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VOLUME 04 | NUMBER 14 | DECEMBER 2018 Around the Network AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HEMATOLOGY (ASH) HEADQUARTERS 2021 L Street NW, Suite 900 Washington, DC 20036 www.hematology.org Tel: [phone] IN THIS ISSUE pulling back the curtain Alexis Thompson, MD, MPH EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Mikkael Sekeres, MD, MS Dr. Thompson talks about her career working with patients with hemoglobin disorders – and discovering a centuries- old link to medicine. Vice-Chair for Clinical Research Director, Leukemia Program Cleveland Clinic, Taussig Cancer Institute Cleveland, OH 23 drawing first blood The Cure vs. Control Debate ASSOCIATE EDITORS Beth Faiman, CNP, PhD Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH Alice Ma, MD University of North Carolina School of Medicine Chapel Hill, NC David Steensma, MD Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Boston, MA Keith Stewart, MBChB, MBA Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, AZ To Err is Human Medical mistakes happen, and far too frequently. ASH Clinical News spoke with clinician-researchers about the prevalence of medical error, its consequences for patients and physicians, and the quest to “primum non nocere.” 150 Sagar Lonial, MD, and Paul Richardson, MD, debate whether newly available myeloma treatments and tools should change the goals of treatment. 125 feature Moonshot Progress Report Halfway through the Cancer Moonshot timeline, how far has the mission come? 145 PUBLISHER American Medical Communications (AMC) EDITORIAL ASHCLINICALNEWS.ORG MANAGING EDITORS Kristin Hubing, ASH Ariel Jones-DeMaio, AMC EDITORIAL ASSOCIATE Laurie Adamson, ASH ART DIRECTOR Ari Mihos ASSISTANT ART DIRECTORS Charlene DePrizio John Salesi DIGITAL PROJECTS MANAGER Chris Gedikli ADVERTISING ACCOUNT DIRECTORS Nick Luciano [email protected] Gene Conselyea [email protected] Sima Sherman [email protected] Recruitment advertising orders can be sent to: Want to hear more from the talented hematologists and oncologists we interview for our print issue? Visit ashclinicalnews.org/sound-bites to hear everything we couldn’t fit in print! This month, 2018 ASH President Alexis Thompson, MD, MPH, shares more about the beginnings of her career in medicine and the life lessons she learned in the lab. Also, check out ashclinicalnews.org/online-exclusives for our daily updates from the world of hematology and health care. @ASHCLINICALNEWS Make sure to follow us at @ASHClinicalNews for the latest updates in hematology! And don’t forget to sign up to receive our eNewsletters to have the latest updates from ASH Clinical News delivered to your inbox: ashclinicalnews.org/ enewsletter-sign-up. “YOU MAKE THE CALL” WINNER Announcing last month’s “You Make the Call: Readers’ Response” winner: Archana Maini, MD Hope you enjoy your prize! For your chance to win, be sure to send in your response to each month's You Make the Call question! 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