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VOLUME 03 | NUMBER 03 | FEBRUARY 2017 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 editor’s corner Microphone Moment EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Mikkael Sekeres, MD, MS Mikkael A. Sekeres, MD, MS, recounts an anxiety-inducing experience of watching a junior colleague present an oral abstract and handle a self-aggrandizing audience member. Vice-Chair for Clinical Research Director, Leukemia Program Cleveland Clinic, Taussig Cancer Institute Cleveland, OH 13 clinical news ASSOCIATE EDITORS 20 L  ong-Term Analysis Identifies Encouraging Beth Faiman, CNP, PhD Trends in Hemophilia A Care 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 Affordable Care Act: Exit, Stage Right 24  Is It Safe to Eliminate CHOP Consolidation for Patients With CD20+ PTLDs? 26  Highlights from the 2016 ASH Annual Meeting It’s safe to say the Affordable Care Act is being shown the door, but, if successfully repealed, what will take its place? We attempt to gain greater clarity on a markedly unclear and complex process, and to understand how these potential changes could affect hematologists and their patients. 38 PUBLISHER American Medical Communications (AMC) EDITORIAL MANAGING EDITOR Ariel Jones-DeMaio, AMC Kristin Hubing, ASH ASSOCIATE MANAGING EDITOR Kerri Fitzgerald, AMC ART DIRECTOR Ari Mihos ASSISTANT ART DIRECTORS Charlene DePrizio John Salesi DIGITAL PROJECTS MANAGER Chris Gedikli ASHCLINICALNEWS.ORG We want to hear from you! Did you see something in the issue that you disagreed with – or maybe even agreed with? Send your feed- back, commentary, or a Letter to the Editor to [email protected]. @ASHCLINICALNEWS We’re also always on the lookout for hematologists with hidden talents for “PASHions.” Send your tips to: [email protected] or scan the QR code on your mobile device to generate an email. 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