Thursday 21 November
Auditorium 2
08:45 - 09:45
Plenary Lectures - Session 1
Chairmen
Dr Guillermo Dighiero
(Uruguay)
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Dr Raúl Gabus
(Uruguay)
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Dr
Guillermo Dighiero
Uruguay
Curriculum Vitae:
URUGUAY
1960: Ingreso a la Facultad de Medicina. 1969: Graduación como médico. 1964: Practicante Interno del laboratorio Central del Hospital de Clínicas. 1968: Practicante Interno del Ministerio de Salud Pública. 1971: Asistente de la Clínica Semiológica de la Facultad de Medicina. 1975: Profesor Adjunto de la Clínica Semiológica de la Facultad de Medicina. 2004: Director Ejecutivo del Institut Pasteur de Montevideo.
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1975: Profesor Asociado de la Facultad de Medicina Paris VI. 1978: Docteur ès sciences. 1979: Ingreso al CNRS. 1984: Jefe de la Unidad de Inmuhematología e Inmunopatología del Instituto Pasteur. 1991: Director de Investigaciones de Primera Clase en el CNRS. 1996: Profesor del Instituto Pasteur. 1997: Director del Departamento de Fisiopatología del Instituto Pasteur. 1999: Presidente del Grupo Francés para el estudio de la Leucemia Linfoide Crónica
Curriculum Vitae:
Internal Medicine. Hematologist. President Organizing Committee - 5th LAG-CLL 2024, Uruguay.
Former Head of Department Hematology and BMT. Hospital Maciel. Montevideo. Uruguay.
Founding member of the Latin American Group on CLL.
Founding member in clinical and biology investigation in CLL. Hospital Maciel-Institut Pasteur. Montevideo.
Member of the IMC/ASH 2014.2022.
Founding member and Training Coordinator (LAVTP) in BMT for the Latin America Training Program /ASH 2014-2024
Speaker:
Dr
Thomas Kipps
(USA )
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Curriculum Vitae:
Is Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Evelyn and Edwin Tasch Chair in Cancer Research, Director of the Center for Novel Therapeutics, and Co-Director of the Hematologic Malignancies Program at the University of California, San Diego, Moores Cancer Center. Dr. Kipps is a two-time awardee of a Specialized Center of Research (SCOR) in Leukemia grant from the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, a two-time awardee of the NIH MERIT Award, and principal investigator of the CLL Research Consortium (CRC), which directed inter-institutional research among the leading investigators in CLL from across the country and abroad.
Dr. Kipps is the chair of the international workshop on CLL (iwCLL), and an awardee of the Rai/Binet medal for outstanding contributions to the field of leukemia research
Speaker:
Dr
Nicholas Chiorazzi
(USA )
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Dr
Nicholas Chiorazzi
USA
Curriculum Vitae:
Is a physician-scientist who is Head of the Karches Center for Oncology Research in The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research and is Professor of Molecular Medicine and of Medicine in the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. The research interests of the Chiorazzi team revolve around understanding the activation and maturation of B lymphocytes in health and disease, especially in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Over the years, the Chiorazzi team contributed impactful information about the immunobiology of CLL cells. The group’s collective works led to Dr. Chiorazzi receiving the Binet-Rai medal from the International Workshops on CLL.
