The Hematologist

The Hematologist

The Hematologist is the member newsletter of American Society of Hematology (ASH).

  • 22 minutes 52 seconds
    An Homage to the Treg Graft in Allogeneic Transplantation

    In this episode, Shaji Kumar, MD, editor-in-chief of The Hematologist, and consultant in hematology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, talks with Robert Negrin, MD, professor of medicine at Stanford University and president-elect of ASH. They discuss recent developments in reducing graft versus host disease in allogenic stem cell transplant. 

    22 October 2025, 3:31 pm
  • 20 minutes 9 seconds
    Less Is More: Low-Dose Direct Oral Anticoagulants for Extended Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Higher-Risk Patients

    In this episode, Contributing Editor Samuel Wilson, MD, talks with Francis Couturaud, MD, PhD, Professor of Pulmonology at University of Brest in France. They discuss low-dose direct oral anticoagulants for extended venous thromboembolism prophylaxis.

    11 September 2025, 8:26 pm
  • 21 minutes 13 seconds
    GATA Lot to Learn: Decoding the Drivers of Down Syndrome-Associated Acute Leukemias

    In this episode, Contributing Editor, Lauren Pommert, MD, MS, leads a conversation with Karen Rabin, MD, PhD, pediatric oncologist at the University of California, San Francisco, and Hans Hitzler, MD, with SickKids Children's Hospital in Toronto. They discuss advances in understanding the disease biology of down syndrome associated acute leukemia. Support for this episode provided by Autolus.

    17 August 2025, 6:54 pm
  • 22 minutes 54 seconds
    More Than Medicine: Peer Connection as a Therapeutic Adjunct in Acute Leukemia

    In this episode, Contributing Editor Lori Muffly, MD, MS, leads a conversation with two patients — Matt and Rohan — both of whom have undergone cord blood transplants for their acute myeloid leukemia. They discuss the value of peer connection as a vital component of their leukemia and transplant journey.

    28 July 2025, 2:40 pm
  • 22 minutes
    Pomalidomide: A Step on the PATH Forward for Treatment of Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia

    In this episode, Contributing Editor Surbhi Shah, MBBS, MD, a clinician, researcher, and educator at Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona, talks with Keith McCrae, MD, director of classical hematology at the Taussig Cancer Institute and professor of molecular medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine in Ohio. They discuss a recent paper co-authored by Dr. McCrae, “Pomalidomide for Epistaxis in Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia.” Support for this episode provided by Autolus.

    23 June 2025, 6:47 pm
  • 18 minutes 31 seconds
    Dual BCR::ABL1 Inhibition Shows Promise in Philadelphia Chromosome-Positive Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

    In this episode, Contributing Editor Scott Furlan, MD, PhD, an assistant professor at the Fred Hutch Cancer Center and Department of Pediatrics at the University of Washington in Seattle, talks with Daniel J. DeAngelo, MD, PhD, chief of the leukemia division at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School in Boston. They discuss a phase I study with recent results that point to a potentially significant advance in the treatment of patients with Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

    24 May 2025, 6:46 pm
  • 10 minutes 34 seconds
    When to STOP Treatment for Immune Thrombocytopenia in Patients Experiencing a Complete Response on Thrombopoietin Receptor Agonists

    In this episode, Contributing Editor Michael Scott, MD, a hematologist at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, Canada, and an assistant professor at the University of Toronto, talks with Marc Michel, MD, MSc, head of the internal medicine and clinical immunology department at Henri Mondor University Hospital in Créteil, France. They talk about long-term follow-up of the STOPAGO study, which focuses on the use of thrombopoietin receptor agonists on patients with immune thrombocytopenia. Support for this episode provided by Autolus.

    16 May 2025, 6:29 pm
  • 21 minutes 7 seconds
    No Scientific Link Found Between Sickle Cell Trait and Sudden Death

    In this episode, Contributing Editor Samuel Wilson, MD, MSCR, an assistant professor of hematology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, talks with Michael DeBaun, MD, MPH, a professor of pediatrics and medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and founder and director of the Vanderbilt-Meharry Sickle Cell Disease Center of Excellence. They talk about a systematic literature review, led by Dr. DeBaun and published in the journal Blood, that found no link between sickle cell trait and sudden death – a finding that challenges a long-standing myth about the trait. Support for this episode provide by Siemens Healthineers.

    28 April 2025, 6:26 pm
  • 20 minutes 16 seconds
    Does This Star ‘GLO’? Taking Aim at Second-Line Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma With Glofitamab Plus Gemcitabine and Oxaliplatin

    In this episode, Contributing Editor Tycel Phillips, MD, an associate professor of medicine and a hematologist-oncologist at City of Hope Medical Center in Duarte, California, talks with Jeremy Abramson, MD, director of the Jon and Jo Ann Hagler Center for Lymphoma at Massachusetts General Hospital and an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. They talk about the use of Glofit-GemOx in the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Support for this episode provided by Autolus.

    31 March 2025, 3:23 pm
  • 26 minutes 16 seconds
    The Rise of the HLA-Mismatched Unrelated Donor Transplant in the U.S.

    In this episode, Contributing Editor Lori Muffly, MD, MS, an associate professor of medicine at Stanford University where she focuses on cellular therapy for adults with acute leukemia, talks with Steven Devine, MD, the chief medical officer at the National Marrow Donor Program. They talk about the rise of HLA-mismatched unrelated donor transplants in the U.S.

    27 February 2025, 3:28 pm
  • 23 minutes 29 seconds
    The End of Transplant for Mantle Cell Lymphoma

    In this episode, Contributing Editor Brian Hill, MD, PhD, director of the lymphoid malignancies program at the Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute in Cleveland, Ohio, talks with Tim Fenske, MD, who at the time of this recording was joining the transplant and cell therapy group at Sarah Cannon Methodist Healthcare in San Antonio, Texas. Dr. Fenske previously led the lymphoma program at the Medical College of Wisconsin. They talk about a new study that found a lack of benefit in autologous stem cell transplantation for patients with mantle cell lymphoma.

    31 January 2025, 8:31 pm
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