Division News

The Duke University Comprehensive Sickle Cell Program is hosting a 2-day joint conference with experts from Duke University and UNC-Chapel Hill. “Engaging Providers and Families to Improve Care for Individuals with Sickle Cell” will be held from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Fri., Nov. 8, and from 8:30 a.m.-3:45 p.m. Sat., Nov. 9 in the Duke University School of Nursing, Auditorium 1014. Registration is required; the cost for providers is $15.

Medicine Grand Rounds on Fri., Oct. 4 at 8 a.m. in Duke Hospital room 2002 will feature Gowthami Arepally, MD, associate professor of medicine (Hematology) and pathology, medical director for the Therapeutic Apheresis Service and Vice Chair for Research in the Division of Hematology. Allyson Pishko, MD, junior assistant resident, will present a case. Dr.

Pete Lollar, MD, professor of pediatrics at Emory University and Director of Hemostasis Research, will give a lecture on Tue., July 23 from 9-10 a.m. in Duke North, Room 2003. Dr. Lollar will present "The Immune Response to Factor VIII - Including a Trip to the Biotechnology Sector." Lollar will also attend a small group discussion from 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. in MSRB II, Room 3090. Lunch will be provided and space is limited.

The Thrombosis and Hemostasis Disorders Consortium will host Evan Sadler, MD, PhD, professor of medicine (Hematology) and Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics at Washington University in St. Louis, on Tuesday, April 2 from 8:30-9:30 a.m. in Duke North, Room 2003. Dr. Sadler will discuss von Willebrand Factor, ADAMTS13 and Thrombotic Microangiopathy. All are welcome to attend.

Mary Klotman, MD, chair of the department, announced today that after more than 17 years as the founding Chief of the Division of Hematology, Marilyn Telen, MD, has elected to step down from her role as division chief. "I am very grateful to Marilyn for the many years of dedication she gave the Division," Dr. Klotman said in a message to faculty, fellows, residents and staff.

Medicine Grand Rounds on Fri., Nov. 30 at 8 a.m. in Duke Hospital room 2002 will feature Ara Metjian MD, medical instructor (Hematology) in the Comprehensive Hemostasis and Thrombosis Center. Dr.

Medicine Grand Rounds on Fri., July 27 at 8am in Duke Hospital room 2002 will feature Thomas Ortel, MD, PhD, professor of medicine (Hematology) and pathology. Dr.

The Medicine Research Conference returns Fri., June 29 at 12 pm in Duke Hospital 2002 for an end-of-the-season special program, with presentations by Monica Kraft, MD, vice chair for research, Michael D. Gunn, MD, associate professor of medicine (Cardiology) and immunology, and Rahima Zennadi, PhD, MS, assistant professor of medicine (Hematology) Dr.

Bruce Sullenger and Richard Becker, MD, MEd,, professor of medicine (Cardiology), have been awarded a U54 grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to study thrombosis and hemostasis employing an oligonucleotide-based platform. Tom Ortel, MD, PhD, professor of medicine (Hemtaology) has one of the projects in this U54. "Congratulations," Mary Klotman, MD, department chair, wrote to the group.

Marilyn Telen, MD, Wellcome Professor of Medicine and chief of the Division of Hematology, has learned that a joint Duke-UNC faculty training program, Clinical Hematology and Transfusion Medicine Research Career Development Program, has received renewed funding from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute. This program is designed to ensure the continuation of high quality, patient-oriented research in hem