Conference Chairperson

Panos Englezos, President, Thalassaemia International Federation (TIF)

Organizing Committee

Androulla Eleftheriou

Executive Director, Thalassaemia International Federation (TIF)

Michael Angastiniotis

Medical Advisor, Thalassaemia International Federation (TIF)

International Scientific Advisory Committee

Maria Domenica Cappellini

Professor of Haematology, Department of Medicine and Medical Specialties, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Ca’ Granda Foundation Maggiore Policlinico Hospital, Milan, Italy

Dimitrios Farmakis

Associate Professor, Cardiology, University of Cyprus Medical School, Nicosia, Cyprus

John Koskinas

Professor in Medicine – Hepatology, 2nd Academic Department of Medicine, Medical School of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Hippokration General Hospital, Athens, Greece

Cavazzana Marina

Professor of Haematology, Director of Dept. of Biotherapy at Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, Paris Descartes-Sorbonne Paris Cité University, Director of INSERM/ Assistance Publique – Hospitals of Paris GHU Ouest Biotherapy Clinical Investigation Centre, Paris, France

Antonio Piga

Professor of Paediatrics & Dean of the Medicine School, San Luigi University Hospital, Turin University, Turin, Italy

John Porter

Professor of Haematology, Head of the Joint Red Cell Unit for UCLH & Whittington Hospitals, Haematology Department, University College London, London, UK

Stefano Rivella

Professor of Pediatrics – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHoP), University of Pennsylvania, Kwame Ohene-Frempong Chair on Sickle Cell Anemia, Philadelphia, USA

Ashraf Soliman

Professor of Pediatrics and Endocrinology, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar

Ali Taher

Professor of Medicine, Hematology & Oncology Director – Naef K. Basile Cancer Institute Vice Chair – Research, Department of Internal Medicine Founding Director – Fellowship and Residents Research Program, Faculty of Medicine American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon

Ali Taher

Professor of Medicine, Hematology & Oncology Director – Naef K. Basile Cancer Institute Vice Chair – Research, Department of Internal Medicine Founding Director – Fellowship and Residents Research Program, Faculty of Medicine American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon

Vip Viprakasit

Research Director, Thalassaemia Center and Division of Haematology-Oncology Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Evangelia Yannaki

Affiliate Professor, University of Washington, Seattle Director, Gene and Cell Therapy Center, Hematology Dpt-BMT Unit G.Papanicolaou Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece

International Patients/Parents Advisory Committee

HH Sheikha Sheikha Bint Seif Al-Nahyan

TIF Board Member, Emirates Thalassemia Society, United Arab Emirates

Michelle Abi Saad

TIF Board Member, Chronic Care Center, Lebanon

Saeed Al Awadhi

TIF Board Member – Ass. Treasurer, Emirates Thalassemia Society, United Arab Emirates

Angelo Loris Brunetta

TIF Board Member, Associazione LigureThalassemici, Italy

George Constantinou

TIF Board Member – Ass. Secretary, UK

Riyad Elbard

TIF Board Member – Treasurer, Thalassaemia Foundation of Canada, Canada

Robert Ficarra

TIF Board Member, Cooley’s Anemia Foundation, USA

Fatemeh Hashemi

TIF Board Member, Charity Foundation for Special Diseases, Iran

Abdul Baset Mohd Merdas

TIF Board Member, Emirates Thalassemia Society, United Arab Emirates

Eleni Michalaki

TIF Board Member, Greek Thalassaemia Federation, Greece

Elena Mylona

TIF Board Member – Secretary, Cyprus Thalassaemia Association, Cyprus

Anton Skafi

TIF Board Member, Thalassemia Patients Friends Society (TPFS), Palestine

Shobha Tuli

TIF Board Member – Vice President, Thalassemics India, India

*Names are in alphabetical order based on surname

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