Donna DiMichele, MD, tells us about her childhood in Montreal, Canada, and reflects on how hematology has changed since she started her career.

Pulling Back the Curtain: Donna DiMichele

Hear more from our interview with Dr. Odenike, where she describes finding her home in hematology, and offers advice for early-career doctors.

Pulling Back the Curtain - Olatoyosi Odenike

Dr. Childs tells us about his early inventions and describes the best and worst parts of his day. Dr. Childs is a rear admiral (RADM) in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, Assistant U.S. Surgeon General, and the clinical director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s Division of Intramural Research in the National Institutes of Health.

Pulling Back the Curtain: Richard W. Childs, MD

Dr. Viprakasit shares more about the advantages of working in a limited-resource setting and the importance of international collaboration. Dr. Viprakasit is professor of pediatrics in the Department of Pediatrics & Thalassemia Center at Siriraj Hospital at Mahidol University in Bangkok, Thailand. He also is founder of ATGenes, a biotechnology and diagnostic services company in Thailand.

Pulling Back the Curtain: Vip Viprakasit, MD, DPhil

2018 ASH President Dr. Thompson shares more about what inspired her to specialize in hematology and the most rewarding aspects of her career. Dr. Thompson is head of the hematology section of the Division of Hematology Oncology Transplantation at the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, where she also serves as the A. Watson and Sarah Armour Endowed Chair for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders. In addition, Dr. Thompson is associate director of Equity and Minority Health at the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University.

Pulling Back the Curtain: Alexis A. Thompson, MD, MPH

Dr. Pollyea shares what he learned from growing up watching his father practice medicine and the simple secret to his success. Dr. Pollyea is clinical director of Leukemia Services and associate professor of medicine at the University of Colorado Cancer Center.

Pulling Back the Curtain: Dan Pollyea, MD, MS

Dr. Wartman discusses his decision to go into medicine and his life as a doctor and a patient. Dr. Wartman is assistant professor in the Department of Medicine in the Division of Oncology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri.

Pulling Back the Curtain: Lukas Wartman, MD

Dr. Schenkein shares the secret to his success and the advice that he would pass on to early-career hematologists and oncologists. Dr. Schenkein is a general partner at GV, where he coleads the life science investment team, and an adjunct attending physician in hematology at Tufts Medical Center in Boston.

Pulling Back the Curtain: David Schenkein, MD

Dr. Schuh speaks about her idyllic childhood in the vineyards of Germany’s Moselle Valley and being chased by wildebeest in Africa. Dr. Schuh is the director of the Oxford Molecular Diagnostics Centre, a consultant hematologist at Oxford University Hospitals, and an associate professor in hematology at the University of Oxford.

Pulling Back the Curtain: Anna Schuh, MD, PhD

Dr. Usmani shares more about life lessons learned throughout his career. Dr. Usmani is Director of Plasma Cell Disorders Program and Director of Clinical Research in Hematologic Malignancies at Levine Cancer Institute in Charlotte, NC.

Pulling Back the Curtain: Saad Z. Usmani, MD

Dr. Kyle discusses his early decision to specialize in hematology and looks back on 70 years in medicine. Dr. Kyle is professor of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology and professor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.

Pulling Back the Curtain: Robert Kyle, MD

ASH Clinical News, a monthly news magazine specifically designed to appeal to clinical practitioners in hematology and oncology, provides timely updates in the field by reporting on key medical meetings, clinical trials, innovative technology, and influential papers in the literature. Regular features include clinical consults, interviews with leaders in various hematology subspecialties, patient education information, news about individual ASH members, and updates on Society initiatives.

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