MDS Centers of Excellence

Would you like your treatment center to become part of the referral system for MDS patients and be designated as a Center of Excellence? To be recognized as a Center of Excellence, an institution must have:

• An established university (or equivalent) program
  
• Recognized morphologic expertise in MDS
  
• Available cytogenetics and/or molecular genetics
  
• Ongoing research, including Institutional Review Board-approved clinical trials
  
• Documentation of peer-reviewed publications in the field
  
• The ability and intention to register patients in the MDS International Registry Database.

Please contact the Foundation for further information and an application form for your center at:

The MDS Foundation
P.O. BOX 353
Crosswicks, NJ 08515

Within the US Phone: 1-800-MDS-0839
Outside the US only 1-609-298-6746
Fax: 1-609-298-0590

UNITED STATES

Alabama

University of Alabama at Birmingham
Comprehensive Cancer Center
Birmingham, Alabama
James M. Foran, MD

Arizona

Mayo Clinic Hospital
Phoenix, Arizona
James L. Slack, MD

University of Arizona
Arizona Cancer Center
Tucson, Arizona
Daruka Mahadevan, MD, PhD

California

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
UCLA School of Medicine
Los Angeles, California
H. Phillip Koeffler, MD

City of Hope National Medical Center
Duarte, California
Stephen J. Forman, MD

Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford, California
Peter L. Greenberg, MD

UCLA Center for Health Sciences
Los Angeles, California
Gary J. Schiller, MD

University of Southern California
Keck School of Medicine
Los Angeles, California
Allen S. Yang, MD, PhD

Florida

Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, Florida
Alvaro Moreno-Aspitia, MD

University of South Florida
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
Tampa, Florida
Alan F. List, MD

Illinois

Loyola University Chicago
Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center
Maywood, Illinois
Scott E. Smith, MD, PhD

Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern
University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois
Olga Frankfurt, MD

Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois
Stephanie A. Gregory, MD
Jamile Shammo, MD

University of Chicago Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois
Richard A. Larson, MD

Indiana

Indiana University Medical Center
Indianapolis, Indiana
Larry Cripe, MD

Maryland

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
Steven D. Gore, MD/Charles S. Hesdorffer, MD

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Bethesda, Maryland
Elaine Sloand, MD

University of Maryland
Greenebaum Cancer Center
Baltimore, Maryland
Maria R. Baer, MD/Ivana Gojo, MD

Massachusetts

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts
Richard M. Stone, MD

Tufts University School of Medicine
New England Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts
Kellie Sprague, MD

Michigan

Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
Wayne State University
Detroit, Michigan
Charles A.Schiffer, MD

William Beaumont Hospital Cancer Center
Royal Oak, Michigan
Ishmael Jaiyesimi, MD

Minnesota

Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota
David P. Steensma, MD

Missouri

Washington University School of Medicine
Siteman Cancer Center
St. Louis, Missouri
John F. DiPersio, MD, PhD

Nebraska

University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, Nebraska
Lori Maness, MD

New Jersey

The Cancer Center of Hackensack University Medical Center
Hackensack, New Jersey
Stuart Goldberg, MD

New Mexico

University of New Mexico
Health Sciences Center
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Robert Hromas, MD

New York

Albert Einstein College of Medicine Cancer Center
Bronx, New York
Amit Verma, MD

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York
Stephen D. Nimer, MD

Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, New York
Lewis R. Silverman, MD

New York Medical College/Westchester Medical Center
Zalmen A. Arlin Cancer Center
Valhalla, New York
Karen Seiter, MD

North Shore University Hospital
Lake Success, New York
Steven L. Allen, MD

Roswell Park Cancer Center
Buffalo, New York
Minoo Battiwala, MD

St. Vincent’s Comprehensive Cancer Center
New York, New York
Azra Raza, MD

University of Rochester Cancer Center
Rochester, New York
John M. Bennett, MD

Weill Medical College of Cornell University
New York Presbyterian Hospital
New York, New York
Eric J. Feldman, MD

North Carolina

Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina
Carlos M. deCastro, MD

Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Comprehensive Cancer Center
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Istvan Molnar, MD

Ohio

Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Taussig Cancer Center
Cleveland, Ohio
Jaroslaw Maciejewski, MD, PhD

Oregon

Oregon Cancer Center at
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, Oregon

Pennsylvania

The Western Pennsylvania Cancer Institute
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
James M. Rossetti, DO

Thomas Jefferson University
Kimmel Cancer Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Emmanuel C. Besa, MD

University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Selina Luger, MD

UPMC Cancer Centers
University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Anastasios Raptis, MD

Tennessee

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Memphis, Tennessee
Gregory Hale, MD

Texas

Cancer Care Centers of South Texas
San Antonio, Texas
Roger Lyons, MD

Southwest Regional Cancer Center
Austin, Texas
Richard Helmer, III, MD

University of Texas
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas
Guillermo Garcia-Manero, MD
Hagop Kantarjian, MD

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas VA Medical Center
Dallas, Texas
Simrit Parmar, MD

Washington

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Seattle, Washington
Joachim Deeg, MD

Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
Elihu H. Estey, MD
John A. Thompson, MD

Washington, DC

Georgetown University Hospital
Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Washington, D.C.
Ekatherine Asatiani, MD

Wisconsin

Medical College of Wisconsin
Bone Marrow Transplant Program
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Parameswaran Hari, MD

University of Wisconsin
Madison Medical School
Madison, Wisconsin
Mark B. Juckett, MD

OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES

Africa

Constantiaberg Medi-Clinic
Stellenbosch University and
Tygerberg Academic Hospital
Cape Town, South Africa
Peter Jacobs, MD, PhD

Hôpital Aziza Othmana
Tunis, Tunisia
Balkis Meddeb, MD

University of Cape Town
Groote Schuur Hospital
Cape Town, South Africa
Nicolas Novitzky, MD, PhD

Australia

Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute
University of Melbourne
East Melbourne, Australia
John F. Seymour, MD

University of Tasmania
Royal Hobart Hospital
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Raymond M. Lowenthal, MD

Austria

University Hospital of Innsbruck
Innsbruck, Austria
Reinhard Stauder, MD

University of Vienna
Vienna, Austria
Peter Valent, MD

Belgium

AZ Sint-Jan AV
Brugge, Belgium
Dominik Selleslag, MD

University Hospital Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Michel Delforge, MD, PhD

Brazil

A. C. Camargo Hospital - Cancer Center
São Paulo, Brazil
Luiz Fernando Lopes, MD, PhD

Hemocentro da UNICAMP
University of Campinas
Campinas, Brazil
Irene Lorand-Metze, MD

Universidade Federal de Ceará
Ceará, Brazil
Fernando Barroso Duarte, MD

Canada

Princess Margaret Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Karen Yee, MD

Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Richard A. Wells, MD

University of Toronto
Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Yigal Dror, MD

China

Institute of Hematology and Blood Diseases Hospital
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
Tianjin, China
Zhijian Xiao, MD

Czech Republic

Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion
Prague, Czech Republic
Jaroslav Cermák, MD, PhD

Denmark

Odense University Hospital
The University of Southern Denmark
Odense, Denmark
Gitte Birk Kerndrup, MD

Rigshospitalet
National University Hospital
Copenhagen, Denmark
Lars Kjeldsen, MD, PhD

University of Århus
The University Hospital
Århus, Denmark
Johan Lanng Nielsen, MD, PhD

France

Centre Henri Becquerel
Rouen University School of Medicine
Rouen, France
Aspasia Stamatoullas, MD

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Angers
Service des Maladies du Sang
Angers, France
Norbert Ifrah, MD

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Grenoble
Grenoble, France
Jean-Yves Cahn, MD

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Limoges
Hôpital Dupuytren
Limoges, France
Dominique Bordessoule, MD

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Nancy
Nancy, France
Agnés Guerci-Bresler, MD, PhD

Hôpital Avicenne/University Paris XIII
Bobigny, France
Pierre Fenaux, MD

Hôpital Claude Huriez, CHU Lille
Service des Maladies du Sang
Lille, France
Bruno Quesnel, MD

Hôpital Cochin/University Paris V
Paris, France
Francois Dreyfus, MD

Hôpital Saint Louis/University Paris VII
Paris, France
Christine Chomienne, MD, PhD

Institut Paoli-Calmettes
Marseille, France
Norbert Vey, MD

Germany

Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Detlef Haase, MD, PhD

Hannover Medical School
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Arnold Ganser, MD

Heinrich-Heine Universität
Düsseldorf University Hospital
Düsseldorf, Germany
Ulrich Germing, MD

Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität
Frankfurt Main, Germany
Johannes Atta, MD

MLL Münchner Leukämielabor
Munich, Germany

Saarland University Medical Center
Homburg/Saar, Germany
Ulrich Mahlknecht, MD PhD

St. Johannes Hospital
Heinrich-Heine Universität
Duisburg, Germany
Carlo Aul, MD, PhD

Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
Freiburg, Germany
Michael Lübbert, MD, PhD

Universität Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Nicolaus Kröger, MD, PhD

Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus
Dresden, Germany
Uwe Platzbecker, MD

University Children's Hospital
Freiburg, Germany
Charlotte Niemeyer, MD

Universitätsklinikum Benjamin Franklin
Berlin, Germany
Wolf-Karsten Hofmann, MD, PhD

Greece

Patras University Hospital
Patras, Greece
Nicholas C. Zoumbos, MD

University General Hospital Attikon
Athens, Greece
Theofanis Economopoulos, MD

University of Athens
Laikon Hospital
Athens, Greece
Nora Viniou, MD

Hungary

Semmelweis University School of Medicine
Budapest, Hungary
Judit Várkonyi, MD, PhD

Ireland

Adelaide and Meath Hospital
Dublin, Ireland
Helen Enright, MD

Israel

Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
Tel-Aviv, Israel
Moshe Mittelman, MD

Italy

Centro di Riferimento Oncologico di Basilicata (CROB)
Rionero in Vulture (PZ), Italy
Pellegrino Musto, MD

Istituto di Ematologia
Universita’ Cattolica Sacro Cuore
Roma, Italy
Giuseppe Leone, MD
Maria Teresa Voso, MD

University of Florence
Azienda OSP Careggi
Florence, Italy
Valeria Santini, MD

University of Pavia Medical School
Pavia, Italy
Mario Cazzola, MD

University Tor Vergata
Ospedale S. Eugenio
Roma, Italy
Elisabetta Abruzzese, MD, PhD

Japan

Kyoto University Hospital
Kyoto, Japan
Takashi Uchiyama, MD

Nagasaki University Hospital
School of Medicine
Atomic Bomb Disease Institute
Nagasaki City, Japan
Masao Tomonaga, MD

Nippon Medical School
Tokyo, Japan
Kiyoyuki Ogata, MD, PhD

Saitama Medical School Hospital
Morohongo, Iruma, Japan
Akira Matsuda, MD

Tokyo Medical College
Tokyo, Japan
Kazuma Ohyashiki, MD

The Netherlands

University Medical Center
Nijmegen St. Radboud
Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Theo J.M. de Witte, MD, PhD

Vrije Universiteit Medical Center
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Gert J. Ossenkoppele, MD, PhD

Poland

Jagiellonian University
Collegium Medicum
Kraków, Poland
Aleksander Skotnicki, M.D., Ph.D.

Portugal

Hospital de Santa Maria
Lisbon, Portugal
Joao F. Lacerda, MD

Romania

Fundeni Clinical Institute
Bucharest, Romania
Radu Gologan, MD, PhD

Saudi Arabia

King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Mahmoud Deeb Aljurf, MD

King Khaled University Hospital
King Saud University
Ak Almomen, MD

Spain

Hospital Universitario de Salamanca
Salmanca, Spain
Jesus F. San Miguel, MD

Hospital Universitario La Fe
Valencia, Spain
Miguel A. Sanz, MD, PhD

Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron
Laboratorio del Citologia-Citogénetica
Barcelona, Spain
Maria Teresa Vallespi-Sole, MD, PhD

Sweden

Karolinska Institutet
Huddinge University Hospital
Stockholm, Sweden
Eva Hellstrom-Lindberg, MD, PhD

Thailand

King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital
Pathumwan, Bangkok, Thailand
Tanin Intragumtornchai, MD

Turkey

Ankara University School of Medicine Hospital
Ankara, Turkey
Osman Ilhan, MD

Ukraine

Research Center for Radiation Medicine
Kiev, Ukraine
Dimitry Bazyka, MD

United Kingdom

King's College Hospital
University of London
London, United Kingdom
Ghulam J. Mufti, MD

Leeds General Infirmary
The Leeds Teaching Hospitals
Leeds, United Kingdom
David T. Bowen, MD

Queen Elizabeth Hospital
University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust
Charles Craddock, MD

Royal Bournemouth Hospital
Bournemouth, United Kingdom
Sally Killick, MD

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