Meeting program
Thursday, May 10, 2018
08:45 - 09:00 Opening ceremony
09:00 - 11:00 Session 1: Updated Transfusion-dependent Thalassemia (TDT): What we know and where we are
- Lecture: Updated Clinical manifestaions, Diagnosis and blood transfusion in TDT
Speaker: H Abolghasemi (Iran) - Clinical cases
Speaker: A Azarkeyvan (Iran) - Self-assessment cases
Speaker: S Zareifar (Iran)
11:00 - 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 - 13:15 Session 2: Iron chelation in TDT
- Lecture: Iron chelation therapy: Optimal using serum ferritin and T2* MRI of the liver and heart
Speaker: A Taher (Lebanon) - Clinical cases
Speaker: A Taher (Lebanon) - Self-assessment cases
Speaker: M Karimi (Iran)
13:15 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 16:00 Session 3: Approach to TDT complications
- Lecture: How to manage TDT complications (Endocrine, liver, heart,…)
Speaker: MD Cappellini (Italy) - Clinical cases
Speaker: MD Cappellini (Italy) - Self-assessment cases
Speaker: M Karimi (Iran)
16:00 - 16:15 Coffee break
16:15 - 18:15 Session 4: Other treatment options in TDT
- Lecture: Indications for Transfusion and Splenectomy in TDT and NTDT
Speaker: A Taher (Lebanon) - Clinical cases
Speaker: A Taher (Lebanon) - Self-assessment cases
Speakers: M Bordbar (Iran) & OR Zekavat (Iran)
18:15 – 20:00 Novartis meeting
Friday, May 11, 2018
09:00 - 11:00 Session 5: Non-transfusion Dependent Thalassemia (NTDT)
- Lecture: Updated diagnosis and management in NTDT
Speaker: M Karimi (Iran) - Clinical cases
Speaker: M Shahriari (Iran) - Self-assessment cases
Speaker: S Zareifar (Iran)
11:00 - 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 - 13:15 Session 6: NTDT complications
- Lecture: Morbidities in Non Transfusion Dependent Thalassemia
Speaker: A Taher (Lebanon) - Clinical cases
Speaker: MD Cappellini (Italy) - Self-assessment cases
Speaker: M Karimi (Iran)
13:15 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 16:00 Session 7: Other treatment in NTDT
- Lecture: Iron chelation and Novel medical treatment in NTDT
Speaker: MD Cappellini (Italy) - Clinical cases
Speaker: MD Cappellini (Italy) - Self-assessment cases
Speaker: A Taher (Lebanon)
16:00 - 16:15 Coffee break
16:15 - 18:15 Session 8: Other types of NTDT
- Lecture: HbH disease and sickle thalassemia
Speaker: OR Zekavat (Iran) - Clinical cases
Speaker: M Bordbar (Iran) - Self-assessment cases
Speakers: M Karimi (Iran) & M Shahriari (Iran)
18:15 - 18:30 Closing ceremony
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