What You Need To Know
- Researchers from Hackensack Meridian Children's Health at Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital at Hackensack University Medical Center presented seven studies at the American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology (ASPHO) Conference in Fort Worth in May.
- Hackensack University Medical Center is home to the only pediatric stem cell transplant program in New Jersey and is one of the few treatment centers in the nation providing CAR T-cell immunotherapy for children and adolescents.
- Over 1,200 pediatric hematology/oncology professionals from around the world attend the ASPHO Conference each year, allowing attendees to receive high-quality educational content, network with their colleagues, and discover innovative advancements in pediatric hematology/oncology.
ASPHO Conference Presentations
- A 15-year-old with overlapping features of two rare types of indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma (Ashley Varkey, D.O., Pritish Bhattacharyya, M.D., Burton Appel, M.D.)
- Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome: a unique presentation (Ashley Varkey, D.O., Camille Wilson, M.D., Kathleen Barnes, C.G.C., Maria Schwab, M.D., Xiao Yang, M.D., Melanie Degliuomini, M.D.)
- Early unrelated cord blood transplant with reduced intensity cytoreduction for PNP deficiency (Melissa Arfuso, M.D., Shir Miretzky, D.O., Ashley Varkey, D.O., Alfred P. Gillio, M.D.)
- Nephrotic syndrome and Hodgkin lymphoma: two cases with a great difference in clinical presentation (Adam C. Rubenstein, Ashley Varkey, D.O., Robert Zenenberg, D.O., Burton Appel, M.D.)
- Precursor B-lymphoblastic lymphoma presenting as a primary jaw tumor: clinical and genomic findings (Claudia Heller, B.S., Albert Ho, M.D., Ashley Varkey, D.O., Burton Appel, M.D.)
- A coagulopathy conundrum: a new case of FV-Atlanta (Stacey Rifkin-Zenenberg, D.O., Katherine Armstrong, M.D., Helio Pedro, M.D., Melanie Degliuomini, M.D.)
- Smoldering leukemia presenting after prolonged pancytopenia (Stacey Rifkin-Zenenberg, D.O., Jing Chen, M.D.)