| | University of California San Fraciscso Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland, USA |
| | Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India |
| | Symposium: Thalassemia and Sickle Cell Disease |
| | Sponsored by Indo-US Science && Technology Forum |
| | Saturday, November 05, 2016 |
| | 8:00 AM | | Registration |
| | Opening Ceremony |
| | 9:00 AM | | Opening Ceremony |
| | Keynote 1 |
| | 9:30 AM | | The Challenges of Building an International Collaboration for Medical Research | Bertram Lubin |
| | Break |
| | 10:00 AM | | Tea |
| | Session I: Epidemiology of Hemoglobin Disorders | Chairs: Nishi Madan & | Satender Sharma |
| | 10:30 AM | | Complex distribution of hemoglobin disorders in India – From a regional to national perspective | Roshan Colah |
| | 10:55 AM | | SCD and Thalassemia in US: Emerging patterns, issues and research priorities | Elliott Vichinsky |
| | 11:20 AM | | Newborn screening for sickle cell disease in India | Kanjaksha Ghosh |
| | Break |
| | 11:45 AM | | Tea plus Q & A |
| | Session II: Sickle Cell Disease | Chairs: Lakshmanan Krishnamurti & | Jasmina Ahluwalia |
| | 12:00 PM | | Complications and crises: Early detection and prevention | Elliott Vichinsky |
| | 12:25 PM | | Determinants of severity of SCD in India: What we know | RV Shaji |
| | 12:50 PM | | SCD care in India: Out in the field | Shrey Desai |
| | 1:10 PM | | SCD in Adults: Keeping track | RK Jena |
| | 1:30 PM | | Pain in sickle cell disease | Ward Hagar |
| | Break |
| | 1:50 PM | | Lunch |
| | Session III: Clinical Issues in Thalassemia | Chairs: Subhash Varma & | Bertam Lubin |
| | 2:35 PM | | The burden of E-beta thalassemia in India | Prantar Chakrabarty |
| | 3:00 PM | | Thalassemia: Major or Intermedia? | Nancy Olivieri |
| | 3:25 PM | | Management of the transfusion-dependent patient | Sylvia T Singer |
| | 3:50 PM | | Iron Chelation Therapy | Amita Trehan |
| | Break |
| | 4:15 PM | | Tea plus Q & A |
| | Session IV: Common Issues in Management | Chairs: Pankaj Malhotra & | Nancy Olivieri |
| | 4:35 PM | | Red Cell Allo-antibodies: An ounce of prevention | Ravi Sarode |
| | 5:00 PM | | Thalassemia in Bangladesh: A status report | Mohammad Selimuzzaman |
| | 5:25 PM | | Living with a chronic illness | Marsha Treadwell |
| | 5:50 PM | | Transition of care – What the future holds | Robert Yamashita |
| | Poster Session |
| | 6:15 PM | | Poster Evaluation & Tea Break (Zakir Hall) |
| | Dinner |
| | 7:30 PM | | Banquet Dinner and Cultural Program |
NEXT: Sunday, November 6, 2016