NEWS & EVENTS
October 10
-
11, 2019
Jamaica Pegasus Hotel
81 Knutsford Boulevard
Kingston 5, Jamaica West Indies
81 Knutsford Boulevard
Kingston 5, Jamaica West Indies
Description
After another successful event at the NIH/NHLBI, USA, in October 2018, we are pleased to announce that Sickle Cell in Focus (SCiF) will be held for the second-time in Kingston, Jamaica on October 10-11, 2019. The 13th annual SCiF conference will be co-hosted by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and The University of West Indies.
SCiF is a two-day, intensive, educational update on sickle cell disease. This year’s conference will focus updates on management of commonly encountered sickle-related complications, curative therapies, and a reality check on current treatment options- blood transfusion, hydroxyurea and L-glutamine. At the end of each day, there will also be two complex debates which focus on topical issues for which there is no clear answer.
This two-day intensive educational conference is geared towards clinicians, academics, and other healthcare professionals involved in sickle cell disease around the world.
To view the complete Event Program, click here.
Organizing Committee
Swee Lay Thein, M.D., DSc, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
John F. Tisdale, M.D., National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
Jennifer Knight-Madden, M.B., B.S., Ph.D., Caribbean Institute for Health Research, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica
Monika Parshad-Asnani, M.B.B.S., D.M., Ph.D., Caribbean Institute for Health Research, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica
Contact Us
Please direct all conference questions to our general inbox SCiFConference@nhlbi.nih.gov to ensure a timely response. For more specific questions, you can contact the following people:
Program Contact
Swee Lay Thein, M.D.
sweelay.thein@nih.gov
John F. Tisdale, M.D.
john.tis@nhlbi.nih.gov
Jennifer Knight-Madden, MBBS, PhD
jennifer.knightmadden@uwimona.edu.jm
Monika Parshad-Asnani
monika.parshadasnani@uwimona.edu.jm
Meeting Logistics
Jessica Peterson
Jessica.Peterson2@nih.gov
Phone: 301-827-6630
Cassandra Wint-Rose
cassandra.wint@uwimona.edu.jm
Phone: 876-927-2984/977-0632
Meeting Venue
Jamaica Pegasus Hotel
81 Knutsford Boulevard
Kingston 5, Jamaica West Indies
Travel & Hotel Accommodations
Please visit our event page for information on hotel booking and travel.
Select Speakers
National Institutes of Health
Dr. Thein is a hematologist and clinical investigator at the NIH. Dr. Thein joined the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute/NIH in spring 2015 as Senior Investigator and Chief of the Institute’s Sickle Cell Branch.
Swee Lay Thein, M.B.
National Institutes of Health
John Tisdale received his M.D. degree from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, where he also received his B.A. in Chemistry. He is the Chief of the Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, NHLBI.
John Tisdale, M.D.
Caribbean Institute for Health Research
Dr. Jennifer Knight-Madden completed medical school at the University of the West Indies, Jamaica. Her postgraduate training included a residency in Pediatrics at the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Toronto and a Pediatric Pulmonology Fellowship and MSc in Biometry at Duke Univ Medical School
Jennifer Knight-Madden M.B., B.S., Ph.D.
Caribbean Institute for Health Research
Monika Asnani is a Senior Lecturer at the Caribbean Institute for Health Research- Sickle Cell Unit, U.W.I. in Jamaica. She is a Family Physician and Epidemiologist with 16 years of providing clinical care for persons living with SCD.
Monika Asnani, MBBS, DM, PhD
Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Trust
Marcus is the senior surgeon in the Hip Unit at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation NHS Trust in London, UK, having been appointed Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon in 2002.
Marcus J. K. Bankes BSc, FRCS (Orth)
State University of Campinas - UNICAMP
Professor Fernando F. Costa graduated (1974) and obtained both his MSc (1979) and PhD (1981) degrees from the Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine of the University of São Paulo, where he also served as a faculty member (1985-1989).
Fernando F. Costa, M.D., Ph.D.
Yale Cancer Center
Dr. Susanna Curtis is a post-doctoral fellow in hematology at the Yale Cancer Center and a PhD candidate in Investigative Medicine in the Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
Susanna Curtis, M.D., Ph.D. Candidate
Children’s National Medical Center
Dr. Darbari is a Pediatric Hematologist-Oncologist at the Children’s National Medical Center and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the George Washington University in Washington DC. Dr. Darbari studies complications of sickle cell disease with emphasis on pain.
Deepika Darbari, M.B.B.S., M.S.
Université de Paris
Dr Elion is Professor of Molecular Genetics at the Université de Paris and Visiting Professor at the Universidade de São Paulo. He is the former Director of the Dept of Medical Genetics at the Robert Debré University Hospital.
Jacques Elion, M.D., Ph.D.
Emory University School of Medicine
Dr. Ross Fasano is an Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at Emory University School of Medicine. He also has an adjunct appointment in Adult Hematology and provides comprehensive care to adult patients with sickle cell disease at Grady Memorial
Ross Fasano, M.D.
French National Institute for Health and Medical Research
Dr. Marie-Dominique HARDY-DESSOURCES is a biochemist educated at the University Paris XI, Orsay, France. She obtained her PhD from the pharmaceutical department of this University.
Marie-Dominique Hardy-Dessources, Ph.D.
University of Colorado Denver
Dr. Kathryn Hassell is a Professor of Medicine and Director of the Colorado Sickle Cell Center and inpatient and outpatient pharmacy-directed anticoagulation services at the University of Colorado Denver.
Kathryn Hassell, M.D.
Pediatric Blood Disorders Center
Dr. Matthew Heeney received his MD at the University of Calgary, Alberta, completed his residency at the Montreal Children’s Hospital, McGill University, and a pediatric Hematology/Oncology fellowship at Duke University.
Matthew Heeney, M.D.
National Institutes of Health
Dr. Matthew Hsieh is Staff Clinician at the Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
Matthew Hsieh, M.D.
Government Medical College
Dr. Dipty Lalit Jain is the current Professor and Head, Department of Pediatrics, Govt. Medical College, Nagpur and she is a consultant for WHO (UIP), USAID (Domestic Violence Against Women and Children Scientific Advisory Committee member, Indian Council Medical Research (ICMR).
Dipty Jain, M.D.
University Hospital, Southampton and King’s College Hospital
Fenella Kirkham is a paediatric neurologist with an interest in prevention and treatment of disabling acute and chronic paediatric neurological problems, specifically in the context of sickle cell anaemia.
Fenella Kirkham
Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS)
Professor Julie Makani is Head of the Department of Hematology and Blood Transfusion at the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS).
Prof. Julie Makani
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Dr. Malik is a physician-scientist, who has worked on hematological disorders for the last 20 years. Clinically, she takes care of children with inherited and acquired blood disorders. Her research interests lie in studying the genetic therapies for hematopoietic stem cell disorders.
Punam Malik, M.D., M.S., M.B.B.S.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center
Dr. Minniti is Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at Einstein College of Medicine. She is the Director of the Sickle Cell Center for Adults at Montefiore Hospital.
Caterina P. Minniti, M.D.
University of the West Indies (UWI)
Dr Belinda Morrison is a Consultant Urologist at the University Hospital of the West Indies, Mona campus, Jamaica. She is currently Lecturer and Head of the Division of Urology at the University of the West Indies.
Belinda Morrison M.B., B.S., D.M.
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Dr. Quinn is pediatric hematologist with a clinical focus on sickle cell disease. He is the medical director of the Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease Program and the medical director of the Erythrocyte Diagnostic Laboratory at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.
Charles Quinn, M.D., M.S.
The University of the West Indies (UWI)
Prof Marvin Reid is the director of the Tropical Metabolism Research Unit, Caribbean Institute for Health Research (CAIHR) and Associate Lecturer in the Department of Community Medicine & Psychiatry at The University of the West Indies, Mona (The UWI).
Marvin Reid, M.B., B.S., Ph.D.
National Institutes of Health
Dr. Ruhl completed her training in Pulmonary Medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital and Critical Care Medicine at the NIH Clinical Center. She is an Associate Research Physician in the Physiology Unit of the Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research
A. Parker Ruhl, M.D., M.H.S.
National Institutes of Health
Vandana Sachdev is a cardiologist and Staff Clinician in the Cardiology Branch of the NHLBI Division of Intramural Research. She received her M.D. from the University of Michigan and trained in cardiology at the University of Maryland.
Vandana Sachdev, M.D.
University of the West Indies
After Clare College, Cambridge, the London Hospital Medical School, and 3 years of postgraduate education, he departed for Jamaica in August 1966 to work in the Department of Medicine, University Hospital of the West Indies, Kingston. He collaborated with Dr. Paul Milner in the Sickle Cell Clinic
Graham Serjeant
King’s College London / King’s College Hospital
Claire graduated in Medicine from University College London in 1991 and after specializing in Renal Medicine received a Kidney Research UK Clinical Training Fellowship in 1999 to undertake a PhD in renal fibrosis at King’s College London under Professor Bruce Hendry.
Claire Sharpe, MBBS, PhD
National Institutes of Health
Dr. Shet is a Staff Clinician/Senior Research Physician in the Sickle Cell Branch/NHLBI, involved in patient care and translational research centering on adults with sickle cell disease. He’s the Principal Investigator on 2 active protocols and an Associate Investigator on 4 other active protocols.
Arun Shet, M.D.
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
Dr. Rosalyn Stewart is Dir of Care Coordination and Resource management at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Associate professor at Johns Hopkins Univ School of Medicine with joint appointments in the Depts of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, School of Nursing and Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Rosalyn Stewart, M.B.A., M.D., M.S.
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland
Dr. Treadwell is a graduate of the Univ of Washington, with a degree in clinical child psychology. She has spent her professional career at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland, specializing in helping children and families cope with the stress of living with medical conditions and treatments.
Marsha J. Treadwell, Ph.D.
University of Cincinnati
Russell Ware, MD, is the Director of the Global Health Center and Director of the Division of Hematology at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital in Cincinnati, as well as a tenured Professor of Pediatrics and Endowed Chair of Hematology Translational Research at the University of Cincinnati.
Russell Ware, M.D.