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BHS Educational Courses 2021-2023

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Overviews Courses 2021-2023

1st year 2021-2022

  • 16 OCTOBER 2021 SEMINAR 1: LABORATORY HEMATOLOGY
  • 13 NOVEMBER 2021 SEMINAR 2: RED BLOOD CELL DISORDERS
  • 18 DECEMBER 2021 SEMINAR 3: ACUTE LEUKEMIA
  • 15 JANUARY 2022 SEMINAR 4: SUPPORTIVE CARE IN HEMATOLOGY
  • 12 FEBRUARY 2022 SEMINAR 5: TRANSFUSION & CELL THERAPY
  • 12 MARCH 2022 SEMINAR 6: STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION
  • 23 APRIL 2022 SEMINAR 7: GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE


2nd year 2022-2023

  • 15 OCTOBER 2022 SEMINAR 8: MYELOPROLIFERATIVE NEOPLASMS
  • 19 NOVEMBER 2022 SEMINAR 9: NON-MALIGNANT HEMATOLOGY
  • 17 DECEMBER 2022 SEMINAR 10: HEMOSTASIS AND THROMBOSIS
  • 14 JANUARY 2023 EXTRA SEMINAR 11: MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME AND BONE MARROW FAILURE SYNDROMES
  • 11 MARCH 2023 SEMINAR 12: INDOLENT LYMPHOMA
  • 18 MARCH 2023 SEMINAR 13: HODGKIN’S & AGGRESSIVE LYMPHOMA
  • 22 APRIL 2023 SEMINAR 14: PLASMA CELL DISORDERS

Courses' agenda and material

PROGRAM SEMINAR 1: LABORATORY HEMATOLOGY - 16/10/2021

Automated blood cell count 
Prof. Stijn Lambrecht – UZ Gent
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Blood and Bone marrow morphology 
Laurence Rozen – CHU Brugmann
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Immunophenotyping by flow cytometry 
Prof. André Gothot – CHU Liège
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Cytogenetics 
PhD Katrina Rack – UZ Leuven
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Molecular Hematology 
Apr. PhD. Marie-Berthe Maes - UZA
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The role of the pathologist in the diagnosis of hematologic diseases
Prof. Thomas Tousseyn – UZ Leuven
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PROGRAM SEMINAR 2: RED BLOOD CELL DISORDERS - 13/11/2021

Acquired hemolytic, megaloblastic and sideroblastic anemias 
Prof. Daan Dierickx - UZ Leuven
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Hypoproliferative anemia and iron metabolism 
Prof. Yves Beguin - University of Liège
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Porphyria, Methb, Metabolic diseases with Red cell repercussion Gaucher disease 
Mr. Massimo Camaiani - LHUB-ULB
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Tips and tricks to diagnose congenital red blood cell disorders 
Dr. Anne-Sophie Adam - LHUB-ULB
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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About SCD (But Were Afraid to Ask) 
Prof. Samantha Benghiat - Hôpital Erasme
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PROGRAM SEMINAR 3: ACUTE LEUKEMIA - 18/12/2021

AML: WHO classification, biology and prognosis
Dimitri Breems
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AML: clinical aspects and intensive treatment 
Ine Moors
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APL/acute promyelocytic leukemia
Sebastian Wittnebel
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ALL/lymphoblastic lymphoma 
Carlos Graux
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Acute leukemia and agressive lymphoma in children
Barbara De Moerloose
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PROGRAM SEMINAR 4: SUPPORTIVE CARE IN HEMATOLOGY - 15/01/2022

Principles of treatment

Ann De Becker - AZ VUB
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Complications of chemotherapy
Anne Sonet - UCL Mont-Godinne
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Infectious complications 
Julien De Greef - UCL Saint-Luc
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Emergencies in hematology
Alexander Schauwvlieghe - UZ Gent
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PROGRAM SEMINAR 5: TRANSFUSION & CELL THERAPY - 12/02/2022

Transfusion: indications (RBC, platelets, granulocytes, plasma) and Patient Blood Management

Timothy Devos - UZ Leuven-KUL
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Transfusion: practical aspects & hemovigilance

Hanane El Kenz - Brugmann–ULB
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Blood-derived cell therapy products: processing and regulations
Ivan Van Riet - UZ Brussel–VUB
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Advanced cell therapy Bart Vandekerckhove - UZ Gent–UGentPresentationVideo recordingReferences
Hematopoietic stem cell mobilization and collection
Daan Dierickx - UZ Leuven-KUL
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PROGRAM SEMINAR 6: STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION - 12/03/2022

Indications for transplantation and choice of donor

Ann De Becker - UZ Brussel
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Conditioning regimens

Evelyne Willems - CHU Liège
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Relapse after transplantation

Xavier Poiré - Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc
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GVHD after transplantation

Hélène Schoemans - UZ Leuven
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Acute and late post-HSCT toxicities

Chloé Spilleboudt - Institut Jules Bordet
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PROGRAM SEMINAR 7: GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE - 23/04/2022

Basic principles of clinical research

Charlotte Tuerlinckx: datanurse Hematology - UZ Leuven

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Evidence-based medicine: critical interpretation of clinical trial

Martin Wissing - UZ Brussel

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Psycho-Oncology in hematology

Isabelle Merckaert - ULB
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Geriatric assessment in hematology: Go vs. Slow go or no Go

Jan Lemmens - GZA Antwerp
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Advanced care planning - Barbara Plehiers (CHU Charleroi)

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PROGRAM SEMINAR 8: MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES AND MYELOPROLIFERATIVE NEOPLASMS - 15/10/2022

BCR-ABL1 negative MPN

Prof. Timothy Devos - KUL
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Eosinophilia

Prof. Peter Vandenberghe - KUL
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Grant opportunity: a Fellowship in Sydney

Dr. Juliette Raedemaeker – Grand Hôpital de Charleroi
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Mastocytosis

Dr. Melanie Vaes - TIVOLI/ULB
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CML

Dr. Adriano Salaroli – Bordet/ULB
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PROGRAM SEMINAR 9: NON-MALIGNANT HEMATOLOGY - 19/11/2022

Thrombocytopenia

Prof Dr Ann Janssens - UZ Leuven
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Leukocytopenia and Leukocytosis

Prof Dr Jo Caers - CHU Liège
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Acquired and Congenital Immunodefiency

Dr Benoît Florkin - CHR Citadelle
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Iron Overload disorders and iron chelation 
Dr Koen Theunissen - Jessa Ziekenhuis
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Hematological Problems in Pregnancy

Prof Dr Catherine Lambert - UC Louvain
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PROGRAM SEMINAR 10: HEMOSTASIS - 17/12/2022

Blood coagulation revisited – General Introduction and overview

Cedric Hermans - UCLouvain)
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Laboratory tests in bleeding disorders

Marie-Astrid Van Dievoet - UCLouvain
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Acquired bleeding disorders

Catherine Lambert - UCLouvain
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Management of thrombosis

Peter Verhamme - UZ Leuven
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Congenital bleeding disorders
Cedric Hermans - UCLouvain
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Thrombophilia screening

Christelle Orlando - UZ Brussel
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PROGRAM SEMINAR 11: MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROM AND BONE MARROW FAILURE SYNDROMES - 14/01/2023

Clonal hematopoiesis, CHIP, CHOP, ARCH

Dr. Ann De Becker - VUB
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Diagnosis and classification of MDS

Prof. Mariëlle Beckers- KUL
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Treatments of MDS

Dr. Dominik Selleslag - AZ St Jan Brugge
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Inherited BMF syndromes: Fanconi's anemia + others 
(e.g. Blackfan-Diamond, dyskeratosis congenital, telomere diseases) 
Prof. Veerle Labarque (KUL)
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Acquired idiopathic aplastic anemia and PNH 
Dr. Anne-Sophie Bouillon - CHU Liège
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PROGRAM SEMINAR 12: INDOLENT LYMPHOMA - 11/03/2023

BTK inhibitors and cardiotoxicity 
Lucas Van Aelst - UZL
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Marginal zone lymphoma and M.Waldenstöm
Marie Maerevoet - J. Bordet
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Follicular lymphoma
Christophe Bonnet - CHU Liège
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CLL 
Ann Janssens - UZL
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Immunophenotyping and NGS of iNHL
Evelien Heylen - ZNA
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2022 lymphoma classification(s) of small B-cell lymphoma
Thomas Tousseyn - UZL
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PROGRAM SEMINAR 13: HODGKIN’S LYMPHOMA & AGGRESSIVE LYMPHOMA - 18/03/2023

New classification
Pascale De Paepe - AZ Sint Jan, Brugge
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Hodgkin lymphoma 
Marc André - CHU-UCL Namur
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Diffuse Large B cell Lymphoma (incl. PTLD and DHL) 
Daan Dierickx - UZ Leuven
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Other aggressive lymphoma (BL, PNCS, MCL) 
Virginie De Wilde - HUB - Erasme Hospital
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T and NK cell lymphoma 
Sylvia Snauwaert - AZ Sint Jan, Brugge
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PROGRAM SEMINAR 14: PLASMA CELL DISORDERS - 22/04/2023

Welcome - introduction 
Marie-Christiane Vekemans (UCL) & 
Isabelle Vande Broeck (UZ Brussel)
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MGUS/MGCS 
Marie Vercruyssen - HUB - Jules Bordet Insitute
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MM first line 
Marie-Christiane Vekemans - UCL
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MM first relapse 
Marie-Christiane Vekemans - UCL
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MM later relapses
Nicolas Kint - UZ Gent
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AL amyloidosis 
Isabelle Vande Broeck - UZ Brussel
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Side effects of MM drugs – supportive care – 
Julie Dallemagne - HUB - Erasme Hospital
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