Sickle Cell Disease Therapeutics Summit

– mts sickle cell foundation, inc. –

Sickle Cell Disease

Therapeutics Summit

PRESENTED BY EDITAS MEDICINE & PFIZER

April 27th, 2024 | Riverdale, GA

Empowering Sickle Cell Disease care choices through education.

This event focuses on educating SCD patients, caregivers, advocates, and the general public about therapeutic and curative options for treating and curing patients with sickle cell disease.

11:00 AM

REGISTRATION

11:20 AM

OPENING REMARKS: REP. EL-MAHDI HOLLY

Georgia State Representative & Board Member of the MTS Sickle Cell Foundation

11:30 AM

PARTNER REMARKS: ANGIE SNYDER, PhD.

Director of Health Policy and Planning at Georgia State University’s Andrew Young School of Policy Studies

11:35 AM - 12:00 PM

SESSION ONE: WHY WE TRANSFUSE

Presentation by Dr. Margo Rollins, MD.

Section Director, Tissue, Transfusion and Apheresis at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

12:00 PM - 12:25 PM

SESSION TWO: THE COMPLEXITIES OF PAIN MANAGEMENT IN SCD

Presentation by Dr. Rasean T. Hodge, MD

Medical Director, Premier Chronic Pain Care

12:25 PM - 12:50 PM

SESSION THREE: SICKLE CELL DISEASE AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

Presentation by Dr. Lisa Shandley, MD

Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at Emory Reproductive Center, Atlanta, GA

12:50 PM - 1:10 PM

BREAK/LUNCH

1:10 PM - 1:30 PM

SESSION FOUR: EMERGING TOOLS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF SCD

Presentation by Michael V. Smith, MD

Founder & CEO of Marti Health

1:30 PM - 1:55 PM

SESSION FIVE: APPROVED DISEASE MODIFYING THERAPIES FOR SICKLE CELL DISEASE

Presentation by Amy Y. Tang, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Medical Director, Sickle Cell Disease Program, Scottish Rite Campus

Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center

Division of Pediatric Hematology / Oncology

Emory and Children's Pediatric Institute

1:55 PM - 2:25 PM

SESSION SIX: A Deep Dive Into Pfizer's OXBRYTA

Presentation by Kristin Ivy-Davis, PhD

Field Medical Director at Pfizer

2:25 PM - 2:50 PM

SESSION SEVEN: APPROVED CURATIVE THERAPIES FOR SICKLE CELL DISEASE

Presentation by Suhag Parikh, MD

Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist and Clinical Director of Cellular Therapies for Nonmalignant Diseases at the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta.

2:50 PM - 3:15 PM

SESSION EIGHT: Editas Medicine’s Reni-cel Update

Presentation by Olubunmi Afonja, MD

Senior Director, Clinical Development at Editas Medicine

3:15 PM - 3:40 PM

SESSION NINE: VAEH’S JOURNEY TO A CURE - A CONVERSATION WITH ASHLEY DURDEN

A fireside chat with Ashley Durden, Caregiver of SCD Warrior Princess Vaeh Durden. Moderated by Brieana Buckley, Vice President, Medical Affairs and Patient Advocacy at Editas Medicine.