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  • Wednesday, June 14, 2023
  • 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Healthcare Perspectives: County & State
  • Friday, June 16, 2023
  • 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Registration Open
  • 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Exhibit Hall Open
  • 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    Welcome + The State of Sickle Cell Disease

    Chair: Lanetta Bronte-Hall, MD, MPH, MSPH – Foundation for Sickle Cell Disease Research

  • 12:45 PM – 1:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    Access to Care Keynote Presentation
  • 1:45 PM – 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Break
  • 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    The Patient Symposium: Managing Pain, Sleep and Health-Related Quality of Life

    CE: 2

  • 3:15 PM – 3:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Coffee Break
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Investigational New Drug, Device and Therapeutics Symposium
  • 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    “Is Wall Street Still Interested in Sickle Cell Disease?” Panel
  • 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    FSCDR Welcome Reception
  • 7:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Dinner On Your Own
  • 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Adult Patient Town Hall & Dinner
  • Saturday, June 17, 2023
  • 7:00 AM – 8:15 AM East Coast USA Time
    Breakfast
  • 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Exhibit Hall Open
  • 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Registration Open
  • 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Poster Viewing
  • 8:15 AM – 8:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    2023 Scientific Chair Welcome
  • 8:30 AM – 9:15 AM East Coast USA Time
    Top Abstract Oral Presentations

    Moderator: Deepika S. Darbari, MD (she/her/hers) – Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, Children's National Hospital

    CE: 0.75

  • 9:15 AM – 10:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Networking Break
  • 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Behavioral Psychology: School Success, Sleep, Pain Management Educational Session

    Chair: Cecelia Valrie, PhD (she/her/hers) – Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, VA, US)

    Moderator: Dima Hendricks, MA (she/her/hers) – University of Pittsburgh

    CE: 2

  • 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Nursing Bootcamp Educational Session

    CE: 2

  • 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Organ Damage and other Cardiac Diseases in Sickle Cell Disease Educational Session

    CE: 2

  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Lunch
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Product Theater: A Discussion on a Treatment Option for Sickle Cell Disease
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Product Theater: Gene Therapy for Hemoglobinopathies: Translating Complex Science to Inform the Physician-Patient Dialogue, Sponsored by Vertex Pharmaceuticals
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Keynote Speaker
  • 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    Highlights of the Symposium
  • 2:45 PM – 3:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Networking Break
  • 3:30 PM – 5:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    Curative Options in Sickle Cell Disease Plenary Session

    Chair: Courtney Fitzhugh, MD – National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health

    CE: 2

  • 4:15 PM – 4:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Coffee Available (No Content Break)
  • 5:45 PM – 6:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    Live Poster Session
  • 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    FSCDR's Presidential Reception- Invitation Only
  • Sunday, June 18, 2023
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Breakfast
  • 7:00 AM – 3:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Exhibit Hall Open
  • 7:00 AM – 3:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Poster Viewing
  • 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Registration Open
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Scientific Keynote Presentation
  • 9:00 AM – 10:15 AM East Coast USA Time
    An Update on Sickle Cell Disease from Federal Agencies

    Moderator: Deepika S. Darbari, MD (she/her/hers) – Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, Children's National Hospital

    CE: 1.25

  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM East Coast USA Time
    Dr. Kwaku "KOF" Ohene-Frempong East Meets West Global Sickle Cell Disease Symposium

    CE: 1

  • 10:30 AM – 10:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    Coffee Available (No Content Break)
  • 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Unmet Need: Challenges Related to Research and Clinical Management of SCD Pain Plenary Session

    Co-Chair: Inna Belfer, MD, PhD – NIH/NCCIH

    Co-Chair: Deepika S. Darbari, MD (she/her/hers) – Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, Children's National Hospital

    CE: 1

  • 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Lunch
  • 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    Oral Abstract Presentation Session I Psychosocial

    Moderator: Julia A. O'Brien, PhD, RN – School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh

    CE: 1.5

  • 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    Oral Abstract Presentation Session l Basic Science / Health Services

    Moderator: Susan P. Perrine, MD, SM – Phoenicia BioSciences, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medciine

    Moderator: Yugal Goel, PhD – University of California, Irvine

    CE: 1.5

  • 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    Oral Abstract Presentation Session l Health Services

    Moderator: André M. Harris, MSW (he/him/his) – Sickle Cell Association of Houston

    Moderator: Donna R. McCurry, RN, APRN, FNP-BC (she/her/hers) – University Health Kansas City

    CE: 1.5

  • 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Coffee Break
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Oral Abstract Presentation Session ll Clinical Research

    Moderator: Claudia R. Morris, MD (she/her/hers) – Emory University School of Medicine

    Moderator: Dunia Hatabah, MD – Emory University

    CE: 1.5

  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Oral Abstract Presentation Session ll Health Services

    Moderator: Nizar Tangour, MD, MS – NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan

    Moderator: Sophia Horiuchi – Sickle Cell Data Collection Program

    CE: 1.5

  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Oral Abstract Presentation Session ll Trials / Clinical Epidemiology

    Moderator: William Hobbs – Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc

    Moderator: Ektha Parchuri, MPH (she/her/hers) – University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

    CE: 1.5