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jiri_mayerProf. Dr. Jiri Mayer

 

Prof. Dr. Jiri Mayer (jmayer@fnbrno.cz), is Deputy Head of the Dept. of Internal Medicine, Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic, and now also the Dean of the Medical Faculty, Masaryk University Brno, Czech Republic.  

 

He graduated in 1985 at Brno. After training in general internal medicine during 1985-1990, he started to work at the specialized hematology dept., where he has been working up to now. His certified qualifications are internal medicine, hematology, and oncology. Since 2001, he has been a Professor at the Medical School, Masaryk´s University, Brno, Czech Republic. His scientific experience comprises:  

 

  • Internal medicine, intensive care medicine
  • Hemorheology
  • Supportive care in hematology/oncology, especially diagnostics and treatment of infection in immunocompromissed patients
  • Autologous and allogeneic bone marrow transplantation
  • Peripheral blood stem cell transplantation
  • Adult stem cell therapy
  • Diagnostic and therapy of lymphomas and leukemias (especially CML)  

 

In 1990, he visited Cancer Research Institute in Berlin, Germany, and in 1996,  Royal Marsden Hospital, Leukaemia/Myeloma Unit, London, UK.  

 

He is a member of European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation, American Society of Hematology, International Society for Experimental Hematology, European Haematology Association, and American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation.

 

He is also founding member and now chairman of the CzEch Leukemia Study Group for Life, CELL (http://leukemia-cell.org).  

 

He has been the principal investigator of many trials since 1995, in the fields of lymphomas and leukemias. He has published more than 300 papers, abstracts, and lectures.

eduardo_bullorskyDr Eduardo Bullorsky

 

Dr Eduardo Bullorsky graduated at the University of Buenos Aires Medical School in December 1972.

 

In the period 1973-1976 he completed a Residence on Internal Medicine at the Instituto de Investigaciones Medicas, University of Buenos Aires, with Prof. A. Lanari. In the same Institution he completed a training in Hematology-Oncology in the period 1976-1981 with Dr J. Sanchez Avalos, and in 1981 was selected as a staff physician at the Hospital Britanico (British Hospital) of Buenos Aires, in the Department of Hematology.

 

In the year 1985, Dr Bullorsky performed a fellowship in the Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation at Hadassah Medical Center, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, under the direction of Prof. S. Slavin.

 

In the year 1986, Dr E. Bullorsky performed the first bone marrow transplantation in Argentina, being this the first step for the introduction of this therapeutic in the country.

 

In the year 1990, Dr Bullorsky was appointed as chief of the Department of Hematology, Blood banking and Bone Marrow Transplantation of the Hospital Britanico (British Hospital) in Buenos Aires, and in 1999 was elected for the period 1999-2001 as president of the Argentinian Society of Hematology.

 

Dr E. Bullorsky is a teaching professor at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), and at the Universidad Catolica Argentina (UCA).

 

He is member of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) and CIBMTR  among other Scientific Societies.

He authored or co-authored more than 200 papers, abstracts and presentations.

andrey_zaritskyAndrey Zaritskey

Saint-Petersburg, Russia


Andrey Zaritskey is Professor of hematology, Director of Institute of Oncohematology of Federal center of Heart, Blood and Endocrinology and lecture of Saint-Petersburg Pavlov state Medical University. He was graduated and post-graduated in Saint-Petersburg Pavlov State Medical University during 1967-1978 years. He has published more than 197 articles/abstracts in national and international journals. His scientific interest is the study of chronic myeloid leukemia and chronic lymphoproliferative neoplasms (chronic lymphocytic leukemia and Non-Hodgkin lymphomas), mesenchymal cell-haematopoietic cell interactions. He has been participating in nilotinib, dasatinib and bosutinib phase II and III international studies. He is one of the leaders in chronic myeloid and lymphatic leukemia in Russia, and deputy-chair of the scientific board of Russian Experts in chronic
myeloid leukemia.

michele_baccarani

  • Born in Bologna 16.08.1942
  • M.D. degree 1966, University of Bologna
  • Postgraduate degree in Hematology, 1969, University of Modena
  • Research fellow, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, 1970
  • Fellow, resident and senior resident at the Institute of Hematology "L. and A. Seràgnoli", S. Orsola University Hospital, Bologna, 1971-1980
  • Professor of Cancer Chemotherapy, University of Chieti, 1980
  • Professor of Hematology, University of Trieste, 1981-1986
  • Professor of Hematology, University of Udine, from 1987 to 2000
  • "Head, Division of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Udine University Hospital, from 1989 to 2000
  • Professor of Hematology, University of Bologna, from 2000
  • Head, Institute of Hematology and Medical Oncology "L. and A. Seràgnoli", S.Orsola University Hospital, Bologna, from 2000 to 2007, and Department of Hematology and Oncology "L. and A. Seràgnoli" from 2008 .
  • President, Italian Society of Experimental Hematology, 1994-1995
  • President, Italian Society of Hematology, 2002-2003
  • Chairman, GIMEMA CML Working Party (formerly Italian Coop. Study Group on Chronic Myeloid Leukemia), from 1989
  • Member, Working Package 4 Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, European LeukemiaNet
  • Vice-Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Bologna, from 2001 to 2007
  • Clinical interest: chronic myeloid leukemia, acute leukemia, chemotherapy, stem cell transplantation
  • Research interest: cell kinetics, stem cells, multidrug resistance, molecular pathogenesis of leukemia

jose_l_lopezJosé Luis Lopez, MD

Caracas, Venezuela


Dr. Lopez is a Professor of Hematology and Internal Medicine at the "Universidad Central de Venezuela". Head of  the Department of Hematology Clinics at the Banco Municipal de Sangre in Caracas, starting his work in this Institution in Hemato-Oncology Clinic at 1991 and developed the Molecular Dx Laboratory in 1992.

He occupied the Secretary position (2001-2003) at Venezuelan Society of Hematology and was a Founder Member of the National Transplant Organization of Venezuela.

Dr Lopez is an active member in the Investigation Department of his Medical Center and have been interested in Clinical Research and Molecular Genetic of Chronic Leukemias, collaborating like an Investigator Overseas in NCI-Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program (1995-1997).