ASH News Daily 2012 - Monday, December 10, 2012 - (Page C-1)

ASH NewS DAily ® 54th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology Read this issue online at www.hematology.org/ashnewsdaily2012_monday Attendee ServiceS Speaker Ready Room (A311-A312, Building A, Level 3) Hours: Saturday through Monday 7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Tuesday 7:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. What’s in ASH Central (International Boulevard Concourse between Buildings A and B) • ASH Resource Center • Housing Assistance • CME/Evaluation Help Desk • Membership • Mobile App Assistance • Trainee Lounge (available only to attendees wearing blue trainee meeting badges) • Email Stations/Lounge Seating • Coat Check • Twitter Wall General Sessions (Hall B5, Building B, Level 1) • Some Educational Sessions • Ham-Wasserman Lecture (Saturday) • ASH/EHA Joint Symposium (Sunday) • Announcement of Awards (Sunday and Tuesday) • Plenary Scientific Session (Sunday) • E. Donnall Thomas Lecture (Monday) • Ernest Beutler Lecture (Monday) • Presidential Symposium (Tuesday) • Business Meeting (Tuesday) Free WiFi ASH is pleased to offer Internet access to all attendees in public lobbies and meeting rooms at the GWCC, as well as meeting rooms and adjacent pre-function space at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis and Omni Hotel at CNN Center. This complimentary service is provided to support annual meeting activities requiring Internet access, Web browsing, and email connectivity. A ASH Central – The One-Stop Shop SH brings together all essential attendee services into one convenient location called ASH Central, which is in the International Boulevard Concourse between Building A and Building B of the Georgia World Congress Center. Attendee services, Internet stations, comfortable lounge areas, and much more is available in ASH Central. ASH Resource Center in ASH Central Stop by the ASH Resource Center counter to learn about ASH membership, apply for or renew your membership, update your address, or purchase ASH products. ASH offers a variety of products to aid hematologists in their professional development, including: • American Society of Hematology Self-Assessment Program (ASH®SAP), Fourth Edition • 2012 Annual Meeting Abstracts on Flash Drive • Hematology 2012 (The Education Attendees gather at ASH Central during the 2011 ASH Annual Meeting in San Diego. Program) • 2012 Annual Meeting Education Program DVD • 2012 Annual Meeting On-Demand Webcast (Education Program and Special Lectures) • 2012 Highlights of ASH® DVD • 2012 State-of-the-Art Symposium DVD These items are available for purchase on site or in the online ASH Store (http://store.hematology.org). I ASH Elects New Leadership for 2013 n early October, ASH announced the election of four new members to its Executive Committee, the governing body of the organization, for terms to begin in January 2013. IN THIS SECTION Exhibits Floor Plan C-4-5 Continuing Medical Education Credits C-10 ASH Booth C-11 GWCC Floor Plans C-12 Vice President David A. Williams, MD, is chief of Hematology/Oncology and director of translational research, Boston Children’s Hospital; associate chairman of the Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Leland Fikes Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School; and director of the Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program, Dana-Farber/ Children’s Hospital Cancer Center, in Boston, MA. A graduate of Indiana State University and Indiana University School of Medicine, Dr. Williams trained in pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Center and then completed his fellowship training in pediatric hematol- David A. Williams, MD Stephanie J. Lee, MD, MPH Jonathan D. Licht, Margaret A. MD Shipp, MD ogy/oncology at Boston Children’s Hospital/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. He completed his research training at the Cancer Center and Whitehead Institute at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Williams’ major fields of interest include molecular mechanisms that underlie hematopoiesis, gene transfer into hematopoietic stem cells, and the management of children with hematologic diseases. He will serve a one-year term as vice president, followed by successive one-year terms as presidentelect and president. Secretary Stephanie J. Lee, MD, MPH, is a member of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and professor of medical oncology, University of Washington School of Medicine, in Seattle, WA. Dr. Lee is an attending physician in the Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Program at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. Her fields of interest include outcomes and health services research »» ELECTION Page C-11  http://www.hematology.org/ashnewsdaily2012_monday http://store.hematology.org

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