Division of Pediatric Hematology Oncology at UCLA. Music: “Jellyfish in Space” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons...

In this episode, Contributing Editor Kate Markey, MBBS, PhD, talks with Shernan Holtan, MD, one of the authors of a paper published recently in The New England Journal of Medicine: “Post-transplantation Cyclophosphamide-based Graft-versus-host Disease Prophylaxis.” Music: “Jellyfish in Space” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 creativecommons.org/l...

In this episode, Contributing Editor Dr. Robert Hasserjian has a conversation with Dr. Siddhartha Jaiswal about a recent paper Dr. Jaiswal co-authored: “Aberrant activation of TCL1A promotes stem cell expansion in clonal haematopoiesis.”    Dr. Hasserjian is a professor of pathology at Harvard Medical School. He is also the director of the Hematopathology Fellowship Program at Massachusetts Genera...

In this episode, Drs. Robert Stern and Ronak Mistry talk about their own professional journeys as hematologists, why they love what they do, the medical education for hematologists, and recruitment efforts to bring more students into the field. Dr. Stern is the associate program director with the Dana-Farber Massachusetts General Brigham Fellowship in Hematology and Oncology in Boston.  Dr. Mistry...

In this episode, Contributing Editor Dr. Michael Scott is joined by Dr. Sumedha Arya for a conversation with Dr. Cindy de Jong. They discuss a study covered by Drs. Scott and Arya in their recent Diffusion article titled “Anticoagulation and Abnormal Uterine Bleeding: Acknowledging Calls to Action.” Dr. de Jong performed analysis for the study and served as one of the lead authors of the paper pub...

In this installment, Dr. Nicole Gormley and Dr. Grzegorz Nowakowski discuss a collaboration between ASH and the FDA that led to a successful workshop on regulatory science in hematology, an event they co-chaired and one that will return Oct. 10–11 at ASH headquarters in Washington, D.C. Dr. Gormley, a hematologist with the FDA, is the Division Director for the Division of Hematologic Malignancies...

In this installment, Contributing Editor Dr. Loretta J. Nastoupil has a conversation with Dr. Michael Dickinson. They discuss the New England Journal of Medicine article covered by Dr. Nastoupil in her most recent Diffusion article titled, “The Next Wave of T-cell Engagement for the Management of Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma.” In the article, Dr. Nastoupil discusses a study that looks at a promis...

Nesta segunda parte de nossa serie sobre a adaptação das Diretrizes de Prática Clínica da ASH sobre tromboembolismo venoso na América Latina, Dra. Suely Meireles Rezende e Dr. Daniel Días Ribeiro discutem a publicação das diretrizes para prevenção de tromboemboilsmo venoso em pacientes na América Latina. Este podcast é a versão em português de uma série especial com episódios em inglês, espanhol e...

En este episodio de nuestra serie sobre las Guías de Práctica Clínica de ASH, la Dra. Pamela Zuñiga y el Dr. Pedro Pablo García Lázaro Guillermo conversan sobre la importancia clínica de las nuevas Guías de ASH para el Manejo del Tromboembolismo Venoso para América Latina. Este podcast es la versión en español de una serie especial de tres partes con episodios en inglés, español, y portugués. La D...

In this installment of our ASH Clinical Practice Guidelines series, Dr. Luis Meillon and Dr. Jaime Pereira have a conversation about the clinical importance of new ASH Guidelines on Venous Thromboembolism in Latin America. This podcast is the English version of a dedicated three-part series in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.  Dr. Luis Meillon is a hematologist at the ABC Medical Center and panel...

 In this installment, 2023 ASH Summit on Immunotherapies for Hematologic Diseases co-chair Dr. Terry Fry, and The Hematologist Editor-in-Chief Dr. Shaji Kumar have a conversation about what attendees can expect for this year’s summit, taking place in-person only. They discuss the current progress of immunotherapies for treating hematologic malignancies, some of the limitations to bringing these ki...

In this installment, The Hematologist Editor-in-Chief Dr. Shaji Kumar has a conversation with Contributing Editor Dr. Saad Usmani. They discuss Dr. Usmani’s Year’s Best coverage in which he describes the past year’s breakthroughs in immunotherapies for multiple myeloma. The focus in particular on B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA) –targeted therapies, including chimeric antigen receptor T-cells (CAR...

In this installment, Contributing Editor Dr. Lori Muffly has a conversation with Dr. Partow Kebriaei. They discuss the Blood article covered by Dr. Muffly in her most recent Diffusion article titled, “Should Minimal Residual Disease Guide the Way? The Evolving Role of Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Adults With Ph+ Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in First Complete Remission.” In the...

En este episodio, el Dr. Rubén Mesa entrevista al Dr. Diego Adrianzen-Herrera y la Dra. Joanna Robles en honor del Mes de la Herencia Hispana sobre sus experiencias como hematólogos de ascendencia hispana/latina, la importancia de ASH y un buen mentor en sus carreras, lo que los llevó a estudiar medicina, y la forma de garantizar que la comunidad hispana tenga una voz en el sector de la hematologí...

In this installment, Dr. Ruben Mesa leads a conversation in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, in an interview with Dr. Diego Adrianzen-Herrera and Dr. Joanna Robles. They share their experiences as hematologists of Hispanic/LatinX heritage and discuss the role of mentorship and ASH in their work, what led them to their careers in medicine, and what they as individuals can do to ensure the Hispanic...

In this installment, Contributing Editor Dr. David Rees has a conversation with Drs. Naja Nyffenegger and Vania Manolova. They discuss the Blood article covered by Dr. Rees in his most recent Diffusion article titled, “Iron-restricted Erythropoiesis in Sickle Cell Disease.” In the article, Dr. Rees explored the study by Dr. Nyffenegger and colleagues, which hypothesized that iron restriction via b...

In this episode, Dr. Jennifer Holter-Chakrabarty, chair of the ASH Committee on Government Affairs, and Dr. Sarah O’Brien, chair of the ASH Working Group on Maternal Health in Hematology have a conversation about recent issues facing maternal health care, and what the Society and its membership is doing to confront these challenges, through advocacy and education. Music: “Jellyfish in Space” Kevin...

In this installment, Contributing Editor Dr. Loretta Nastoupil has a conversation with Dr. Melody Smith. They discuss a Nature Medicine article covered by Dr. Nastoupil in her most recent Diffusion article titled, “Trust Your Gut: Changes in Intestinal Microbiome Are Associated With Outcomes Following CAR-T Therapy.” In the article, Dr. Nastoupil discusses a study that explored whether antibiotic...