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2019 Management of Sickle Cell Disease Symposium

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Date:                Saturday April. 20th, 2019

Time:                8:00 AM - 4:00 PM (Registration opens at 7:30 AM)

Location:          Wilder Center, 451 Lexington Pkwy N, St. Paul, MN 55104

Meals:              Continental breakfast and lunch are provided free of charge to registered attendees

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Program Purpose:

The purpose of this educational activity is to strengthen participant’s knowledge base about sickle cell disease and sickle cell trait through lecture, discussion and sharing of current and future treatment options.

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Program Target:  

This event is designed for physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals, educators, social workers, students, individuals with sickle cell disease and their families as well as the greater community at large. 

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Program Objectives:

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

• Discuss complications related to Sickle Cell Disease

• Identify current evidence based practices to improve care of individuals with Sickle Cell Disease

• Explain resources available to individuals with Sickle Cell

Topics include:   (click the link to download presentation slides)

• Sickle Cell Disease: A National Perspective, Beverley Francis Gibson, President, SCDAA

• Curative Therapies for Sickle Cell Disease: Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant and Gene Therapy Christen Ebens MD, University of MN

• Disease Modifying Therapies for SCD: Clinical Management, Stephen C. Nelson, MD, Children's Minnesota

• The Molecular Origin of SCD and New Opportunities for Therapy, David Wood, Ph.D, University of MN

• Pain Mgmt in SCD: Medical Cannabis and Other Integrative Research, Kalpna Gupta, MD, University of MN

• Mental Health and Wellness in Individuals with Chronic Illness  Anissa Keyes, MA, LMFT, LICSW, Aruba Emotional Health

• Clinical Trials 411: What You Need To Know, Yvonne Carroll, RN, JD, St. Jude Research Hospital, President, IASCNAPA

• Healing the Healer, Wanda Whitten-Shurney, MD, SCDAA-MI Chapter 

• Race, Racism & Implicit Bias, Stephen C. Nelson, MD, Children’s MN

• Narrowing the Gap: The Need for Primary Care Providers for Individuals Living with Sickle Cell Disease (Engaging Federally Qualified Health Centers), Wanda Whitten-Shurney, MD, SCDAA-MI Chapter 

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