Prof. Dr. Jiri Mayer (jmayer@fnbrno.cz), is Deputy Head of the Dept. of Internal Medicine, Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic, and now also the Dean of the Medical Faculty, Masaryk University Brno, Czech Republic.
He graduated in 1985 at Brno. After training in general internal medicine during 1985-1990, he started to work at the specialized hematology dept., where he has been working up to now. His certified qualifications are internal medicine, hematology, and oncology. Since 2001, he has been a Professor at the Medical School, Masaryk´s University, Brno, Czech Republic. His scientific experience comprises:
In 1990, he visited Cancer Research Institute in Berlin, Germany, and in 1996, Royal Marsden Hospital, Leukaemia/Myeloma Unit, London, UK.
He is a member of European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation, American Society of Hematology, International Society for Experimental Hematology, European Haematology Association, and American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation.
He is also founding member and now chairman of the CzEch Leukemia Study Group for Life, CELL (http://leukemia-cell.org).
He has been the principal investigator of many trials since 1995, in the fields of lymphomas and leukemias. He has published more than 300 papers, abstracts, and lectures.
During the ASH meeting in 2009 John Goldman and I had the opportunity to meet with Pat Garcia-Gonzalez and Erin Schwartz from the Max Foundation to talk about our common interests. One of the issues that they raised was the lack of diagnostic and monitoring services for CML patients throughout many of the less developed nations.
Dr Eduardo Bullorsky graduated at the University of Buenos Aires Medical School in December 1972.
In the period 1973-1976 he completed a Residence on Internal Medicine at the Instituto de Investigaciones Medicas, University of Buenos Aires, with Prof. A. Lanari. In the same Institution he completed a training in Hematology-Oncology in the period 1976-1981 with Dr J. Sanchez Avalos, and in 1981 was selected as a staff physician at the Hospital Britanico (British Hospital) of Buenos Aires, in the Department of Hematology.
In the year 1985, Dr Bullorsky performed a fellowship in the Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation at Hadassah Medical Center, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, under the direction of Prof. S. Slavin.
In the year 1986, Dr E. Bullorsky performed the first bone marrow transplantation in Argentina, being this the first step for the introduction of this therapeutic in the country.
In the year 1990, Dr Bullorsky was appointed as chief of the Department of Hematology, Blood banking and Bone Marrow Transplantation of the Hospital Britanico (British Hospital) in Buenos Aires, and in 1999 was elected for the period 1999-2001 as president of the Argentinian Society of Hematology.
Dr E. Bullorsky is a teaching professor at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), and at the Universidad Catolica Argentina (UCA).
He is member of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) and CIBMTR among other Scientific Societies.
He authored or co-authored more than 200 papers, abstracts and presentations.
Patient groups are uniquely placed to challenge fears and misperceptions that hamper prevention and contribute to late diagnoses, poor treatment and the social isolation of patients. Acting locally but using the Internet they are now campaigning globally. A recent article in "Cancerworld" also features the activities of The Max Foundation. See the article here.