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Disease Information :: Presentations

Videos from 2011 Education Day (Oct. 22, 2011; Vancouver, BC)

Dr Phillip Beer - "Stiffen the sinews, summmon up the blood"

Dr. Tom Nevill - MDS and Overlap Syndromes

Dr. Kirk Schultz - Marrow Failure Syndromes in Children - Advances in Treatment

Dr. Michael Barnett - Transplantation Related Iron Overload

Dr. Michael Barnett - Transplantation in the Management of AA, MDS and PNH


Oct 2010
Education Days 2010 Videos

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Oct 2010
Pediatric Bone Marrow Failure: What are the Causes and How Is it Treated?

Presentation by Dr. Robert Klaassen, Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario. Presented as part of AAMAC's Education Day on October 16, 2010.

Size: 1584 KB

Oct 2010
Update on Drug Treatments for Marrow Failure Syndromes

Presentation by Dr. John Storring, Hematologist at McGill University Health Centre in Montreal, Quebec. Presented as part of AAMAC's Education Day on October 16, 2010.

Size: 604 KB

Oct 2010
Iron Overload in Bone Marrow Failure

Presentation by Dr. Melissa Forgie, Program Director of the Hematology Training Program at the University of Ottawa. Presented as part of AAMAC's Education Day on October 16, 2010.

Size: 1460 KB

Oct 2010
Bone Marrow Transplantation in Myelodysplastic Syndromes

Presentation by Dr. Lothar Huebsch, Hematologist and bone marrow transplanter at the Ottawa Hospital. Presented as part of AAMAC's Education Day on October 16, 2010.

Size: 1427 KB

Oct 2010
Blood 101: Introduction Blood and Marrow & Overview of Bone Marrow Failure Diseases

Presentation by Dr. Mitchell Sabloff, Hematologist at The Ottawa Hospital. Presented as part of AAMAC's Education Day on October 16, 2010.

Size: 1360 KB

Oct 2010
Living with Bone Marrow Failure: An approach to Symptom Management

Presentation by Edward J. Fitzgibbon, Medical Director of the Palliative Care Program at The Ottawa Hospital. Presented as part of AAMAC's Education Day on October 16, 2010.

Size: 661 KB

Oct 2010
Living with Bone Marrow Failure: A Nursing Perspective

Presentation by Annie Wereley and Carol Hua-Yung, Clinical Nurse Experts in Hematology. Presented as part of AAMAC's Education Day on October 16, 2010.

Size: 317 KB

Oct 2009
An Overview of the Myelodysplastic Syndromes

Presentation by Dr. Stephen Couban, Director of the Blood and Marrow Transplant Program in Halifax. Presented as part of AAMAC's Education Day on October 24, 2009.

Size: 604 KB

Oct 2009
An Overview of Blood and Marrow Transplantation

Presentation by Dr. Stephen Couban, Director of the Blood and Marrow Transplant Program in Halifax. Presented as part of AAMAC's Education Day on October 24, 2009.

Size: 902 KB

Oct 2009
An Overview of Aplastic Anemia in Adults

Presentation by Dr. Andrea Kew of Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, NS. Presented as part of AAMAC's Education Day on October 24, 2009.

Size: 593 KB

Oct 2009
Pediatric perspectives on childhood marrow failures

Presentation by Dr. Conrad Fernandez of the IWK Health Centre in Halifax. Presented as part of AAMAC's Education Day on October 24, 2009.

Size: 1.1MB

Oct 2009
Should I Worry About Iron?

Presentation on iron overload by Rena Buckstein, Co Director of the MDS Research Program at the Odette Cancer Centre in Toronto. Presented as part of AAMAC's Education Day on October 24, 2009.

Size: 2.9 MB

Oct 2008
Webcasts

Link to select webcasts from AAMAC's Education Day on October 4, 2008. The presentations by Drs. Wells, Messner, Buckstein and Gupta are available. Click on this link and choose a name on the left hand side of the screen to select an individual presentation.

Size: N/A

Oct 2008
Epidemiology of MDS

Dr. Rena Buckstein, Co-Director of the MDS Research Program at the Odette Cancer Centre in Toronto, discusses the epidemiology of MDS. Presented as part of AAMAC's Education Day on October 4, 2008.

Size: 720 KB

Oct 2008
Advocating for Treatment

Ryan Clarke of Advocacy Solutions discusses advocating for treatment. He focuses on the current advocacy efforts to have Revlimid added to the provincial (Ontario) formulary. Presented as part of AAMAC's Education Day on October 4, 2008.

Size: 92 KB

Oct 2008
Inherited Causes of Aplastic Anemia and Myelodysplastic Syndromes

Dr. Yigal Dror of the Marrow Failure & Myelodysplasia Program at the Hospital For Sick Children in Toronto looks at inherited bone marrow failure diseases. Presented as part of AAMAC's Education Day on October 4, 2008.

Size: 540 KB

Oct 2008
Acquired Aplastic Anaemia (AA) & Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH) –Where is the Link?

Dr. Vikas Gupta of Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto discusses the link between aplastic anemia and PNH. Presented as part of AAMAC's Education Day on October 4, 2008.

Size: 670 KB

Oct 2008
Your Health GPS Navigational System

Caroline Laughlin and Margery Konan discuss navigating the health system and its challenges. Presented as part of AAMAC's Education Day on October 4, 2008.

Size: 99 KB

Oct 2008
Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS): What is it and How Does it Impact on Quality of Life?

Dr. Robert Klaassen of the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario discusses MDS and a study measuring the quality of life in MDS patients. Presented as part of AAMAC's Education Day on October 4, 2008.

Size: 1.6 MB

Oct 2008
Stem Cell Transplantation: The Journey

Dr. Hans Messner of Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto provides an overview of stem cell transplantation from its beginnings to where we are now. Presented as part of AAMAC's Education Day on October 4, 2008.

Size: 3.7 MB

Oct 2008
New Advances in Pediatric Aplastic Anemia

Dr. Evan Shereck from BC Children’s hospital discusses the new advances in understanding and treating aplastic anemia. Presented as part of AAMAC's Education Day on October 4, 2008.

Size: 1 MB

Oct 2008
Factory Closures, Defective Goods, and Lack of Skilled Workers

Dr. Richard Wells provides an overview of bone marrow failure diseases aplastic anemia, PNH, and MDS. Presented as part of AAMAC's Education Day on October 4, 2008.

Size: 2 MB

Sept 2007
Treatment of Pediatric Aplastic Anemia

Which comes first, the rabbit or the horse? is a presentation about the treatment of aplastic anemia in children. Presented by Dr. Robert Klaassen as part of AAMAC's Education Day on September 29, 2007.

Size: 600 KB

Sep 2007
Aquired Aplastic Anemia

This is a presentation about the trends in treatment of aplastic anemia and bone marrow transplantation. Presented by Dr. Vikas Gupta as part of AAMAC's Education Day on September 29, 2007.

Size: 4 MB

Sept 2007
MDS Treatment Options

This is an overview of current treatment options in MDS. Presented by Dr. Richard Wells as part of AAMAC's Education Day on September 29, 2007.

Size: 931 KB

Sep 2007
Iron Overload

This is a presentation on iron overload by Dr. Richard Wells as part of AAMAC's Education Day on September 29, 2007.

Size: 4 MB

Sept 2006
Aplastic Anemia & PNH Overview

This is an overview of aplastic anemia and paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria: what are these diseases, and what are the treatment options? Presented by Dr. Loree Larratt as part of AAMAC's Education Day on September 30, 2006.

Size: 761 KB

Sep 2006
Myelodysplasia Overview

This is an overview of the myelodysplastic syndromes: what are these diseases and what are the treatment options? Presented by Dr. Anthony Woods as part of AAMAC's Education Day on September 30, 2006.

Size: 2.2 MB

Sept 2006
Iron Overload

This presentation by Dr. Richard Wells discusses iron overload due to transfusions and what can be done to treat it. Presented as part of AAMAC's Education Day on September 30, 2006.

Size: 1.4 MB

Sep 2006
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

This presentation describes the various transplant options available to bone marrow failure patients. Presented by Dr. Lynn Savoie as part of AAMAC's Education Day on September 30, 2006.

Size: 578 KB

Sept 2006
Rare Blood Initiative & Blood Borne Pathogens Surveillance Project

This presentation describes the proposed rare blood initiative in Alberta. Dr. Bruce Ritchie also describes the Blood Borne Pathogens Surveillance Project. Presented as part of AAMAC's Education Day on September 30, 2006.

Size: 1.4 MB

 

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