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AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HEMATOLOGY HEADQUARTERS 2021 L Street NW, Suite 900 Washington, DC 20036 www.hematology.org Tel: [phone] CONTENTS VOLUME 01 | NUMBER 07 | JULY 2015 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Mikkael Sekeres, MD, MS Vice-Chair for Clinical Research Director, Leukemia Program Cleveland Clinic, Taussig Cancer Institute Cleveland, OH 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 DECODING GENOMIC PROFILING PUBLISHER American Medical Communications EDITORIAL The hype and the hope of precision medicine... p. 65 MANAGING EDITORS Ariel Jones, AMC Karen Learner, ASH ART DIRECTOR Ari Mihos ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR Charlene DePrizio DIGITAL PROJECTS MANAGER Chris Gedikli ADVERTISING ACCOUNT MANAGER Nick Luciano [email protected] 7 EDITOR’S CORNER by Alice Ma, MD UP FRONT 10 16 24 25 Pulling Back the Curtain The Society Pages ASH Directions Advanced Practice Perspectives Gene Conselyea [email protected] CLINICAL NEWS Recruitment advertising orders can be sent to: DIRECTOR, RECRUITMENT CLASSIFIEDS Lauren Morgan [email protected] 27 34 36 40 49 Latest & Greatest Data Stream Written in Blood Literature Scan On Location FEATURE Decoding Genomic Profiling Thanks to advances in genomics in medicine, hematologists and oncologists have more information to work with than ever before, but is it actually leading to better care? We asked experts about the potential pitfalls of precision medicine. 65 BACK of the BOOK 68 The Break Room 70 Heard in the Blogosphere TRAINING and EDUCATION 58 You Make the Call 60 How I Teach Visit us at ashclinicalnews.org Follow us on Twitter @ASHClinicalNews ©2015 by the American Society of Hematology. All materials contained in this newsletter are protected by copyright laws and may not be used, reproduced, or otherwise exploited in any manner without the express prior written permission of ASH Clinical News. Any third-party materials communicated to ASH Clinical News become its copyrighted property and may be used, reproduced, or otherwise exploited by ASH Clinical News. 4 4 ASH News ASH Clinical News Subscription inquiries should be sent to: [email protected] All correspondence for the American Society of Hematology should be sent to: American Society of Hematology, 2021 L Street NW, Suite 900, Washington DC 20036. Neither the American Society of Hematology nor the publisher is responsible for statements made by any contributor. Statements or opinions expressed in ASH Clinical News magazine do not represent official policy of the American Society of Hematology unless so stated. No responsibility is assumed by the American Society of Hematology or the Publisher for any injury or damage to persons or property as a matter of product liability, negligence or otherwise or from any use or operation of any methods, products, instructions or ideas contained in the material herein.  Although all advertising material published in ASH Clinical News magazine is expected to conform to ethical (medical) standards, inclusion in this publication does not constitute a guarantee or endorsement by the American Society of Hematology or the Publisher of the quality or value of such product or of the claim made of it by its manufacturer. About the American Society of Hematology The American Society of Hematology (ASH) is the world’s largest professional society concerned with the causes and treatments of blood disorders. The mission of the Society is to further the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disorders affecting the blood, bone marrow, and the immunologic, hemostatic and vascular systems, by promoting research, clinical care, education, training, and advocacy in hematology. ASH Clinical News (ISSN 2375-8120) is published by American Medical Communications, 630 Madison Avenue, 2nd Floor, Manalapan, NJ 07726. Periodicals postage is pending/paid at Manalapan, NJ and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to American Medical Communications, 630 Madison Avenue, 2nd Floor, Manalapan, NJ 07726. ©Copyright, 2015. July 2015