Simon Says Expert Series – Sickle Cell Disease: Designing Care For Life
Date: September 26, 2022
Time: 12:00 pm
Location
Virtual
Contact: Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center
Sickle Cell Disease: Designing Care for Life
12 p.m. ET Sept. 26
Seethal Jacob, MD, MS, and Andrew O’Brien, MD, will discuss sickle cell disease and how they are working together to conduct research that improves sickle cell care in Indiana. Their research and that of their colleagues encompasses everything from telemedicine, acupuncture, pulmonary hypertension basic science research, and more. You’ll learn more about their work that focuses on the importance of designing comprehensive lifespan care to improve health outcomes for people living with sickle cell disease. The cancer center organizes the research and care of sickle cell disease, a non-malignant hematological (blood) disorder.
Speakers:
Seethal Jacob, MD, MS
Director, Pediatric Sickle Cell Program at Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, IU School of Medicine
Andrew O’Brien, MD
Director, Adult Sickle Cell Program at IU Health
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, IU School of Medicine
Moderator:
Antwione Haywood, PhD
Associate Director for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center
Original source can be found here.
