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APHCON Meeting at ASH 2012

All APHCON members are invited to attend the APHCON chapter at ASH
Date: December 9, 2012
Time: 12:00 PM-2:00PM
Location: W Hotel, Midtown Atlanta
188 14th Street Northeast  Atlanta, GA 30361
(877) 946-8357

Agenda:
12:10 PM :    President's Address
Xiao Jun Huang, MD, PhD
12:20 PM:   Update on APHCON CTN and proposed Clinical Trials
David Ritchie, MD, PhD
Michael Wang, MD
12:40 PM:   Update on Preceptorship Program
Subhash Varma, MD
Surapol Issaragrisil, MD
1:00 PM:   Practice Guidelines Proposal for next year
    Jiong Hu, MD

Seiji Kojima, MD, PhD
1:15 PM:   Overview of Educational Conferences including CML AP Summit
Xiao Jun Huang, MD, PhD
Surapol Issaragrisil, MD
Simrit Parmar, MD
1:30 PM:   Update on membership portal and benefits
Simrit Parmar, MD
1:50 PM:   Closing Remarks
Richard Champlin, MD
2:00 PM: Meeting adjourned

Bangkok Hospital supports APHCON

August 31, 2012. Bangkok, Thailand: Dr Prasert Prasarttong-Osoth, CEO of Bangkok Hospital gave support of 1.5 million Baht to the AUBH2012 meeting held on August 31 - Sept 1, 2012 at the NAI LERT PARK Swissotel, Bangkok, Thailand. Dr Prasert is a leader and a visionary, who has provided world class accessible healthcare to both national and International patients. Bangkok Hospital has also pledged support for AUBH2013 to be held on Aug 30-31, 2013 in Bangkok, Thailand.
Bangkok Hospital located in Bangkok, Thailand, is an expansive state-of-the-art medical campus providing comprehensive medical care through excellence and is committed to being the leader in providing internationally accepted, efficient and ethical high quality care through a dedicated healthcare team, effective leadership and up to date technology

APHCON reviews the practice guidelines for Aplastic Anemia

On August 31, 2012, the APHCON Aplastic Anemia (AA) Working Group led by Dr Surapol Issaragrisil and Dr Seiji Kojima reviewed the aplastic anemia practice guidelines for the APAC region. The team consisted of leading hematologists from the APAC region and revised the evidence based guidelines as well as recent data that is relevant to the AA patients. The guidelines will be made available online in 4 weeks for public.

APHCON Presidential Address at AUBH2012, Bangkok, Thailand

August 31, 2012 NAI LERT PARK Swissotel, Bangkok, Thailand: The first President of APHCON, Prof (Dr.) Xiao Jun Huang gave the first inauguration speech which marks the historic moment of formation of APHCON. Dr Huang shared his vision of a unified front that will empower the physicians to deliver improved care to their patients through the clinical trial network and will produce a new generation of upcoming young investigators through the educational opportunities provided by the preceptorship program and the regional and international conferences. In addition, APHCON will start providing career development grants starting in 2014.
Dr Huang also announced that one -year free APHCON membership will be extended to all the delegates of AUBH2012, Bangkok.

The session was attended by the key APHCON Officers including:
David Ritchie, MD, PhD: Chair, APHCON CTN
Suarpol Issaragrisil, MD: Chair, Hematology Society Relations
Subhash Varma, MD: Chair, Preceptorship Program
James Chim, MD, PhD: Chair, Education Access Program
Vikram Mathews, MD: Chair, Myeloid Malignancies Practice Guidelines
Jiong Hu, MD: Chair, Chair, Lymphoid Malignancies Practice Guidelines
Pankaj Malhotra, MD: Chair, Membership
Swami Iyer, MD: Chair, Publications
Lalit Kumar, MD: Advisor
Bor Cheng Ko, MD: Advisor
Seiji Kojima, MD: Advisor
Shigetaka Asano, MD: Advisor
Muzaffar Qazilbash, MD: Advisor
Richard Champlin, MD: Executive Director
Simrit Parmar, MD: Secretariat

APHCON Meeting, Bangkok

President, Prof (Dr.) Xiao Jun Huang will address the first official meeting of APHCON on August 31, 2012 at the NAI LERT PARK Swissotel, Bangkok, Thailand. The following APHCON Executive members are confirmed to attend the meeting:
David Ricthie, MD, PhD: APHCON CTN Chair
Subhash Varma, MD: APHCON Preceptorship Program Chair
Vikram Mathews, MD: APHCON Chair for Myeloid diseases
Surapol Issaragrisil, MD: APHCON Society Relations
Richard Champlin, MD: APHCON executive Director
Simrit Parmar, MD: APHCON Secretariat
Muzaffar Qazilbash, MD: APHCON Mentor
Giusseppe Saglio, MD: APHCON Mentor
Alfonso Quintas-Cardama, MD: APHCON Mentor
Pankaj Malhotra, MD: APHCON Membership
Jiong Hu, MD: APHCON Chair for APL

The meeting is open to all those who wish to learn more about APHCON and its membership benefits.

The meeting agenda will be:
1. Address by President
2. Address by APHCON Chairs
3. Aplastic Anemia Practice Guidelines
4. Membership Drive

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Amsterdam, June 15-16, 2012

During the European Hematology Society meeting in Amsterdam, the first official meeting of APHCON was held and attending by 17 participants from different countries of the APAC region and USA.

The participants included:
Xiao Jun Huang, MD Beijing, China
Daihong Liu, MD Beijing China
Junmin Li, MD Shanghai, China
Jiong Hu, MD: Shanghai, China
Huigiang Huang, MD Guangzhou, China
Ting Niu, MD Chengdu, China
Liansheng Zhang, MD Lanzhou, China
David Ritchie, MD Melbourne, Australia
Wing Y Au,MD Hong Kong
James Chim,MD Hong Kong
HF Tien,MD Taipei, Taiwan
Subhash Varma,MD Chandigarh, India
Neelam Varma,MD Chandigarh, India
Vikram Mathews,MD Vellore, India
Simrit Parma, MD Houston, USA
Elias Jabbour,MD Houston, USA
Michael Wang,MD Houston, USA

Ting Niu, James Chim, Simrit Parmar, Huigiang Huang, Liansheng Zhang

James Chim, Simrit Parmar, Daihong Liu

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