{"id":3040,"date":"2020-07-13T13:48:45","date_gmt":"2020-07-13T17:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/hematology\/?page_id=3040"},"modified":"2025-12-11T12:26:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T17:26:48","slug":"leukemia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/hematology\/leukemia\/","title":{"rendered":"Malignant Hematology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/hematology\/files\/2017\/07\/Vaishali-Sanchorawala.jpg-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1685 size-thumbnail\" \/><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmc.org\/about-us\/directory\/doctor\/vaishali-sanchorawala-md\" style=\"color: #003366;\">Vaishali Sanchorawala, MD<\/a><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<em>Director, Autologous Stem Cell Transplant Program<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Director, Amyloidosis Center<\/em><br \/>\nProfessor of Medicine<br \/>\n<strong>Education<\/strong>: Seth G.S. Medical College, Bombay University, India (M.B.B.S., 1988)<br \/>\n<strong>Residency: <\/strong>University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ (1991-1994)<br \/>\n<strong>Fellowship: <\/strong>Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA (1994-1997)<br \/>\n<strong>Board Certification<\/strong>: Internal Medicine, Hematology, Oncology<br \/>\n<strong>Special Interests: <\/strong><span>AL Amyloidosis, Stem Cell Transplantation, Myeloma, Health Related Quality of life in AL amyloidosis, Clinical Trial<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/hematology\/files\/2019\/08\/Sloan-John-184x184-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2499 size-thumbnail\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/hematology\/files\/2019\/08\/Sloan-John-184x184-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/hematology\/files\/2019\/08\/Sloan-John-184x184.jpg 184w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmc.org\/about-us\/directory\/doctor\/john-m-sloan-md\" style=\"color: #003366;\">Mark Sloan, MD<\/a><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<em>Director of Fellowship Program<\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span>Associate Professor of Medicine<br \/>\n<strong>Education<\/strong>: Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (MD, 2001)<br \/>\n<strong>Residency<\/strong>: Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT (2001-2004)<br \/>\n<strong>Fellowship<\/strong>: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston MA (2005-2008)<br \/>\n<strong>Board Certification<\/strong>: Internal Medicine, Hematology Oncology<br \/>\n<span><strong>Special Interests<\/strong>: <\/span><span>AL Amyloidosis, Lymphoma and Leukemia, Multiple Myeloma, Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/hematology\/files\/2019\/08\/Lerner-Adam-184x184-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2505 size-thumbnail\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/hematology\/files\/2019\/08\/Lerner-Adam-184x184-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/hematology\/files\/2019\/08\/Lerner-Adam-184x184.jpg 184w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmc.org\/about-us\/directory\/doctor\/adam-lerner-md\" style=\"color: #003366;\">Adam Lerner, MD<\/a><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<em>Co-Director, Cutaneous Oncology Program<\/em><br \/>\n<span>Professor of Medicine and Pathology<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Education:<\/strong> Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (MD, 1983)<br \/>\n<strong>Residency:<\/strong> Boston City Hospital, Boston, MA (1984-1986)<br \/>\n<strong>Fellowship:<\/strong> Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA (1988-1991)<br \/>\n<strong>Board Certification<\/strong>: Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology<br \/>\n<strong>Special Interests:<\/strong> Lymphoma, Leukemia, Sarcoma, Skin cancer<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/hematology\/files\/2021\/04\/Fabio.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/hematology\/files\/2021\/04\/Fabio.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/hematology\/files\/2021\/04\/Fabio-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/hematology\/files\/2021\/04\/Fabio-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm\/profile\/fabio-petrocca\/\" style=\"color: #003366;\">Fabio Petrocca, MD<\/a><\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Director, Cellular Therapy Program<\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span>Assistant Professor of Medicine<br \/>\n<strong>Education<\/strong>: University of Rome, Sapienza, Italy (MD, 2004)<br \/>\n<strong>Training Program: <\/strong>University of Ferrara, Italy (2004-2008)<br \/>\n<strong>Research Fellowship<\/strong>: Harvard Medical School and Boston Children&#8217;s Hospital (2008-2012)<br \/>\n<span><strong>Special Interests<\/strong>: Translational and clinical development of CAR T and TCR T cell therapies, Molecular mechanisms of tumor resistance to small molecule targeted agents and cell therapy, Identification and validation of novel cancer therapeutic targets<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/hematology\/files\/2020\/10\/raphael.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/hematology\/files\/2020\/10\/raphael-261x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/hematology\/files\/2020\/10\/raphael-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/hematology\/files\/2020\/10\/raphael-310x308.png 310w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/hematology\/files\/2020\/10\/raphael-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/hematology\/files\/2020\/10\/raphael-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Raphael Szalat, MD<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Director, Multiple Myeloma Program<\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span>Assistant Professor of Medicine<br \/>\n<strong>Education<\/strong>: Universite Pierre et Marie Curie Paris VI, Paris, France (MD, 1997-2004)<br \/>\n<strong>Residency<\/strong>: APHP-Assistance Publique des hospitaux de Paris, Paris, France (2004-2010)<br \/>\n<strong>Clinical Fellowship<\/strong>: Saint-Louis Hospital, Paris, France (2010-2013)<br \/>\n<strong>Fellowship<\/strong>: Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA (2018-2021)<strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/strong><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Vaishali Sanchorawala, MD Director, Autologous Stem Cell Transplant Program Director, Amyloidosis Center Professor of Medicine 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Medical College, Bombay University, India (M.B.B.S., 1988) Residency: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ (1991-1994) Fellowship: Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA (1994-1997) Board Certification: Internal Medicine, Hematology, Oncology Special Interests: AL [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6467,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":37,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/hematology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3040"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/hematology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/hematology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/hematology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6467"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/hematology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3040"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/hematology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5990,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/hematology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3040\/revisions\/5990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/hematology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}