Invitation to Attend the Meeting

Invitation to attend the meeting:

Clinical Aspects of complement activated hematological disease

Young and coming hematologist´s with interest inbenign hematology

Friday the 23rd – 24th of May 2014

Hilton Copenhagen Airport Hotel, Ellehammersvej 20, 2770 Kastrup

Program:

Friday the 23rd of May 2014

Chairman: Eirik Tjønnfjord

12.00 – 13.00 Lunch

Start of meeting 13.00

13.00 – 13.10 Welcome

EirikTjønnfjord MD, Department of Hematology, Sydvestjysk Hospital, Esbjerg

13.10- 14.05Complement activation in hemolytic anemias

ProfessorSigbjørn Berentsen,Department of hematology, Haugesund/Bergen

14.05 – 14.40Flow cytometry

Hematopathologist, MD Claudia Stahlberg, Pathology department, Odense University hospital

14.40 – 15.10 PNH disease sign and symptoms

Ulrik Overgaard MD, Department of hematology, Herlev University Hospital

15.10 – 15.40 Thrombosisand organ damage in PNH

Ulrik Overgaard MD, Department of hematology, Herlev University Hospital

15.40 – 15.55 Coffee break

15. 55 –16.15Paradigm shift; Eculizumab in the treatment of PNH

ProfessorSigbjørn Berentsen, Department of hematology, Haugesund/Bergen

16.15 – 16.45National guidelines for PNH

Ulrik Overgaard MD, Department of hematology, Herlev University Hospital and Professor GeirTjønnfjord,Department of Hematology, OsloUniversity Hospital

16.45 – 17.00Wrap up

EirikTjønnfjord MD, Department of Hematology, Sydvestjysk Hospital, Esbjerg

18.00 – 20.00 Dinner

20.00 – 21.30 Presentation of cases

All participants

Lørdag den 24. maj

7.00 – 8.30 Breakfast

8.30 –9.00Life threatening CAD (Cold Agglutinin Disease)

Professor Geir Tjønnfjord,Department of Hematology,OsloUniversity Hospital

9.00 – 9.30 CAPS (Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome)

ProfessorGeir Tjønnfjord,Department of Hematology, Oslo University Hospital

9.30 – 9.45 Coffee Break

9.45 – 10.30Presentation of projects

Participants

10.30 –10.50Screening project PNH Sweden

Johannes Admasie MD, Department of hematology, Karolinska University hospital

10.50 – 11.20Looking forward – ongoing complement inhibition research within Alexion.

What possibilities are in the system to apply for grant for research.

Ass. Prof. Jan Tollemar, Alexion

11.20 – 11.30 End of meeting and plan for next meeting

EirikTjønnfjord MD, Department of Hematology, Sydvestjysk Hospital Esbjerg

Please register by email before Monday the 28th of April by sending an e-mail to Nicole Matourin s there are a limited number of seats available.

Please let us know if you need flight ticket and hotel reservation.

Meeting is made possible by an unrestricted grant from AlexionPharma Nordics.