Visitor Training Program Award Recipients

The following individuals participated in the ASH Visitor Training Program.

2024

VTP Participant and Training Topic	Host Mentor and Institution
Eman Abbass, MSc, BSc (Sudan) Flow cytometry for hematologic malignancies	Maria-Victoria Mateos, MD, PhD University Hospital of Salamanca, Spain
Maria Castro, MD (Argentina) Training in acute leukemia and CAR T therapy for ALL	Pere Barba, MD University of Vic, Spain
Wellington Da Silva, MD, PhD (Brazil) Pediatric protocols for ALL and lab exposure for baseline genetic stratification	Wendy Stock, MD University of Chicago, USA
Denisse Di Tore Sallustro, MSc (Paraguay) NGS techniques and interpretation	Peter Valk, PhD Erasmus MC Cancer Center, Netherlands
Muhammad Drweshsaeed, MSc (Iraq) Prevention, diagnostics, and management of GvHD	Tsiporah Shore, MD New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center, USA
Juan Galindo, MSc (Chile) Training in diagnostic and translational applications of NGS	Peter Valk, PhD Erasmus MC Cancer Center, Netherlands
Alexandra Ghiaur, MD (Romania) Learn how to establish a dedicated AYA acute leukemia program	Nicolas Boissel, MD, PhD Hôpital Saint Louis, France
Mane Gizhlaryan, MD (Armenia) Learn how to establish a transplant unit for allo-HSCT	Leslie Lehmann, MD Dana Farber Cancer Institute, USA
Garima Goel, MD, MBBS (India) Flow cytometry analysis and interpretation	Sandeep Gurbuxani, MBBS, PhD University of Chicago, USA
Sidra Hareem, MBBS, FCPS (Pakistan) Establishment of coagulation and platelet disorder service	Abdul Mannan, MBBS, FCPS North Wales Cancer Treatment Centre, UK
Sandra Havyarimana, MB BChir (Rwanda) Flow cytometry for diagnosis of leukemias and hematological malignancies	Anne Tierens, MD University Health Network, Canada
Masresha Kahsay, MSc, BSc (Ethiopia) Coagulation disorders	Dzung Le, MD and Annette von Drygalski, MD, PharmD, RMSK University of California San Diego, USA
Uday Kulkarni, MD, MBBS, DM (India) Implementation of CAR-T cell program	Marcos de Lima, MD The Ohio State University, USA
Sharon McLean-Salmon, MBBS, BSc, DM (Jamaica) Organize successful hemostasis treatment center for pediatric patient management	Amy Dunn, MD Nationwide Children’s Hospital, USA
Ammar Saad, FCPS (Pakistan) Diagnostics for venous thromboembolism	Abdul Mannan, MBBS, FCPS North Wales Cancer Treatment Centre, UK
Eunice Shija, MD (Tanzania) Hematopathology, flow cytometry for bone marrow interpretation	Jared Block, MD Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center, USA

2023

VTP Participant and Training Topic	Host Mentor and Institution
Konul Bagirova, MD (Azerbaijan) Diagnosis and training in pediatric hematologic malignancies	Deepa Bhojwani, MD The Children's Hospital Los Angeles, USA
Rita De Cassia Medeiros, PhD (Brazil) NGS for AML	Peter Valk, PhD Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Netherlands
Abigail Dio, BSc (Nigeria) Transfusion medicine	Johnny Mahlangu, MD University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Reem Eshra, MBBS, MSc (Egypt) Bone marrow transplantation	Betty Hamilton, MD Cleveland Clinic, USA
Oninye Eze, MBBS (Nigeria) Transfusion medicine	Sandhya Panch, MD Fred Hutch, USA
Vineeta Gupta, MD (India) Stem cell transplantation for SCD	Lakshmanan Krishnamurti, MD Yale School of Medicine, USA
Asif Iqbal, MD, DM (India) Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation	Uday Popat, MD, PhD MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA
Halima Ismail, MBBS (Nigeria) Transfusion medicine / advanced RBC typing	Andreas Greinacher, MD Institut Fur Immunologie Und Transfusionmedizin, Germany
Manu Jamwal, PhD (India) NGS for non-invasive prenatal diagnosis of hemoglobinopathies	Ashutosh Lal, MD UCSF, USA
Pulkit Rastogi, MD, MBBS, DM (India) NGS testing in myeloid malignancies	Torsten Haferlach, MD MLL Munich Leukemia Lab, Germany
Macarena Roa, MD (Chile) MRD flow analysis	Noemi Puig, MD, PhD University Hospital of Salamanca, Spain
Priyanka Samal, MD, DM, MBBS (India) Haploidentical stem cell transplantation	Auro Viswabandya, MD Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation, Canada
Edgar Shilika, MD (Zambia) Hematopathology and morphology techniques	Fiona Dignan, MD Manchester Royal Infirmary, UK
Sreejesh Sreedharanunni, MD (India) NGS analysis and interpretation	Keyur Patel, MBBS, PhD MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA
Norma Tantalean Bazan, BS (Peru) NGS for AML	Peter Valk, PhD Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Netherlands
Saima Toor, FCPS, MBBS (Pakistan) Stem cell transplantation for AML and MDS	Qaiser Bashir, MBBS MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA
Abebaw Wodajo, MD (Ethiopia) Flow cytometry	Vishala Neppalli, MD X-Cell Laboratories of Western New York, USA

2020

VTP Participant and Training Topic	Host Mentor and Institution
Mohammed Abdul Aleem, MD, MBBS (India) Cytogenetic techniques, including FISH, for leukemia and lymphoid malignancies	Murty Vundavalli, PhD Columbia University Medical Center New York, New York
Jamilu Faruk Abdullahi, MBBS, MPH (Nigeria) Trans-cranial doppler scan for pediatric sickle cell anemia	Baba Inusa, MD, MBBS Guy & St. Thomas Hospital London, UK
Asmaa Ahmed, MS (Egypt) Immunophenotyping of hematologic malignancies by flow cytometry	Paul Wallace, MS, PhD Roswell Park Cancer Institute Buffalo, NY
Adebukola Ali Orulu, MBBS, FMCPath (Nigeria) Blood banking and transfusion services	Alok Srivastava, MD Christian Medical College Vellore, India
Carolina Behrens, MSc (Chile) Next-Generation Sequencing for HLA high resolution typing	Ramon Garcia-Sanz, MD, PhD University Hospital of Salamanca Salamanca, Spain
Maria Elizondo, MD (Uruguay) Next-Generation Sequencing for AML	Peter Valk, PhD Erasmus MC Cancer Institute Rotterdam, Netherlands
Lamiaa Fathalla (Egypt) Bone marrow transplantation for thalassemia patients	Adam Bagg, MD University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
Luciana Herriot, MD, MSc (Brazil) Flow cytometry and NGS for clinical care of hematologic malignancies	Erin Reid, MD, MS UCSD San Diego, CA
Kun Huang, PhD, BA (China) Population pharmacokinetics to evaluation PK profiles	Alfonso Iorio, MD, PhD McMaster University Hamilton, ON
Neelesh Jain, MD (India) SCD crisis management	Sophie Lanzkron, MD Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD
Aisha Jamal, FCPS, MBBS (Pakistan) HSCT for malignant hematology	Mehdi Hamadani, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee, WI
Rafia Mahmood, FCPS, MBBS (Pakistan) Molecular cytogenetics and FISH techniques	Ghulam Mufti, DM, FRCP, FRCPath King's College Hospital London, UK
Lawrence Osei-Tutu, MD (Ghana) Diagnosis and management of nonmalignant tropical hematologic diseases	Andrew Campbell, MD Children's Research Institute Washington, DC
Tze Shin Leong, MBBS, MRCP, MSc (Malaysia) Clinical management of AYA ALL patients, including haploidentical HSCT	Wendy Stock, MD University of Chicago Chicago, IL
Ana Silvia Yamada, PhD (Brazil) Next-Generation Sequencing for genetic testing for AML	Peter Valk, PhD Erasmus MC Cancer Institute Rotterdam, Netherlands
Gilbert Uwizeyumana, MBBS (Rwanda) Pathologic diagnosis of hematologic diseases	Jared Block, MD Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte, NC

2019

VTP Participant and Training Topic	Host Mentor and Institution
Trixy Chu, MD, BSMedTech (Philippines) Hemoglobinopathies	Madeleine Verhovsek, MD, FRCPC St. Joseph’s Hospital Hamilton, Canada
Silvia Davila Paico, BSc (Peru) Next-Generation Sequencing	Peter Valk, PhD Erasmus MC Cancer Institute Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Joy Ann De Castro, MD (Philippines) Transfusion medicine	Andreas Greinacher, MD Institut Für Immunologie Und Transfusionsmedizin Abteilung Greifswald, Germany
Hanaa Donia, MD (Egypt) Flow cytometry & molecular biology	Rashmi Kanagal-Shamanna, MD MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX
Chilota Efobi, MBBS (Nigeria) Blood banking & transfusion	Meghan Delaney, DO Children’s National Medical Center Washington, DC
Deonne Thaddeus Gauiran, MD (Philippines) Diagnosis & management of immune-medicated hematologic disorders	Luke Chen, MD, MEd The University of British Columbia Vancouver, Canada
Aye Gyi, MBBS, DM, FRCP, MMSc, MRCP (Myanmar) Flow cytometry	Neal Young, MD National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Bethesda, MD
Ruxandra Irimia, MD (Romania) Developing a clinically annotated biorepository	Gabriel Ghiaur, MD, PhD Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD
Ou Kakada, MD (Cambodia) BMT, management of leukemia, lymphoma, & bleeding disorders	Robert Negrin, MD Stanford University Medical Center Stanford, CA
Falilatou Agbeille Mohamed, MD (Benin) Hemoglobinopathies, SCD	Yves Pastore, MD CHU Sainte Justine Montreal, Canada
Fredrick Okinyi, MD (Kenya) Diagnosis & treatment of lymphomas	Ryotaro Nakamura, MD City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center Duarte, CA
Olusola Olowoselu, MBBS, FRCPath (Nigeria) Hematopoietic SCT	Lakshmanan Krishnamurti, MD Emory University Atlanta, GA
Sitalakshmi Subramanian, PhD, MBBS, MNAMS (India) HLA typing through DNA technology & flow cytometry	Daniel Weisdorf, MD University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN
Mesfin Tola, MD (Ethiopia) Flow cytometry	Alden Chesney, MD Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA

2018

VTP Participant and Training Topic	Host Mentor and Institution
Kay Thwe Aung (Myanmar) Diagnosis, management, and treatment of thalassemia	Suradej Hongeng Mahidol University Bangkok, Thailand
M. Patricia Da Silva (Mozambique) Diagnosis and management of patients with hemophilia, Von Willebrand disease, and other rare bleeding disorders	Annette Von Drygalski University of California – San Diego La Jolla, CA
Eman Farrag (Egypt) Diagnosis and management of bleeding and clotting disorders	Annette Von Drygalski University of California – San Diego La Jolla, CA
Shalini Goel (India) Diagnosis of myelodysplastic syndromes and training in flow cytometry and immunohistochemistry	Robert Hasserjian Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA
Jawad Hassan (Pakistan) Training in cytogenetics for diagnosis and evaluation of hematologic diseases	Murty Vundavalli Columbia University Medical Center New York, NY
Fady Hennawy (Egypt) Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation	Sairah Ahmed MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX
Mahesh Kumar (Pakistan) Training in conventional karyotyping	Vesna Najfeld Icahn School of Medicine Mount Sinai, NY
Mohammed Mabed (Egypt) Allogenic HSCT (hematopoietic stem cell transplantation)	Amir Steinberg Mount Sinai Hospital New York, NY
Mujittaba Mashi (Nigeria) Centrifuge training	Johnny Mahlangu University of Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa
Nouran Momen (Egypt) Flow cytometry in hematological malignancies	Philip McCarthy Roswell Park Cancer Institute Buffalo, NY
Shano Naseem (India) Sanger Sequencing and Next-Generation Sequencing in AML	Arnold Ganser Hannover Medical School Hannover, Germany
Esther Obi (Nigeria) Training in bleeding and coagulation disorders	Ravindra Sarode UT Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, TX
Nishadya Ranasinghe (Sri Lanka) Processing and staining techniques of trephine biopsies	Christina Brown Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Camperdown, Australia
Ranjit Sahoo (India) Haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation	Xiao Jun Huang Peking University Inst. of Hematology Peking, China
Niharika Shah (Nepal) Flow cytometry	Vishala Neppalli Roswell Park Cancer Institute Buffalo, NY
MD Salahuddin Shah (Bangladesh) Flow cytometry	Suparna Nanua St. Luke's Hospital Kansas City, MO
Muhammad Shariq Shaikh (Pakistan) Diagnosis and analysis of acute leukemia using multiparameter flow cytometry	Anne Tierens UHN University of Toronto Toronto, ON, Canada
Talal Abu Shawfah (Libya) Training in blood film examination related to hemoglobinopathies	Mariane de Montalembert Hôpital Universitaire Necker – Enfants Malades Paris, France
Shinto Thekkudan (India) Training in alternate donor stem cell transplantation	Marcos De Lima Univ. Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center Cleveland, OH
Umar Zahur (Pakistan) Training in stem cell transplantation and management of post-transplant complications	Fiona Dignan Manchester Royal Infirmary Manchester, UK

2017

VTP Participant and Training Topic	Host Mentor and Institution
Gunay Aliyeva, BS, MSc (Azerbaijan) Molecular assays in hemoglobinopathy and thalassemia diagnosis	Carolyn C. Hoppe, MD UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland, CA
Daniela Barbieri (Argentina) Next Generation Sequencing for genetic panels for epigenetic markers and mutational profiling	Maria Figueroa, MD University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Miami, FL
Livingstone Dogara, MBBS (Nigeria) Coagulation tests for hemophilia, thrombosis, and hemostasis	Johnny Mahlangu, MD Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Hospital South Africa
Nermeen Eldabah, MBCHB, MSc, MD (Egypt) Cytogenetic analysis for hematological disorders and malignancies	George Deeb, MD Emory University Atlanta, GA
Tushar Idhate, MD (India) Management of sickle cell and thalassemia	Baba Inusa, MD, MRCP Guy’s & St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust London, UK
Raheel Iftikhar, MBBS (Pakistan) Allogenic HSCT (hematopoietic stem cell transplantation)	Ghulam J. Mufti, DM King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London, UK
Mohammad Islam, MBBS, BCS (Bangladesh) Management of allogenic BMT (bone marrow transplantation) in transfusion dependent thalassemia patients	Vikram Mathews, MD Christian Medical College Vellore, India
Olufunto Kalejaiye, MB, ChB (Nigeria) Morphology and interpretation of immunochemistry, blood film, and bone marrow aspiration slides	Alok Srivastava, MD Christian Medical College Vellore, India
Levani Makhaldiani, MD (Georgia) Autologous bone marrow transplantation for multiple myeloma	Daniel Weisdorf, MD University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN
Anali Mora-Alferez, MD (Peru) Diagnosis and management of hereditary hematological neoplasia	Lucy Godley, MD, PhD The University of Chicago Chicago, IL
Ogechukwu Obi, BSc, MBBS (Nigeria) Management of thrombosis and hemostasis/blood clotting	Adam Cuker, MD University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
Veerendra Patil, MD (India) Diagnosis and treatment of pediatric primary immunodeficiency disorders (PIDs)	Rakesh Goyal, MD Children’s Mercy Hospital Kansas City, MO
Mauricio Postigo MacDowall, MD (Peru) Peripheral blood/marrow morphology	Michael Linden, MD, PhD University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN
Khaliqur Rahman, MBBS, MD (India) Complete laboratory workup of lymphoma	Vishala Neppalli, MD Roswell Park Cancer Institute Buffalo, NY
Syed Raza, PhD (India) Molecular genetic testing and diagnosis of AML, CML, MRD, and Thalassemia	Te-Chih Liu, MBBS National University Hospital Singapore
Anam Sadiq, PharmD (Pakistan) Developing protocols and standard operating procedures for clinical pharmacy practice in hematology, hem-oncology, and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (SCT)	Charles Craddock Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, United Kingdom
Yee Loong Tang, MD (Malaysia) Flow cytometry and clinical data interpretation	George Deeb, MD Emory University Atlanta, GA
Selami Toprak, MD (Turkey) Hematopoietic SCT and management of transplant patients	Koen Van Besien, MD, PhD Weill Cornell University New York, NY
Christiana Udo, MBBCH (Nigeria) Diagnosis and management of bleeding disorders (Hemophilia A & B, and Von Willebrand disease)	Ravindra Sarode, MD UT Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, TX
Angela Ugwu, MBBS (Nigeria) Creation and management of an efficient hospital-based blood transfusion system	Andreas Greinacher, MD Institute for Immunology and Transfusion Medicine Greifswald, Germany
Dulanie Wijesekara, MBBS (Sri Lanka) Allogenic and autologous SCT donor recruitment, selection, optimization, conditioning and management of associated complications	Alessandro Rambaldi, MD University of Milan Milan, Italy
Ei Phyo Win, MBBS, MSc (Myanmar) Flow cytometry	Joseph Khoury, MD The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX
Ayman Youssef, MBBCh (Egypt) Bone marrow transplantation	Ahmed Galal, MD Duke Cancer Center Durham, NC
MD Abdullah Zubayer Khan, MBBS (Bangladesh) Allogenic stem cell transplantation	Thomas Spitzer, MD Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA

2016

VTP Participant and Training Topic	Host Mentor and Institution
Bewketu Abebe Alemu, MD (Ethiopia) Training in interpretation of bone marrow aspirates and trephine biopsies	Brigitte Cantinieaux, MD, PhD CHU St. Pierre & Institute Bordet
Popa Codruta, MD, PhD (Romania) Flow cytometry for detection of MRD in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)	Michael Borowitz, MD, PhD Johns Hopkins
Chinedu Ezekekwu, MBBS (Nigeria) Therapeutic apheresis in the management of sickle cell disease (SCD)	Marilyn Telen, MD Duke University
Marcelo Luide Goncalves, MD, MSc (Brazil) Coagulation tests for thrombosis and hemostasis	Flora Peyvandi, MD, PhD Angelo Bianchi Bonomi Hematology & Thrombosis Center
Rodney Itaki, MBBS, BSc.Med (Papua New Guinea) Interpretation of peripheral smears, bone marrow aspirates, flow cytometry	German Pihan, MD Beth Israel Medical Center
Anu Korula, MBBS, MD, DM (India) Genetic diagnosis, allogeneic transplantation for immunodeficienies	Parinda Mehta, MD Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Misganaw Mengesha, MSc (Ethiopia) Flow cytometry for diagnosis & classification of leukemias	Sung Choi, MD, MS University of Michigan
Dereen Mohammed, MD (Iraq) Training in the CD34 assay for stem cell monitoring; molecular biology for diagnosis of malignant hematology diseases	Angelo Palmas, MD Ospedale San Francesco
Zola Musimar, MD (Botswana) Diagnosis and treatment of lymphoma subtypes	Jeremy Abramson, MD, MMSc Massachusetts General Hospital
Adebola Olu-Taiwo, MBBS, MPH (Nigeria) Diagnosis & management of SCD	Abdullah Kutlar, MD GRU Medical College of Georgia
Anand Prakash, MD, FNB (India) Diagnosis and treatment of pediatric hematolymphoid malignancy	Carlos Alvarado, MD Emory University Children's Center
Don Rohan Pullaperuma, MBBS, MD (Sri Lanka) Management of patients with hemaglobinopathies, especially SCD	Enrico Novelli, MD, MS University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Tatiana Saldarriaga, MD (Peru) Bone marrow transplantation (BMT) for malignant & non-malignant hematologic disorders	Monica Thakar, MD Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
Christine Sekaggya-Wiltshire, MBChB, MMed (Uganda) Interpretation of peripheral films, bone marrow aspirates & biopsies	Julianne Qualtieri, MD University of Cincinnati
Buddhika Somawardana, MBBS, MD (Sri Lanka) Clinical applications of flow cytometry for the management of hematological malignancies	Michael Andreeff,MD MD Anderson Cancer Center
Jennifer Thame, BSc, MBBS, DMM (Jamaica) Immunophenotyping using flow cytometry for diagnosis of leukemias & lymphomas; adult and pediatric	Michael Linden, MD, PhD University of Minnesota
Chi-kadibia Ukoma, MBBS (Nigeria) Diagnosis of SCD using High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) for newborn screening program	Julie Makani, MD, PhD Muhimbili University of Health & Allied Sciences
Yasar Yousafzai, MBBS, PhD (Pakistan) Diagnosis of hematological malignancies using flow cytometry	Mhairi Copland, BSc, MBChB, PhD University of Glasgow

2015

VTP Participant and Training Topic	Host Mentor and Institution
Ademola Adewoyin, MBBS (Nigeria) Transfusion medicine, specifically blood component preparation, aphaeresis, and compatibility testing	Gowthami Arepally, MD Duke University Medical Center Durham, NC
Faiq Ahmed, MBBS, MD (India) Diagnosis and classification of lymphoproliferative disorders	Vishala Neppalli, MD Roswell Park Cancer Institute Buffalo, NY
Mafruha Akter, MBBS, FCPS (Bangladesh) Allogeneic stem cell transplantation	Gary Schiller, MD University of California – Los Angeles School of Medicine Los Angeles, CA
Samir Bele, MBBS, MD (India) Sickle cell disease patient management	Alex George, MD, PhD Texas Children’s Hospital; Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX
Halima Bello-Manga, MBBS, MPH (Nigeria) Sickle cell disease patient management	Adetola Kassim, MD, MS Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN
Daniel Coriu, MD, PhD (Romania) Bone marrow transplantation for treatment of acute myeloid leukemia patients	Mark Levis, MD, PhD The Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD
Sharat Damodar, MD, DM (India) Haplo-identical and matched unrelated stem cell transplantation	Daniel Weisdorf, MD University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN
Silvia Fernández Martínez, MD (Paraguay) FISH and cytogenetics	Fabiola Traina, MD, PhD University of São Paulo Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
Ana Glembotsky, PhD (Argentina) Molecular diagnosis of patients with inherited platelet disorders	Nicole Casadevall, MD Institut Gustave Roussy Villejuif, France
Obinna Iheanacho, MBBS (Nigeria) Donor and therapeutic apheresis	Bruce Sachais, MD, PhD New York Blood Center New York, NY
Mehreen Khan, MBBS, MCPS, FCPS (Pakistan) Haplo-identical bone marrow transplantation	Qaiser Bashir, MD The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX
Lan Luo, MD (China) Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia assay	Demin Wang, PhD Blood Research Institute and Blood Center of Wisconsin Milwaukee, WI
Flordeluna Mesina, MD (Philippines) Development of disease registry for hematologic malignancies	Jorge Cortes, MD The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX
Chizoba Nwankwo, MBBS (Nigeria) Preparation of blood components/products with emphasis on apheresis	Aleksander Mijovic, MBBS, PhD King’s College Hospital London, UK
Matilda Ongóndi, MD (Kenya) Performance and interpretation of peripheral smears, iron studies, and electrophoresis	Anand Karnad, MD University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, TX
Allan Pernudy, MD (Nicaragua) MRD detection by flow cytometry	Martin A. Horstmann, MD Children’s Cancer Center Hamburg, Germany
Victor Salinas, MD (Paraguay) Allogeneic stem cell transplantation	David Gomez, MD Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León Monterrey, México
Jangbhadur Singh Sarna, MBBS, MD (India) Flow cytometry	Vishala Neppalli, MD Roswell Park Cancer Institute Buffalo, NY
Cyprien Shyirambere, MD (Rwanda) Diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia, peripheral blood smear interpretation, and bone marrow biopsy interpretation	Leslie E. Lehmann, MD Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center Baltimore, MD

2014

VTP Participant and Training Topic	Host Mentor and Institution
Renate Asare, BSc (Ghana) Immunohistochemistry and flow cytometry for diagnosis of hematological malignancies	Alok Srivastava, MD Christian Medical College Vellore, India
Adriana Bello, MD (Venezuela) Autologous stem cell transplantation for the treatment of lymphoma	Sergio Giralt, MD Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY
Jorge Luis Contreras Saavedra, MD (Peru) Optimal care of children undergoing human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-matched related and unrelated donor stem cell transplantation	Monica Thakar, MD Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin Milwaukee, WI
Reynaldo Angelo De Castro, BSc (Philippines) Accurate diagnosis of newborn screening for thalassemias and hemoglobinopathy	Carolyn C. Hoppe, MD Children’s Hospital and Research Center Oakland, CA
Ahmet Emre Eskazan, MD (Turkey) Management of patients with patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML)	Jorge Cortes, MD The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX
Pamela Fajardo, MD (Philippines) Diagnosis and management of aplastic anemia/bone marrow failure in children	David Williams, MD Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School Boston, MA
Toman Tua Julian, MD (Indonesia) Clinical and laboratory skills regarding hematologic stem cell transplantation especially autologous stem cell transplantation in myeloma	Wee Joo Chng, MD National University Cancer Institute Singapore
Sehar Khaliq, MBBS, FCPS (Pakistan) Prenatal diagnosis of hemoglobin disorders	Suthat Fucharoen, MD Mahidol University Bangkok, Thailand
Pedro Lovato, MD (Peru) Management of lymphoma patients, diagnostic and clinical aspects	Rizwan Romee, MD Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis St. Louis, MO
Aime Mbaya, MD (Democratic Republic of the Congo) Performance and interpretation of smear and bone aspirates	Lekidelu Taddesse-Heath, MD Howard University Hospital Washington, DC
Magdalene Namuwonge, Nursing Officer Diploma (Uganda) Blood bank management, how to improve transfusion safety on the hospital wards and how to prevent, recognize and manage transfusion reactions.	Jeannie Callum, MD Sunnybrook Health and Sciences Centre and University Health Network Toronto, Canada
Onsongo Simon Nyangena, MMed (Kenya) Development of sickle cell patient registry; management of sickle cell patients	Nigel Key, MB, ChB University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC
Sunday Ocheni, MBBS, FMCPath (Nigeria) Human leukocyte antigen (Hla) typing	Ayman Saad, MD Evelina London Children’s Hospital (Guy’s and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust) London, United Kingdom
Emmanuel Okakpu, MBBS (Nigeria) Laboratory and clinical aspects of Philadelphia chromosome-negative myeloproliferative neoplasms (Ph-negative MPNs)	Jean-Jacques Kiladjan, MD, PhD Saint-Louis Centre D-Investigations Clinique Paris, France
Ekarat Rattarittamrong, MD (Thailand) Laboratory and clinical aspects of Philadelphia chromosome-negative myeloproliferative neoplasms (Ph-negative MPNs)	Jean-Jacques Kiladjian, MD, PhD Saint-Louis Centre D’Investigations Clinique Paris, France
Eloísa Riva, MD (Uruguay) Diagnosis and typing of amyloidosis with a focus on how to process samples for typing	Giampaolo Merlini, MD Amyloidosis Research and Treatment Center at the University of Pavia Pavia, Italy
Ninoska Rojas Soto, MD (Peru) Bone marrow transplantation specifically with haploidentical donors	Heather Symons, MD The Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD
Yuliya Shestovska, MD (Ukraine) Allogeneic stem cell transplantation	Sergio Giralt, MD, and Miguel-Angel Perales, MD Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY
Zsofia Varady, MD, PhD (Romania) Patient care during myeloablative and non-myeloablative haplo-identical bone marrow transplant	Richard Jones, MD Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center Baltimore, MD
Tamunomieibi Wakama, MBBS, FMCPath (Nigeria) Flow cytometry and immunohistochemistry immunophenotyping of hematologic neoplasms	Vishalla Neppalli, MD Roswell Park Cancer Institute Buffalo, NY