A great moment of progress – Amer Zeidan

A great moment of progress (& a personal pride for involvement) in lower risk MDS with commands trial showing a drug (luspatercept) for first time beating ESA for anemia. Results shown in plenary session in European Hematology Association & concurrent publication in The Lancet Yale cancer center.

Source: Amer Zeidan/Twitter

Amer Zeidan is an Associate Professor of Medicine (Hematology) at Yale University. He is also the medical director of Hematology Early Therapeutics Research, the leader of the Myeloid Malignancies DART (Disease Aligned Research Team), and the director of Continuing Medical Education (CME) at the Hematology division and chairs the Protocol Review Committee (PRC) at Yale Cancer Center. Dr. Zeidan is a well-known leukemia researcher with a special focus on targeted therapies and immunotherapy for myeloid malignancies, and a social media influencer in the field of blood cancer.