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Board of Directors
Pierre Fenaux, MD, PhD

Professor of Hematology
Hôpital St. Louis /Université Paris 7
Paris, France

Peter L. Greenberg, MD

Professor of Medicine/Hematology
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, California, U.S.A.


Sandra Kurtin, PhD, ANP-C, AOCN – Treasurer

Hematology/Oncology Nurse Practitioner
The University of Arizona Cancer Center
Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Nursing
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona, U.S.A.

Luca Malcovati, MD

Associate Professor of Hematology
Department of Molecular Medicine
University of Pavia
Department of Hematology Oncology
Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo
Pavia, Italy


Stephen D. Nimer, MD – Chairman

Director, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
Professor of Medicine, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, Florida, U.S.A.

Michael R. Savona, MD

Professor of Medicine and Cancer Biology
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A.

Emeritus Members

John M. Bennett, MD

Professor of Medicine, Emeritus
Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, New York, U.S.A

Eva Hellström Lindberg, MD, PhD

Karolinska Institute at Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge
Stockholm, Sweden


Charlotte M. Niemeyer, MD

Professor of Pediatrics
University Children’s Hospital
Freiburg, Germany

Franz Schmalzl, MD

Innsbruck, Austria


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