ASH News Daily 2014 - Day 2 - (Page B-1)

Read this issue online at www.hematology.org/ashnewsdaily2014_sunday Follow us on Twitter using #ASH14 SCHEDULE 7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Registration West Building, Lobby - First Floor 7:30 - 9:00 a.m. Education/Scientific Program 9:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. Poster Session II - Viewing North Building, Hall E and West Building, West Exhibit Hall 9:30 - 11:00 a.m. Education/Scientific Program 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Exhibits Open South Building, Exhibit Hall A-C 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Trainee Simultaneous Didactic Sessions Open only to trainees wearing a blue badge 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Product Theaters in Exhibit Hall South Building, Exhibit Hall A-C 12:00 noon - 1:30 p.m. Simultaneous Oral Sessions 4:30 - 6:00 p.m. Spotlight Sessions 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. Simultaneous Oral Sessions 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Poster Session II - Presentations North Building, Hall E and West Building, West Exhibit Hall 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Poster Hall Reception North Building, Hall E and West Building, West Exhibit Hall IN THIS SECTION Public Service and Outstanding Service Awards B-3 ASH Scholar Awards B-7 Mary Rodes Gibson Award B-20 San Francisco Travel Guide B-29 Wallace H. Coulter Award Recipient Dr. Kanti Rai Reflects on Career Filled with Love, Friendship T oday ASH will recognize relationships with those he serves. Kanti R. Rai, MD, of the Hofs- Throughout his 50-year career, Dr. tra North Shore - Long Island Rai has pioneered contemporary Jewish School of Medicine, with its approaches in the diagnoses, evalumost prestigious award - the Wal- ation, and management of patients lace H. Coulter Award for Lifetime with CLL and was among the first Achievement in Hematology. The doctors to preach the "watch-andwait" role of observaaward is bestowed on tion and evaluation in an individual who has the application of chebeen a vital contribumotherapy to patients. tor to the field of hemaYet, even with all of tology, demonstrating his groundbreaking lifetime achievement accomplishments, Dr. and leadership in reRai is most consistently search, education, and noted for his humble practice. and calming approach For Dr. Rai, the to patient care and award also recognizes teaching. his exceptional care of Growing up in the patients. He is currentcity of Jodhpur, Inly serving as the chief Kanti R. Rai, MD dia, Dr. Rai originally of the Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) Research and found himself drawn to the idea Treatment Program at North Shore- of being a pediatrician, taking care LIJ Cancer Institute. Dr. Rai has of the children in the poorer rural been noted for both his tireless re- areas outside of the city. His origisearch and his exemplary ability to nal inspiration was his uncle, a lodevelop and maintain warm, caring cal physician in Jodhpur. "I can tell you from my earliest memories as a child that I was fascinated by my uncle's method of practicing medicine in a small town," Dr. Rai said. "By his approach to his patients and their families, his devotion to them, his being available to them 24/7, and, in return, the love and admiration he received, I could tell that medicine indeed was the most satisfying and rewarding profession." While he was first drawn to the world of pediatrics, true to his nature, Dr. Rai is quick to credit those who encouraged his interest in hematology, and he remembers in detail the moment he first decided hematology was his field of choice. Dr. Rai relayed that it was by accident or serendipity that he pursued a career as a hematologist. "I was serving on-call one evening in 1958 at North Shore Hospital in Long Island when I admitted a lively three-year-old girl named Laurie. She had been seen by a »» COULTER AWARD Page B-4 Grover Bagby and John DiPersio to be Honored with 2014 Mentor Awards A SH places great emphasis on the training and development of early-career hematologists, and each year, the Society honors two exceptional individuals who, like ASH, recognize the value of mentorship. This year's recipients are two highly regarded individuals who support the next generation of hematologists. This afternoon, ASH will recognize Grover C. Bagby Jr., MD, and John DiPersio, MD, PhD, with the 2014 Mentor Awards for basic science and clinical investigation, respectively. Grover C. Bagby Jr. Dr. Bagby is professor of medicine and molecular and medical genetics at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) and is the founding director of OHSU's Knight Cancer Institute and former chief of hematology and medical oncology at OHSU and the Portland Veterans Administration Medical Center. He will be presented with the basic science award for his steadfast mentorship of more than 40 former trainees and faculty Grover C. Bagby Jr., MD John DiPersio, MD, PhD members both within the United States and abroad. Dr. searchers, policy makers, and adBagby's mentees cite his selfless ministrators. His inspiring and motivational leadership and caring dedication to the development of scientific ex- approach to mentorship is what pertise and tradition as critical ele- helped distinguish his 46-year caments of his success in influencing reer as a role model and teacher. the lives of his trainees, who now »» MENTOR AWARDS Page B-3 serve as successful clinicians, re-  http://www.hematology.org/ashnewsdaily2014_sunday

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