Progress in the Treatment of Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

Monday, June 23, 2025, 1:30 – 2:30 pm, Eastern Time

Registrants can listen in live over the phone or online as a webcast.

Topics Covered

• Discussion of Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS), in the Context of Infectious Diseases
• Diagnosis, Staging & Current Standard of Care
• The Role of Hematopathology Examination of a Sample of Your Bone Marrow in Making a Definitive Diagnosis of MDS
• New & Emerging Treatment Approaches
• The Role of Clinical Trials: How Research Increases Your Treatment Options
• Tips to Manage Symptoms, Treatment Side Effects, Discomfort, Pain & Quality-of-Life Concerns
• Nutrition & Hydration Concerns & Tips
• Key Questions to Ask Your Health Care Team During Telehealth Appointments
• Guidelines to Prepare for Telehealth Appointments, Including Technology, Prepared List of Questions & Discussion of OpenNotes
• Next Step After Treatment, Including Follow-Up Care in Collaboration with Your Primary Care Doctor & Team
• Questions for Our Panel of Experts

Our Panel of Experts

Brittany Knick Ragon, MD

Division of Leukemia, Department of Hematologic Oncology and Blood Disorders, Director of Hematology Operations, Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute, Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Epic Physician Builder

Srinivasa R. Sanikommu, MD

Assistant Professor, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Department of Hematologic Oncology and Blood Disorders, Levine Cancer Institute, Advocate Health

Pinkal Desai, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Charles, Lillian, and Betty Neuwirth Clinical Scholar in Oncology, Clinical Director EIPM Molecular Aging Institute, Leukemia Program, Weill Cornell Medicine, Hematology and Medical Oncology, New York Presbyterian Hospital

Sangeetha Venugopal, MD, MS

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Leukemia Program, Division of Hematology, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine

Diana L. Bearden, MS, RD, CSO, LD, CNSC

Oncology Dietitian, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center

Ashley Moncrief, RN, BSN

Director of Patient Care, MDS Foundation Inc.

Carolyn Messner, DSW, BCD, FAPOS, FAOSW

Senior Director of Education and Training, CancerCare

Continuing Education Credits

(Live Only)

Social Workers: This program has been submitted to the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, an approved provider through the Texas State Board of Social Work Examiners, provider #CS4607, for 1.0 Contact Hour.

Cancer Care, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0088. This workshop is approved for 1.0 Contact Hour.

Registered Dietitians: This program has been submitted to the Commission on Dietetic Registration for one Continuing Professional Education Unit (CPEU).

To request continuing education paperwork, please email your name, profession and address to connect@cancercare.org after the program. All paperwork for continuing education credit must be requested, completed and submitted within two weeks of the live program.

Brochure

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