Medicine Grand Rounds: Karl G. Blume, MD Memorial Lecture – Development of a CMV Vaccine as an Antiviral and Anti-Leukemia Therapy

When:
April 8, 2015 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am
2015-04-08T08:00:00-07:00
2015-04-08T09:00:00-07:00
Where:
Li Ka Shing Center for Learning and Knowledge
Stanford University
300 Pasteur Drive, Palo Alto, CA 94304
USA
Cost:
Free
Contact:
Laura Adams
650-723.0822
Medicine Grand Rounds: Karl G. Blume, MD Memorial Lecture - Development of a CMV Vaccine as an Antiviral and Anti-Leukemia Therapy @ Li Ka Shing Center for Learning and Knowledge | Palo Alto | California | United States

The Karl G. Blume, MD Memorial Lectureship was established to honor Dr. Blume’s countless contributions to the field of blood and marrow transplantation, and to Stanford University and Stanford Hospital and Clinics.  The lectureship is held the second Wednesday of each April at Stanford University’s Department of Medicine Grand Rounds.

Dr. Blume and his team conducted Stanford’s first successful Bone Marrow Transplant on  November 2, 1987. Today the program provides transplants to over 300 adult patients a year, with over 5,000 patients receiving transplants during the past  26 years.

The 2015 Speaker is: Stephen J Forman, MD, FACP
Chair, Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
City of Hope

Stephen J. Forman joined City of Hope’s Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation program in 1978, subsequently becoming the chair in 1987, and he is a professor of hematology/oncology. Dr. Forman is the program leader for COH’s NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Hematologic Malignancies Program and is the director of the T Cell immunotherapy treatments for both hematologic malignancy and solid tumors. For many years he has been listed among the best cancer doctors in the U.S.

An international leader in the field of hematologic malignancy and bone marrow transplantation, Dr. Forman is co-editor of Thomas’ Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, a definitive textbook for scientists and health care professionals.

Prior to joining City of Hope in 1978, Dr. Forman earned his bachelor’s degree, cum laude, in philosophy from St. John’s College in Annapolis, Maryland and his medical degree with honors from the University of Southern California. He interned and served his residency in internal medicine at Harbor General-University of California Los Angeles Hospital, after which he completed fellowships in hematology at Los Angeles County University of Southern California Medical Center and in medical oncology at City of Hope.

More information about the event can be found here.