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Raymond Liang
Prof. Raymond Hin-Suen LIANG
Department of Medicine
Queen Mary Hospital
Hong Kong
Present appointments:
21.1.05 - present
S.H. Ho Professor in Haematology and Oncology,
Department of Medicine,
1.7.99 – present
Chair Professor in Haematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine,
1.7.95 - present
Chief, Division of Haematology/Oncology and
Bone Marrow Transplant Unit
1.12.92 - present
Honorary Consultant, Hospital Authority,
1.9.04 – present
Deputy Head, Department of Medicine,
1.8.08 – present
Senior Advisor to the Dean, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of
19.12.08 – present
President, Hong Kong Academy of Medicine.
Previous appointments:
1.7.79 ‑ 31.12.79
House Physician, University Department of Medicine,
1.1.80 ‑ 30.6.80
House Surgeon, Surgical Unit C,
1.7.80 ‑ 31.10.85
Medical Officer, University Department of Medicine,
Tung Wah Hospital, Hong Kong.
1.8.83 ‑ 31.3.84
Honorary Registrar, Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology,
1.4.84 ‑ 30.9.85
Lecturer, Departments of Medical Oncology and Clinical Pharmacology, Guy's
1.11.85 ‑ 30.6.91
Lecturer in Medicine (Haematology/Oncology), Department of Medicine,
1.7.91 ‑ 30.6.93
Senior Lecturer in Medicine (Haematology/Oncology)
Department of Medicine,
1.7.93 – 30.6.99
Professor (Reader)
Department of Medicine,
1.2.95 – 31.3.2002
Director, Cancer Research Centre,
Faculty of Medicine
1.3.92 - 28.2.95
Associate Dean
1.4.97 – 12.3.07
Faculty of Medicine
1.11.06 – 12.3.07
Director, Centre of Cancer Research,
12.3.07 – 31.7.08
Acting Dean/Dean of Medicine
Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine
Qualifications:
1979
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery,
1983
Member of the Royal Colleges of Physicians,
1986
Fellow of the
Specialty Accreditation :
Advanced Internal Medicine
Haematology and Haematological Oncology
Medical Oncology
1990
Doctor of Medicine,
Title of thesis: "Malignant lymphomas in Hong Kong Chinese"
(Sir Patrick Manson Gold Medal)
1992
Fellow of the
1992
Fellow of the
1993
Foundation Fellow of the
1995
Fellow of the
1995
Fellow of the Royal Australasian
2000
Registered specialist : Haematology, General Medical Council,
Special Appointments (International)
4.90 – 11.98
Member of Editorial Board, the International Journal
“Hematological Oncology”
11.98 - 2005
Associate Editor, Hematological Oncology
11.91
Hon. Treasurer, Organizing Committee, 7th Asian‑Pacific Congress of the International Society of Haematology
7.92
Assessor for the South Australian Research Grants,
Anti-Cancer Foundation of
1995 - 2000
Member of the International Affair Committee,
1999 - 2000
Chairman, International Affair Committee,
American Society of Clinical Oncology
1995 - present
Member of the Advisory Committee of the International
Bone Marrow Transplantation Registry,
1995 - 1997
Member, Advisory Board Panel, 3rd Pan-Pacific Lymphoma
1995 - 1997
Chairman, Scientific Committee of the 14th Asian Pacific Cancer Conference.
1997 - 1998
Advisor, Asian Clinical Trials Conference,
Member, Scientific Committee, 1997 - 98.
1997 - 1999
Member of Editorial Board, the International Journal
“Cancer Therapeutics”.
1997 - present
Examiner, MRCP (UK) Examination,
1998
Member, International Organising Committee, The 6th Congress of Asian-Pacific Bone Marrow Transplantation Group,
1998 - 1999
Member, Advisory Board Panel, 4th Pan-Pacific Lymphoma
1999 - 2003
Editor-in Chief, Journal of Clinical Oncology (Chinese Edition) and member of Editorial Board, Journal of Clinical Oncology.
1999
Member, Scientific Committee, Pan-Arab Conference on Lymphoma
1999 – present
Member of Editorial Board, the International Journal “Clinical Lymphoma”.
1999
External Reviewer, National Medical Research
- Chairman, International Symposium.
36th Annual Meeting of American Society of Clinical Oncology.
- Member, International Advisory Board,
“Davidson’s Principles and Practice of Medicine” – an international textbook on medicine.
2000
Member, International Strategic Planning Task Force, American Society of Clinical Oncology.
2001
International Advisor, 16th Asian Pacific Cancer Conference,
2002
Member, International Advisory Committee, 26th International Congress of Internal Medicine,
2003 - present
Member, Editorial board, “Medical Progress”, the Journal.
2004
Member, International Scientific Committee
2nd Annual Meeting of Asian Hematology Association
2004
Guest Editor, Asian Pacific Cancer Review.
2004
Member of the Expert Panel,
2005 – present
Member of the International Haematology Advisory Board, Janssen Pharmaceutical.
2005
Member, International Scientific Committee. 10th Congress of the Asian Pacific Bone Marrow Transplantation Group. Hang Zhou, October, 2005.
2006
Member, Editorial Board of the International journal : “Targeted Oncology”
2006
Member, Executive Committee, International T-cell lymphoma
2007
Member, clinical advisory committee for Lymphoid Neoplasms, World health Organisation classification of neoplasms of the Hematologic and Lymphoid neoplasms.
2007
Chairman, Universitat 21 Medical Conference,
2007
Associate Editor, Journal of Hematology and Oncology
2008
Co-Chairman, Chinese Society of Bone Marrow Transplantation.
Francisco Cervantes
Francisco Cervantes, MD, PhD
Hematology Department
Hospital Clínic
University of Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
Dr Francisco Cervantes is senior consultant at the Hematology Department of the Hospital Clínic of Barcelona and Professor at the University of Barcelona. His scientific interest has been focused on the study of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) and the Ph-negative chronic myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs), mainly their natural history, prognosis, biology and treatment. As a result of the activity in this field, he has published over 300 articles in peer-review journals. He was co-author of the publications of the IRIS study that allowed the approval of imatinib as frontline treatment of CML, participated in the introduction of the second-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitors, and is a member of the expert panels of the European LeukemiaNet for CML and MPN treatment. In the MPN field, he was the leading author of the prognostic classification of primary myelofibrosis or IPSS. Dr Cervantes is a member of the American Society of Hematology, the European Hematology Association, the International Working Group for MPN Research and Treatment, the European LeukemiaNet, and the PETHEMA Spanish Collaborative Group.
Andreas Hochhaus, MD
Universitätsklinikum Jena
Jena, Germany
Andreas Hochhaus is a Professor of Internal Medicine, Hematology and Oncology and interim Head of the Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology at the University Medical Center Jena in Germany. He was awarded the Endowed Professorship for Leukemia Research from the German José Carreras Leukemia Foundation in 2007.
He has been interested in treatment optimization of chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) and has been involved in the management of the randomized CML Studies I-IV of the German CML Study Group for more than 19 years. His special interests are the molecular monitoring of minimal residual disease and mechanisms of resistance in CML, and targeted therapy in a variety of neoplastic disorders.
Dr. Hochhaus is investigator for the nilotinib, dasatinib and bosutinib phase II and phase III studies, has been participating in imatinib phase II and III studies and is conducting trials of imatinib combined with pegylated interferon alpha, lonafarnib and everolimus.
He is a member of the European Hematology Association, the American Society of Hematology, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the International Society of Hematology, the International Association for Comparative Research on Leukemia and Related Diseases, and the German Society for Hematology and Oncology. He has published over 240 peer-reviewed papers and is regularly invited to speak at national and international symposia.
Jan Geissler
Jan Geissler
Chair, LeukaNET / Leukämie-Online, Germany
Co-Founder, CML Advocates Network
In July 2001, Jan received his diagnosis of a rare cancer, Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML), at a routine check-up. He then joined a phase I/II clinical trial. As hardly any information on upcoming treatments was available in the German language, he started to simplify and translate medical publications into German language. In 2002, he started to publish them by founding the online patient community Leukämie-Online (http://www.leukaemie-online.de), which is one of the most frequented patient websites on leukemia in the German speaking Internet today. Leukämie-Online became a charitable organisation in Germany in 2006, with Jan being the Chair.
In 2007, Jan has co-founded the CML Advocates Network (http://www.cmladvocates.net) together with other CML patient groups from Israel, the UK and Czech Republic. The goal of the web-based platform is to get organisations connected that are supporting patients with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia. Today, members include 57 CML groups from all continents, sharing best practice in cancer patient advocacy and campaigning for better treatment and care of CML patients world wide.
Jan is also a co-founder of the European Cancer Patient Coalition (ECPC), a board member of the European Forum for Good Clinical Practice (EFGCP), and acts on a number of advisory boards.
In the International CML Foundation (iCMLf), Jan acts as Communications Coordinator and runs the foundation's Pediatric CML program.
Contact
Jan Geissler <jan@cml-foundation.org>
Susan Branford
Susan Branford, PhD, FFSc (RCPA)
Head, Leukaemia Unit
Genetics and Molecular Pathology
SA Pathology, Centre for Cancer Biology
An Alliance between SA Patholgy and The University of South Australia
Professor Susan Branford is Head of the Leukaemia lab in the Department of Genetics and Molecular Pathology at SA Pathology.
Sue has expertise in molecular monitoring of the BCR-ABL1 gene for patients with chronic myeloid leukemia. As such she is a major contributor to International collaborative initiatives to establish guidelines and recommendations for producing reliable molecular data.
Dr Branford's research is focused on understanding the factors that predict response to tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy and mechanisms of drug resistance.
