VTP Participant and Training Topic | Host Mentor and Institution |
Gunay Aliyeva, BS, MSc (Azerbaijan) Molecular assays in hemoglobinopathy and thalassemia diagnosis | Carolyn C. Hoppe, MD
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital
Oakland, CA |
Daniela Barbieri (Argentina) Next Generation Sequencing for genetic panels for epigenetic markers and mutational profiling | Maria Figueroa, MD
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL |
Livingstone Dogara, MBBS (Nigeria) Coagulation tests for hemophilia, thrombosis, and hemostasis | Johnny Mahlangu, MD
Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Hospital
South Africa |
Nermeen Eldabah, MBCHB, MSc, MD (Egypt) Cytogenetic analysis for hematological disorders and malignancies | George Deeb, MD
Emory University
Atlanta, GA |
Tushar Idhate, MD (India) Management of sickle cell and thalassemia | Baba Inusa, MD, MRCP
Guy’s & St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
London, UK |
Raheel Iftikhar, MBBS (Pakistan) Allogenic HSCT (hematopoietic stem cell transplantation) | Ghulam J. Mufti, DM
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
London, UK |
Mohammad Islam, MBBS, BCS (Bangladesh) Management of allogenic BMT (bone marrow transplantation) in transfusion dependent thalassemia patients | Vikram Mathews, MD
Christian Medical College
Vellore, India |
Olufunto Kalejaiye, MB, ChB (Nigeria) Morphology and interpretation of immunochemistry, blood film, and bone marrow aspiration slides | Alok Srivastava, MD
Christian Medical College
Vellore, India |
Levani Makhaldiani, MD (Georgia) Autologous bone marrow transplantation for multiple myeloma | Daniel Weisdorf, MD
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN |
Anali Mora-Alferez, MD (Peru) Diagnosis and management of hereditary hematological neoplasia | Lucy Godley, MD, PhD
The University of Chicago
Chicago, IL |
Ogechukwu Obi, BSc, MBBS (Nigeria) Management of thrombosis and hemostasis/blood clotting | Adam Cuker, MD
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA |
Veerendra Patil, MD (India) Diagnosis and treatment of pediatric primary immunodeficiency disorders (PIDs) | Rakesh Goyal, MD
Children’s Mercy Hospital
Kansas City, MO |
Mauricio Postigo MacDowall, MD (Peru) Peripheral blood/marrow morphology | Michael Linden, MD, PhD
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN |
Khaliqur Rahman, MBBS, MD (India) Complete laboratory workup of lymphoma | Vishala Neppalli, MD
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Buffalo, NY |
Syed Raza, PhD (India) Molecular genetic testing and diagnosis of AML, CML, MRD, and Thalassemia 1 | Te-Chih Liu, MBBS
National University Hospital
Singapore |
Anam Sadiq, PharmD (Pakistan) Developing protocols and standard operating procedures for clinical pharmacy practice in hematology, hem-oncology, and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (SCT) | Charles Craddock
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Birmingham, United Kingdom |
Yee Loong Tang, MD (Malaysia) Flow cytometry and clinical data interpretation | George Deeb, MD
Emory University
Atlanta, GA |
Selami Toprak, MD (Turkey) Hematopoietic SCT and management of transplant patients | Koen Van Besien, MD, PhD
Weill Cornell University
New York, NY |
Christiana Udo, MBBCH (Nigeria) Diagnosis and management of bleeding disorders (Hemophilia A & B, and Von Willebrand disease) | Ravindra Sarode, MD
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX |
Angela Ugwu, MBBS (Nigeria) Creation and management of an efficient hospital-based blood transfusion system | Andreas Greinacher, MD
Institute for Immunology and Transfusion Medicine
Greifswald, Germany |
Dulanie Wijesekara, MBBS (Sri Lanka) Allogenic and autologous SCT donor recruitment, selection, optimization, conditioning and management of associated complications | Alessandro Rambaldi, MD
University of Milan
Milan, Italy |
Ei Phyo Win, MBBS, MSc (Myanmar) Flow cytometry | Joseph Khoury, MD
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX |
Ayman Youssef, MBBCh (Egypt) Bone marrow transplantation | Ahmed Galal, MD
Duke Cancer Center
Durham, NC |
MD Abdullah Zubayer Khan, MBBS (Bangladesh) Allogenic stem cell transplantation | Thomas Spitzer, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA |