The International CML Foundation (iCMLf) is a Foundation established in 2009 by a group of hematologists with a strong interest in CML. Our mission is to improve the outcomes for patients with CML globally. We are currently registered as a charitable foundation in England and Wales, however our charter is global.
The aims of the iCMLf are to foster and coordinate global clinical and research collaborations and to improve clinical practice and disease monitoring in CML by sharing best practice CML management.
The iCMLf has three main priorities:
All our activities improve the lives of people with CML. The ultimate vision of the iCMLf is that through our work we cure CML, eventually preventing and eradicating the disease.
Everybody with an interest in CML!
The iCMLf has:
Medical education
Clinical history
Research interests
Susanne Saußele studied medicine at the University of Heidelberg and specialized in Internal Medicine and Hematology/Oncology. She completed her thesis in the laboratory of Prof Dr Hehlmann and made her habilitation in Internal Medicine in 2013. In 2017, she was appointed as Professor of the University of Heidelberg. Currently, she is the leader of the CML Excellence Center in Mannheim including the molecular laboratory and the Study Centre of the German CML Study Group. She is acting as chief resident of the policlinic at the III. Med. Klinik, Medizinische Fakultät Mannheim, University of Heidelberg. Prof Saußele is also active as a project leader in EUTOS (European treatment and Outcome Study of CML) and in the E-MPN network (European network for MPN)and as active member in the ELN CML Working Party. Additionally she is member of the Scientific Program Committee of EHA.
Languages spoken: German, English
'I’m very lucky to have the opportunity to come to this conference. I have learned a lot by listening to the presentations and by interacting with people from other countries and from other universities and I now have the full picture in my mind.
Back home in my country I will be sharing everything that I have seen and learned here and this will help us to treat our CML patients in the right way and to better serve our patients. (Dr Owais Ali, Pakistan)
Syed Owais Ali’s attendance at the John Goldman Conference on CML in Estoril in 2017 was supported by the iCMLf Goldman Fund. At a ceremony shortly after the opening of the conference, he received a certificate from the iCMLf chairman, Professor Tim Hughes.
National Representatives of the iCMLf support the iCMLf initiatives at a national level.
The 36 iCMLf National Representatives are:
Australia | Devendra Hiwase (Adelaide) |
Argentina | Eduardo Bullorsky (Buenos Aires) |
Austria | Peter Valent (Vienna) |
Belgium | Philippe Martiat (Brussels) |
Brazil | Ricardo Pasquini (Curitiba) |
Canada | Jeff Lipton (Toronto) |
China | He Huang (Zhejiang) |
Croatia | Boris Labar (Zagreb) |
Cuba | Valia Pavon |
Czech Rep | Jiri Mayer (Brno) |
England | Nick Cross (Salisbury) |
Finland | Kimmo Porkka (Helsinki) |
France | Francois-Xavier Mahon (Bordeaux) |
Germany | Andreas Hochhaus (Jena) |
Hong Kong | Raymond Liang (Hong Kong) |
India | Hemant Malhotra (Jaipur) |
Ireland | Michael O’Dwyer (Galway) |
Israel | Arnon Nagler (Tel Hashomer) |
Italy | Giovanni Martinelli (Bologna) |
Korea | Dong Wook Kim (Seoul) |
Lithuania | Laimonas Griskevicius (Vilnius) |
Malaysia | Kian Meng Chang |
Moldova | Vasile Musteata |
Netherlands | Gert J. Ossenkoppele |
New Zealand | Peter Browett (Auckland) |
Nigeria | Muheez Durosinimi |
Poland | Andrzej Hellmann (Gdarisk) |
Portugal | Antonio Parreira |
Russia | Andrey Zaritskey (St. Petersburg) |
Scotland | Tessa Holyoake (Glasgow) |
Serbia | Andrija Bogdanovic (Belgrade) |
South Africa | Nic Novitzky (Cape Town) |
Spain | Francisco Cervantes (Barcelona) |
Sweden | Bengt Simonsson (Uppsala) |
USA | Michael Mauro (Portland) |
Venezuela | Jose Luis Lopez (Caracas) |