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114. Hemoglobinopathies, Excluding Thalassemia – Clinical: Poster II

Hemoglobinopathies, Excluding Thalassemia – Clinical Program: Oral and Poster Abstracts
Type: Poster
Sunday, December 6, 2015: 6:00 PM-8:00 PM
Hall A, Level 2 (Orange County Convention Center)

Yutaka Niihara, MD1, Lan Tran, MPH1*, Rafael Razon, MD2*, Charles Stark, Pharm D1* and Henry Macan, MD3

1Emmaus Medical, Inc, Torrance, CA
2Emmaus Medical, Inc., Torrance, CA
3Emmaus Medical Inc, Torrance, CA

Harold T Bae, PhD, MS1*, Paola Sebastiani, PhD2*, Victor R. Gordeuk, MD3, Yingze Zhang, PhD4*, Martin H. Steinberg, MD5 and Gregory J Kato, MD6*

1Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
2Department of Biostatistics, Boston University, Boston, MA
3Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center, Section of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
4Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
5Department of Medicine/Division of Hematology and Oncology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
6Vascular Medicine Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Jeremie H. Estepp, MD1, Qinlei T. Huang, MS2*, Winfred C. Wang, M.D.1 and Guolian Kang, PhD3*

1Department of Hematology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
2Biostatistics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
3Department of Biostatistics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN

Joshua J. Field, MD, MS1, Elaine M. Majerus, MD, PhD2, Ken I. Ataga, MD3, Elliott P. Vichinsky, MD4, Cheryl Eaton5*, Rosemary Mazanet, MD, PhD6 and David G. Nathan, MD7,8,9

1Medical College of Wisconsin, BloodCenter of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
2Division of Hematology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO
3Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
4Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Children's Hospital and Research Center, Oakland, CA
5NKT Therapeutics, Waltham, MA
6NKT Therapeutics, Waltham, MA
7Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
8Boston Children's, Boston, MA
9Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Maa-Ohui Quarmyne, MBChB MS1, Wei Dong, MS MPH2*, Vaughn Barry, PhD, MPH3, Rodney Theodore, MPH4*, Olufolake A. Adisa, MD1, Iris Buchanan, MD, MSC5*, James Bost, PhD6*, Robert Clark Brown, MD, PhD1, Clinton H. Joiner, MD, PhD1 and Peter A. Lane, MD1

1Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
2Connance, Inc, Waltham, MA
3Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
4Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
5Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta
6Outcomes Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA

Jennell White, PhD1*, Patrick C. Hines, MD, PhD1, Ke Liu, PhD1*, Lennette J. Benjamin, MD2, Xiufeng Gao1* and Martin Emanuele, PhD3

1Functional Fluidics, Detroit, MI
2Mast Therapeutics (consultant), New York, NY
3Mast Therapeutics, San Diego, CA

Emily Riehm Meier, MD1, Colleen Byrnes, MS2*, Brenda Martin, MSN, CPNP1*, Laxminath Tumburu, PhD2*, Y. Terry Lee, MS2*, Naomi L.C. Luban, MD1 and Jeffery L. Miller, MD2

1Hematology Division, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC
2Molecular Genomics and Therapeutics Section, Molecular Medicine Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

Patrick T. McGann, MD, MS1, Beverly A. Schaefer, MD1*, Mary C. Paniagua, MA1*, Thad A. Howard, MS2* and Russell E. Ware, MD, PhD1

1Division of Hematology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
2Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH

Marianne E. Yee, MD, MSc1, Peter A. Lane, MD2, James R. Eckman, MD3,4* and Antonio Guasch, MD5*

1Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
2Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
3Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
4Georgia Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center, Grady Health System, Atlanta, GA
5Department of Medicine, Renal Division, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

Enrico M Novelli, MD, MS1, Lynda Little-Ihrig, BS1*, Dana Rae Jorgensen, MPH2*, C Elizabeth Shaaban, Ph.D.2*, Jeffrey S Isenberg, MD, MPH1*, Meryl A Butters, Ph.D.3* and Caterina Rosano, MD, MPH2*

1Department of Medicine, Vascular Medicine Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
2Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
3Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Stephanie G. Cohen, MD1*, Robert Hagbom, MD2*, Sarah G. Lazarus, DO1*, Courtney E. McCracken, PhD3*, Olufolake A. Adisa, MD4, April G. Zmitrovich, MSW.MPH5*, Michael Kelleman, MSPH2* and Claudia R. Morris, MD6

1Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta
2Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta
3Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta
4Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
5Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta
6Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Emory-Children's Center for Cystic Fibrosis and Airways Disease Research, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA

Melissa Caughey, PhD1*, Vimal K. Derebail, MD, MPH2*, Susan K Jones, RN3*, Jessica Shen, BS3*, Poulami Maitra4*, Jianwen Cai, PhD4*, Alan L. Hinderliter, MD1*, David R. Archer, PhD5 and Kenneth I. Ataga, MD6

1Division of Cardiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
2UNC Kidney Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
3University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
4Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
5Emory University, Atlanta, GA
6Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

Crawford John Strunk, MD1, Biree Andemariam, M.D.2, Fredericka Sey, MB ChB3*, Fatimah Farooq, BS4*, Rebekah Urbonya, BS4*, Charles Antwi-Boasiako, Ph.D5*, Adetola A. Kassim, MD, MS6, Onike Rodrigues, MD7*, Connie M. Piccone, MD8, Angela Rivers, MD, PhD9, Deepa Manwani, MD10, Imma Tartaglione, MD11*, Laura Sainati, MD12*, Raffaella Colombatti, MD, PhD13* and Andrew D. Campbell, MD14

1ProMedica Toledo Children’s Hospital, Toledo, OH
2Hematology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT
3Ghana Institute of Clinical Genetics, Ministry of Health, Ghana. Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana
4Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
5Department of Physiology, University of Ghana Medical School, Accra, Ghana
6Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN
7Dept. of Child Health, University of Ghana Medical School, Accra, Ghana
8Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
9Department of Pediatrics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago, IL
10Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY
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12University of Padua, Department of Women’s and Chidren’s Health, Italy, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
13Azienda Ospedaliera - Università di Padova, Clinic of Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Department of Pediatrics,, Padova, Italy
14Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Univ. of Michigan Med. Ctr., Ann Arbor, MI

Kleber Yotsumoto Fertrin, M.D., Ph.D.1,2, Elza Miyuki Kimura, B.Sc.1*, Fernanda Madureira de Oliveira Araujo, B.Sc.1*, Maria de Fatima Pereira Gilberti, M.D.1*, Sara T.O. Saad, M.D., Ph.D.2 and Fernando F Costa, M.D., Ph.D.2

1Department of Clinical Pathology, University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil
2Hematology and Hemotherapy Center, University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil

Payal C. Desai, MD1, Nicole Kendel, MS2*, Spero R Cataland, MD1, Eric H. Kraut, MD1, Ying Huang, MA, MS1* and Subha Raman, MD3*

1Division of Hematology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
3Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Amanda M Brandow, DO, MS1, Rebecca Farley2*, Nancy Wandersee, PhD3, Sandra Holzhauer3*, Raymond G. Hoffmann, PhD4*, Cheryl A Hillery, MD5* and Julie A. Panepinto, MD, MSPH6

1Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin and Children's Research Institute of the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
2Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
3Blood Research Institute, Milwaukee, WI
4Department of Pediatrics, Division of Quantitative Health Sciences, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
5University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
6The Medical College of Wisconsin/Children's Research Institute of the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

*signifies non-member of ASH