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Full Schedule

Full Schedule

  • Saturday, June 7, 2025
  • 6:30 AM - 11:30 AM ET
    FSCDR Morning Shuttle Service: Marriott Harbor Beach
  • 6:30 AM - 4:00 PM ET
    Registration Open
  • 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM ET
    Speaker Ready Room
  • 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM ET
    Attendee Breakfast
  • 8:30 AM - 8:40 AM ET
    Welcome from the 2025 Scientific Chair
    Presenter: Julia Z. Xu, MD, MScGH – University of Pittsburgh
  • 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM ET
    Exhibit Hall Open
  • 8:40 AM - 9:40 AM ET
    Top Abstracts - Oral Presentations
    Moderator: Julia Z. Xu, MD, MScGH – University of Pittsburgh
  • 9:40 AM - 10:00 AM ET
    Exhibit Hall Coffee Break
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM ET
    Scientific Keynote Presentation
  • 11:10 AM - 12:40 PM ET
    Educational Session on Aging in Sickle Cell Disease: Identifying Geriatric Syndromes
    Chair: Charity I. Oyedeji, MD – Duke University School of Medicine
  • 11:10 AM - 12:40 PM ET
    Educational Session on Bio Psychosocial Model and Behavorial Approaches to Pain
    Chair: Charles R. Jonassaint, PhD, MPH – University of Pittsburgh Department of Medicine Center for Research on Health Care Division of General Internal Medicine
  • 11:10 AM - 12:40 PM ET
    Educational Session on Complement in Sickle Cell Disease
    Chair: Satheesh Chonat, MD – Emory University School of Medicine
  • 11:10 AM - 12:40 PM ET
    Educational Session on Reproductive Health in Sickle Cell Disease
    Chair: Lydia Pecker, MD, MHS – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • 12:40 PM - 1:40 PM ET
    A Discussion on a Gene Therapy Treatment Option for Sickle Cell Disease
  • 12:40 PM - 1:45 PM ET
    Attendee Lunch
  • 12:40 PM - 1:45 PM ET
    Exhibit Hall Lunch
  • 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM ET
    FSCDR Afternoon Shuttle Service: Marriott Harbor Beach
  • 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM ET
    Dr. Kwaku "KOF" Ohene-Frempong East Meets West Global Sickle Cell Disease Symposium
    Chair: Pascale Tuseo Jeannot – ONG LCDM SOLIMAD - DREPANOCYTOSE MADAGASCAR
  • 3:20 PM - 4:50 PM ET
    Advancing Sickle Cell Care: Insights into Therapeutic Choices and Global Challenges
    Chair: Monika R. Asnani, DM, PhD – Caribbean Institute for Health Research, University of the West Indies
  • 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM ET
    FSCDR's Presidential Reception (Event is by Invitation Only)