Development of New Therapies for the Treatment of Acute Myeloid Leukemia
LAU Medical Center-Rizk Hospital - Auditorium D & Online
The Continuing Medical Education Office at the LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine invites you to attend the special lecture
Development of New Therapies for the Treatment of Acute Myeloid Leukemia
The aim of this talk is to describe novel strategies in development for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia. Dr. Paul Shami will give an overview of the current treatment approaches for acute myeloid leukemia. He will then describe strategies currently in development for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia.
Speaker
Paul Shami, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Hematology and Hematologic Malignancies
University of Utah
& Clinical Investigator
University’s Huntsman Cancer Institute
Moderator
Hady Ghanem, MD
Head, Division of Hematology-Oncology
Department of Internal Medicine
LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine
Speaker’s Biography
Dr. Paul Shami is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology and Hematologic Malignancies at the University of Utah and is a Member and Clinical Investigator at the University’s Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI). Dr. Shami also holds an Adjunct appointment as a Professor of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry at the University of Utah. He is Board Certified in Hematology and Medical Oncology. He started at the University of Utah in 1997. Dr. Shami oversees leukemia clinical trials at Huntsman Cancer Institute. His research also includes different strategies in drug discovery and drug development. Because of his expertise in the treatment of blood cancers, he serves or has served on the Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia and Myelodysplastic Syndrome panels of the National Cancer Center Network (NCCN). These NCCN panels develop guidelines that are followed nationally and internationally for the treatment of cancer.
One CME/CPD credit will be granted for attending this Special Lecture.
Attendance via WebEx will be recorded by the CME Office.
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Event number: 2360 536 5140
Event password: gHh7p2xAWT5