Heme Lecture Series

Normal Hematopoesis

Anemias microcytic/macrocytic anemia

  • Hemolytic anemia
  • Hereditary spherocytosis
  • Aplastic anemia
  • Porphyuria
  • Thalassemias
  • Sickle cell disease
  • PNH

Thrombocytopenia general approach and treatment

  • ITP
  • TTP
  • HIT+Ab

Anticoagulation

Coagulopathy/bleeding disorders

  • Hypercoagulable state
  • Hemophilia
  • VWD

Platelet disfunction

  • Acquired inhibitors/inhibitor deficiencies

Coagulopathies during pregnancy

Monoclonal Gammopathies/Multiple Myeloma/Waldenstroms

AML ALL
CLL CML
MDS MPN

Lymphomas

  • Hodgkins Lymphoma
  • NHL
  • T cell lymphomas

Basics of transplantation

  • Donor allocation
  • GVHD
  • Cord blood transplant
  • HLA typing
  • Non-myeloablative transplantation
  • Auto-transplant
  • Allo-transplant
  • Donor lymphocyte infusion
  • Transplant complications
  • Opportunistic infections
  • Immunosuppression
  • Other complications of transplantation/VOD/Engraftment syndrome

Transfusion medicine

  • Indications and adverse effects of transfusion
  • Pretransfusion compatibility testing
  • Therapeutic apheresis
  • Blood bank math, plasma derivative and coagulation factors
  • Transfusion for BMT patients
  • Iron overload syndromes
  • Hematopoietic growth factors

Smear Review 1st Tuesday and 3rd Thursday of month.