The International CML Foundation (iCMLf) is a Foundation established in 2009 by a group of hematologists with a strong interest in CML. Our mission is to improve the outcomes for patients with CML globally. We are currently registered as a charitable foundation in England and Wales, however our charter is global.

What are our aims and priorities?

The aims of the iCMLf are to foster and coordinate global clinical and research collaborations and to improve clinical practice and disease monitoring in CML by sharing best practice CML management.

The iCMLf has three main priorities:

Improve access to world-class CML education and best practice so that people with CML receive the best possible management
Increase the availability of CML testing for accurate diagnosis and monitoring. Through this more peope with CML will have access to treatment.
Establish global research networks and projects to change the treatment paradigm of CML. Through these we work towards a cure for CML.

All our activities improve the lives of people with CML. The ultimate vision of the iCMLf is that through our work we cure CML, eventually preventing and eradicating the disease.

Who is the iCMLf for?

Everybody with an interest in CML!

How is the iCMLf governed and supported?

The iCMLf has:

A Board of Directors
A Scientific Advisory Board - including representation of patient advocacy groups
A Patient Advisory Committee
36 National Representatives
Supporters

Dr Syed Owais Ali, MD
(Rawalpindi, Pakistan)

'I’m very lucky to have the opportunity to come to this conference. I have learned a lot by listening to the presentations and by interacting with people from other countries and from other universities and I now have the full picture in my mind.

Back home in my country I will be sharing everything that I have seen and learned here and this will help us to treat our CML patients in the right way and to better serve our patients. (Dr Owais Ali, Pakistan)

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Syed Owais Ali’s attendance at the John Goldman Conference on CML in Estoril in 2017 was supported by the iCMLf Goldman Fund. At a ceremony shortly after the opening of the conference, he received a certificate from the iCMLf chairman, Professor Tim Hughes.

The iCMLf National Representatives

National Representatives of the iCMLf support the iCMLf initiatives at a national level.

The 36 iCMLf National Representatives are:

Australia	Devendra Hiwase (Adelaide)
Argentina	Eduardo Bullorsky (Buenos Aires)
Austria	Peter Valent (Vienna)
Belgium	Philippe Martiat (Brussels)
Brazil	Ricardo Pasquini (Curitiba)
Canada	Jeff Lipton (Toronto)
China	He Huang (Zhejiang)
Croatia	Boris Labar (Zagreb)
Cuba	Valia Pavon
Czech Rep	Jiri Mayer (Brno)
England	Nick Cross (Salisbury)
Finland	Kimmo Porkka (Helsinki)
France	Francois-Xavier Mahon (Bordeaux)
Germany	Andreas Hochhaus (Jena)
Hong Kong	Raymond Liang (Hong Kong)
India	Hemant Malhotra (Jaipur)
Ireland	Michael O’Dwyer (Galway)
Israel	Arnon Nagler (Tel Hashomer)
Italy	Giovanni Martinelli (Bologna)
Korea	Dong Wook Kim (Seoul)
Lithuania	Laimonas Griskevicius (Vilnius)
Malaysia	Kian Meng Chang
Moldova	Vasile Musteata
Netherlands	Gert J. Ossenkoppele
New Zealand	Peter Browett (Auckland)
Nigeria	Muheez Durosinimi
Poland	Andrzej Hellmann (Gdarisk)
Portugal	Antonio Parreira
Russia	Andrey Zaritskey (St. Petersburg)
Scotland	Tessa Holyoake (Glasgow)
Serbia	Andrija Bogdanovic (Belgrade)
South Africa	Nic Novitzky (Cape Town)
Spain	Francisco Cervantes (Barcelona)
Sweden	Bengt Simonsson (Uppsala)
USA	Michael Mauro (Portland)
Venezuela	Jose Luis Lopez (Caracas)

Please support the iCMLf

The iCMLf, registered as a not-for-profit foundation in England and Wales, welcomes your donations to achieve the goal of improving the outcome for CML patients globally. Your unrestricted gift will be used to support our programs and initiatives.

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Donate to the iCMLf in the Memory of John Goldman

For people wanting to give a donation to the iCMLf in memory of Professor John Goldman the iCMLf has established a specific fund in his honour. John had a particular passion to educate young physicians. The John Goldman Fund supports young physicians to attend and present their work at the annual John Goldman CML meeting. In 2015 physicians from Nigeria and Ukraine came to the meeting in Estoril and presented their work to the CML community.

All donations will be recognised in iCMLf publications. If you wish your donation to remain anonymous please email info@cml-foundation.org.

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Donate to Specific iCMLf Programs

You can also choose to directly contribute to the iCMLf’s most important programs. With your help, we can significantly increase the number of physicians, scientists and patients who are supported through these programs. The entirety of your donation will be applied to the designated program(s) of your choice. This contribution will not be used for administrative costs, which are covered by the iCMLf.

$100 will allow a patients sample to be tested
$500 means a preceptor can stay one week at a CML centre of excellence
Every $1,000 will allow a shipment of 30 patients samples for testing at a referral centre

Contributions of $500 or more will be specifically acknowledged on the iCMLf website and annual report.

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How to Donate

We welcome donations by credit card, bank transfer and cheque. If you would like to support the iCMLf in another way, please contact us at info@cml-foundation.org.