Leading experts in sickle cell disease (SCD) participated in a live social media discussion on June 17, 2021, to celebrate recent progress in SCD and commemorate World Sickle Cell Awareness Day. Moderated by Wally R. Smith, MD, Florence Neal Cooper Smith Professor of Sickle Cell Disease, Virginia Commonwealth University with panelists Russell E. Ware, MD, PhD, Professor of Pediatrics, Marjory Johnson Endowed Chair of Translational Hematology, Director, Division of Hematology, Director, Global Health Center Cincinnati Children’s Hospital; and Titilope Fasipe, MD, PhD, Co-Director, Sickle Cell Disease and Thalassemia Program, Texas Children’s Cancer & Hematology Centers; Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine.
Visit www.hematology.org/SCD to learn more about the ASH Sickle Cell Disease Initiative.
