Upcoming Conferences and Activities of Interest to the Sickle Cell Community

June 19, Edison, New Jersey -  Attendees of Sickle Cellabration can expect educational workshops for families, enjoyable activities for kids, exhibits and the Cellabration Luncheon that honors children in the New Jersey Sickle Cell Poster Child Program.   There will also be the Dr. Charles Drew Commemorative Blood Drive from 9am to 3pm.

For more information, please contact Mary Bentley LaMar at 973.482.9070 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

You may also log onto sicklecellabration.org.  Seating is limited so please RSVP for this FREE event by  Friday, June 11.

June 17 and 18 2010 King's College London - Sickle Cell in Focus (SCiF) is an annual, two-day summer conference held at King's College London Demark Hill campus to highlight and discuss emerging clinical complications and clinical management of sickle cell disease. The clinical and scientific research lectures are aimed at an audience of consultants, academics, trainee doctors and health professionals involved in the care of patients with the disease. It attracts local, national and international guest speakers and delegates.

Full details can be found at: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/medicine/research/gcbt/scif

2nd World Sickle Cell Day, June 19, 2010  - Multi city world wide See http://aablooddriveandmarrowregistry4sicklecellawareness.webs.com/worldsicklecellday.htm

July 15 - 18 Kiawah Island Resort near Charleston, South Carolina - 10th Annual Using Transcranial Doppler, MRI/MRA and Transfusion to Prevent Stroke in Sickle Cell Disease. This activity has been approved for AMA PRA credit. For more information, contact: Office of Continuing Medical Education Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425 Phone: 843-876-1925 • Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

July 24, 2010 Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida - Announcing sickle cell workshop at SERGG/SERC annual meeting The SERC concurrent sickle cell workshop will be held on: Saturday, July 24, 2010 from 8:00 am – 5:00 pm   SERGG/SERC July 22-24, 2010  Sawgrass Marriott Hotel Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida

Deadlines: Abstract submission – friday, may 21 (5:00 pm) Meeting registration – Friday, June 25 Hotel registration – Wednesday, June 30

Click here for  SERGG/SERC meeting information and registration forn Click here for an agenda.   Your support of the full annual meeting would be greatly appreciated; however, if you can only attend the one-day workshop, the advance registration fee is only $85.00!

July 20-23, 2010 Accra, Ghana within the First Global Congress on Sickle Cell Disease, July 20-23, 2010, co-sponsored by the Sickle Cell Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and The Sickle Cell Foundation of Ghana. For information email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

The Congress website: www.sicklecellglobalcongress.org is now online. Please check it often for announcements and changes.

2. Abstract Submission Deadline

We have extended the abstract submission deadline to March 31, 2010.  If you want to revise and resubmit an abstract you already sent to us, you may do so. Please mark the resubmitted abstract with “RESUBMISSION” on the top.

3. Registration

Please go to our website: www.sicklecellglobalcongress.org where you can register online (in English only) or download the Registration Form (which is in English, French, and Portuguese) and send by mail or fax.  For more information, please email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call:  Trudy Tchume-Johnson   +001-267-426-5037, Henrietta Enninful-Eghan +001-267-426-7492, or, Tannoa Jackson   +001-267-426-9338.

September 21-24, 2010 Washington DC  - SCDAA 38th Annual Convention Gaylord National Hotel & Conference Center Washington D.C. Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, Inc. www.sicklecelldisease.org -  This conference is designed for patients, parents, health care providers, administrators, educators, advocates, researchers and community-based organizations.  The focus is on strengthening the infrastructure of the sickle cell community through education and action; fostering advocacy and collaborative networks with the best possible programs, practices and policies that result in prevention of illness, improvement of the quality of life of affected persons, and finding a cure for Sickle Cell Disease.

October 4 Atlanta GA - Sickle Cell Education Day 9 - 3  - Loudermilk Center:  40 Courtland Street, Atlanta, GA 30303

22 - 27 November 2010— Raipur (Chhattisgarh) India -  Sickle Cell Disease International Organization in collaboration with Centre for Genetic Diseases & Molecular Biology Department of Biochemistry, Pt. J.N.M. Medical College, Raipur (C.G.) INDIA are organizing the Fourth International Congress 2010 Sickle Cell Disease International Organization

1.Simple models of survey/ screening. 2.  Methods of counseling for :a. General population b. Youth & marriageable age group (premarital counseling) c. Post marriage counseling for carriers and sufferers including antenatal checkup, family planning, MTP, adoption of child. d. Counseling for sufferers of the disease. e. Counseling for the parents of sickle cell disease affected children. 3.       Models of treatment plan at primary, secondary and tertiary level including plan for sickle cell clinics at village level, district level and super specialty clinic at medical college level. 4.       Scope of research in developing countries. 5.       Advocacy for financial support, scope of a network and linking the various NGOs working in the field of sickle cell disease. KEY DATES 22^nd November 2010 - Preconference briefing:to be attended by NGOs, Doctors and Technicians working in the field of sickle cell anemia. 23^ed -24^th November 2010- Scientific Sessions. 25^th November 2010- General/Executive body meeting of the congress & draft presentation of the proceedings. 26^th November 2010- Sight Seeing.27^th November 2010- Valedictory Function; Conclusion note, approval of proceedings. FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT & CALL FOR PAPERS  http://4sccongress.co.in

The Sickle Cell Center Speaker List Need a speaker? We have an excellent team to speak on:  Disease State Management, Sickle Cell Clinic Design, Computerizing Patient Records, Multimedia Programming, Psycho-Social Interventions in Sickle Cell, Parenting, Case Management for Sickle Cell, Pain Assessment, Pain Management, New Research Finding in Sickle Cell, The Anemia Work-up, Improving Patient Clinician Communications. Call 404-616-5994, or e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for more information