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6th Annual Chicago Sickle Cell Summit
Date & Time
Sep 28, 2023 11:00 AM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Description
The theme for this year’s summit is “Thriving with Sickle Cell Disease: Optimizing Care Through all Stages of Life.”
The goal is to highlight the latest trends, successes, challenges, and barriers to propel the lives of the Sickle Cell community beyond survival/sustenance to thriving.
The goal is to highlight the latest trends, successes, challenges, and barriers to propel the lives of the Sickle Cell community beyond survival/sustenance to thriving.
Keynote speaker: Wanda Whitten-Shurney, CEO and Medical Director of SCDAA-MI
Session 1: Genetics and Foundations of Care Featured speakers – Kay Saving, Marwah Farooqui, Lewis Hsu
Session 2: Emerging Care, Medicines, and Treatments Featured speakers – Franklin Njoku, Damiano Rondelli, Joseph Colla
Session 3: Building Community Partnerships through Training
We are offering a maximum of 4 CE credits for providers. Please indicate your request for credits in the exit survey.
The summit is free for all participants.
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