Thursday, April 8, 2021

Mark your calendar: Sickle Cell Regional Conference set for May 15

With a goal of offering the latest information on the treatment and management of sickle cell disease, the USA Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center will host the 2021 Sickle Cell Regional Conference on May 15, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. via Zoom. 

The event is free for USA medical students and resident physicians. 

This one-day virtual event features three internationally recognized experts in sickle cell disease: John F. Tisdale, M.D., senior investigator and director of the molecular and clinical hematology branch of the National Institutes of Health; Frederick Goldman, M.D., professor and director of the Lowder Blood and Marrow Transplant Program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham; and Tim Townes, Ph.D., professor emeritus of biochemistry and molecular genetics at UAB. 

Register online at CME tracker

For more information, email Cimone Smith at acsmith@health.southalabama.edu.