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Francisco Cervantes, MD, PhDPhoto Cervantes 1                                    

Hematology Department

Hospital Clínic

University of Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain

Dr Francisco Cervantes is senior consultant at the Hematology Department of the Hospital Clínic of Barcelona and Professor at the University of Barcelona. His scientific interest has been focused on the study of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) and the Ph-negative chronic myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs), mainly their natural history, prognosis, biology and treatment. As a result of the activity in this field, he has published over 300 articles in peer-review journals. He was co-author of the publications of the IRIS study that allowed the approval of imatinib as frontline treatment of CML, participated in the introduction of the second-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitors, and is a member of the expert panels of the European LeukemiaNet for CML and MPN treatment. In the MPN field, he was the leading author of the prognostic classification of primary myelofibrosis or IPSS. Dr Cervantes is a member of the American Society of Hematology, the European Hematology Association, the International Working Group for MPN Research and Treatment, the European LeukemiaNet, and the PETHEMA Spanish Collaborative Group.

Francisco Cervantes

 

Francisco Cervantes is senior consultant at the Hematology Department of the Hospital Clínic, in Barcelona, Spain, and associate professor at the University of Barcelona. His main scientific interest is the study of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) and the Ph-negative chronic myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs), mainly their natural history, prognosis, biology, and treatment. As a result of the activity in this field, he has published more than 190 articles in peer-review international journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine, Blood, Journal of Clinical Oncology, Leukemia, British Journal of Haematology, Experimental Hematology, Haematologica, Cancer, Oncogene, Seminars in Oncology, and the European Journal of Haematology. In the CML field, Dr. Cervantes contributed to the elaboration of Sokal’s score, is a coauthor of the publications of the IRIS study, which established imatinib as first-line treatment for CML, has participated in the introduction of the second-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitors for patients resistant to imatinib, as well as in the authorship of the European LeukemiaNet recommendations for the treatment of CML. His more recent contributions in the field of the MPNs have been the elaboration of the new prognostic classification of primary myelofibrosis on behalf of the International Working Group for Myelofibrosis Research and Treatment, as well as several studies on the role of leukocyte and platelet activation in the thrombosis of MPN patients. At local level, he is the national coordinator of the CML studies within the collaborative PETHEMA Spanish group. Dr Cervantes is a member of the American Society of Hematology, the European Hematology Association, the International Working Group for Myeloproliferative Neoplasms Research and Treatment, the European Leukemianet, and the Spanish Society of Hematology.

raymond_liangProf. Raymond Hin-Suen LIANG

Department of Medicine

Queen Mary Hospital

Hong Kong

 

Present appointments:

 

21.1.05 - present

S.H. Ho Professor in Haematology and Oncology,

Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong

 

1.7.99 – present

Chair Professor in Haematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong

 

1.7.95 - present

Chief, Division of Haematology/Oncology and

Bone Marrow Transplant Unit

Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong

 

1.12.92 - present

Honorary Consultant, Hospital Authority, Hong Kong

 

1.9.04 – present

Deputy Head, Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong

 

1.8.08 – present

Senior Advisor to the Dean, Li Ka Shing Faculty of    Medicine, University of Hong Kong.

 

19.12.08 – present

President, Hong Kong Academy of Medicine.

 

Previous appointments:

 

1.7.79 ‑ 31.12.79

House Physician, University Department of Medicine,

Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong

 

1.1.80 ‑ 30.6.80

House Surgeon, Surgical Unit C, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong

 

1.7.80 ‑ 31.10.85

Medical Officer, University Department of Medicine,

Tung Wah Hospital, Hong Kong.

 

1.8.83 ‑ 31.3.84

Honorary Registrar, Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology, University College Hospital, London, United Kingdom

 

1.4.84 ‑ 30.9.85

Lecturer, Departments of Medical Oncology and Clinical Pharmacology, Guy's Hospital Medical School, London, United Kingdom (Joint appointment)

 

1.11.85 ‑ 30.6.91

Lecturer in Medicine (Haematology/Oncology), Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong

 

1.7.91 ‑ 30.6.93

Senior Lecturer in Medicine (Haematology/Oncology)

Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong

 

1.7.93 – 30.6.99

Professor (Reader)

Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong

 

1.2.95 – 31.3.2002

Director, Cancer Research Centre,

Faculty of Medicine

University of Hong Kong

 

1.3.92 - 28.2.95

Associate Dean

 

1.4.97 – 12.3.07

Faculty of Medicine

University of Hong Kong

 

1.11.06 – 12.3.07

Director, Centre of Cancer Research,

University of Hong Kong

 

12.3.07 – 31.7.08

Acting Dean/Dean of Medicine

Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine

University of Hong Kong.

 

Qualifications:

 

1979

Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery,

University of Hong Kong

 

1983

Member of the Royal Colleges of Physicians, United Kingdom

 

1986

Fellow of the Hong Kong College of Physicians

Specialty Accreditation  :

Advanced Internal Medicine

Haematology and Haematological Oncology

Medical Oncology

 

1990

Doctor of Medicine, University of Hong Kong

Title of thesis: "Malignant lymphomas in Hong Kong Chinese"

(Sir Patrick Manson Gold Medal)

 

1992

Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

 

1992

Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, United Kingdom

 

1993

Foundation Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine (Internal Medicine)

 

1995

Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London, United Kingdom

 

1995

Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Australia

 

2000

Registered specialist : Haematology, General Medical Council, United Kingdom

 

Special Appointments (International)

 

4.90 – 11.98

Member of Editorial Board, the International Journal

“Hematological Oncology”

 

11.98 - 2005

Associate Editor, Hematological Oncology

 

11.91

Hon. Treasurer, Organizing Committee, 7th Asian‑Pacific Congress of the International Society of Haematology

 

7.92

Assessor for the South Australian Research Grants,

Anti-Cancer Foundation of South Australia

 

1995 - 2000

Member of the International Affair Committee,

 

1999 - 2000

Chairman, International Affair Committee,

American Society of Clinical Oncology

 

1995 - present

Member of the Advisory Committee of the International

Bone Marrow Transplantation Registry, Milwaukee,

Wisconsin, USA.

 

1995 - 1997

Member, Advisory Board Panel, 3rd Pan-Pacific Lymphoma Conference,  USA.

 

1995 - 1997

Chairman, Scientific Committee of the 14th Asian Pacific Cancer Conference.

 

1997 - 1998

Advisor, Asian Clinical Trials Conference, Hong Kong, 1997 - 98.

Member, Scientific Committee, 1997 - 98.

 

1997 - 1999

Member of Editorial Board, the International Journal

“Cancer Therapeutics”.

 

1997 - present

Examiner, MRCP (UK) Examination, Royal Colleges of Physicians, United Kingdom.

 

1998

Member,  International Organising Committee, The 6th Congress of Asian-Pacific Bone Marrow Transplantation Group, Taipei, Taiwan.

 

1998 - 1999

Member, Advisory Board Panel, 4th Pan-Pacific Lymphoma Conference, USA.

 

1999 - 2003

Editor-in Chief,  Journal of Clinical Oncology (Chinese Edition) and member of Editorial Board, Journal of Clinical Oncology.

 

1999

Member, Scientific Committee, Pan-Arab Conference on Lymphoma Cairo, Egypt.

 

1999 – present

Member of Editorial Board, the International Journal “Clinical Lymphoma”.

 

1999

External Reviewer, National Medical Research Council, Singapore.

  1. Chairman, International Symposium.

36th Annual Meeting of American Society of Clinical Oncology.

  1. Member, International Advisory Board,

“Davidson’s Principles and Practice of Medicine” – an international textbook on medicine.

 

2000

Member, International Strategic Planning Task Force, American Society of Clinical Oncology.

 

2001

International Advisor, 16th Asian Pacific Cancer Conference, Manila, Philippines.

 

2002

Member, International Advisory Committee, 26th International Congress of Internal Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.

 

2003 - present

Member, Editorial board, “Medical Progress”, the Journal.

 

2004

Member, International Scientific Committee

2nd Annual Meeting of Asian Hematology Association Beijing, China.

 

2004

Guest Editor, Asian Pacific Cancer Review.

 

2004

Member of the Expert Panel, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

 

2005 – present

Member of the International Haematology Advisory Board, Janssen Pharmaceutical.

 

2005

Member, International Scientific Committee.  10th Congress of the Asian Pacific Bone Marrow Transplantation Group.  Hang Zhou, October, 2005.

 

2006

Member, Editorial Board of the International journal : “Targeted Oncology”

 

2006

Member, Executive Committee, International T-cell lymphoma Project, Italy.

 

2007

Member, clinical advisory committee for Lymphoid Neoplasms, World health Organisation classification of neoplasms of the Hematologic and Lymphoid neoplasms.

 

2007

Chairman, Universitat 21 Medical Conference, Hong Kong

 

2007

Associate Editor, Journal of Hematology and Oncology

 

2008

Co-Chairman, Chinese Society of Bone Marrow Transplantation.

john_goldmanProfessor John M Goldman DM, FRCP,FRCPath, FMedSci

 

Senior Research Investigator

Division of Investigative Science

Imperial College London, UK

 

Professor John M. Goldman has a long standing interest in the biology and therapy of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML).  He was until 2004 Chairman of the Department of Haematology at Imperial College London, Director of the Leukaemia Research Fund Centre for Adult Leukaemia and Clinical Director of the Haematology Department at the Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust. Thereafter he took up a 2-year appointment as Fogarty Scholar at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda USA.  He is now active as Emeritus Professor of Haematology at Imperial College London and Medical Director of the Anthony Nolan Trust.  He is editor of Bone Marrow Transplantation, a former editor of The Haematology Journal, and an associate editor of the European Journal of Haematology. He is also an editorial board member of numerous other journals and, during the course of his career, has published over 800 papers in peer-reviewed journals. As well as being the founding president of the British Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation, he is a former president of the International Society for Experimental Hematology, the European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation and the European Hematology Association.

Professor Goldman was the first to autograft patients with CML using peripheral blood stem cells and started allogeneic stem cell transplant for CML in 1980. He pioneered the use of unrelated donors for transplanting CML patients and developed PCR technology for monitoring residual disease. He confirmed the preclinical efficacy of the original tyrosine kinase inhibitor (STI571, now imatinib) in 1997 and first used it in the clinic in 1999. Thereafter he has been involved in development of second generation TKIs, notably dasatinib and nilotinib.