Biotherapies, Cellular Therapies, and Immunotherapies
Vasiliki Kalodimou, Professor Dr. CABP (H), IARMES (she/her/hers)
Director Flow Cytometry-Research & Regenerative Medicine & Professor of Regenerative Medicine and Cellular Therapies
IASO Materbity & Research Hospital & EUC
Nea Ionia Athens, Attiki, Greece
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Session Desription: We all face challenges in our daily work activities within Apheresis and Cellular Therapy: What are the resources to help with suitability determination in donors with significant comorbidities? How to optimize HPC(A) and biotherapy collections? How to optimize collections for cellular therapy in patients with hemoglobinopathy? What are factors that affect collection efficiency? How to best manage an apheresis network and how to prepare apheresis centers for biotherapy collections? What is the best approach to manage storage space? How to deal with supply and reagents shortages? How to handle the growing number of clinical trials? How to be better prepared for the next disaster? Or how to adjust training and competency programs to accommodate the changing workforce?
The Solve It! Scenarios in Apheresis and Cellular Therapy session offers an interactive and constructive program for Apheresis and Cellular Therapy Professionals to share challenges through case scenario presentations. This program permits attendees to select topics of particular interest, rotate through multiple scenario case presentations in small, informal groups, and develop problem-solving strategies. Join us for lively interactions and networking with experts in the field of Apheresis and Cellular Therapy and fellow colleagues.
Table Speakers:
Cellular Therapies tables
1. Jennifer Chain, Dr – CSM Consulting. LLC
2. J. Wade Atkins MS,MLS,SBB,CQA,CABP (H) – NIH/CC/DTM
3. Asawari Bapat, MD,PGDHHM,CABP (H), DABRM, FABRM, - Global Regenerative Medicine Consultant
4. Ronit Slotky, Hackensack University Medical Center ,Hacensack, New Jersey, United States
5. Bill Ward, MT(ASCP) DLM LSSGB CABP, Sr. Quality Director, Biotherapies, Vitalant, Missouri, United States :Humidity Control in the Cell Processing Lab (CPL)
6. Wanxing Cui MD, PhD, CABP(H), MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
7. Indira Guleria, PhD D(ACHI), Director of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (HLA)
8. Joseph (Yossi) Schwartz, MD, MPH Moffitt Cancer Center: regulatory and collection variations in collections for biotherapies
Apheresis Tables:
10. Hope Guidry-Groves-NMDP: Apheresis logistics for cellular therapy
11. Patricia Shi, MD - New York Blood Center: Challenges in collections for patients with hemoglobinopathy
12. Alison Bemis, MSN, APRN NMDP: How to solve difficult suitability cases in donors with significant comorbidities
13. Monika Paroder, MD, PhD - Albert Einstein College of Medicine: optimization of collection of HPC(A) and cellular therapy product