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The Division of Hematology continues to grow, both in the types of services provided and the number of patients seen. The division’s inpatient census remains large, encompassing a mixture of patients with hematologic malignancies and/or those undergoing marrow transplantation. The division staffs a 12-bed bone marrow transplant unit, which is certified by the Foundation for Hematopoietic Transplantation. Carolyn Bigelow, MD, directs the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP), which includes a donor center for computerized registration of potential unrelated marrow donors, a collection center for collecting unrelated marrow product for transplantation, and a transplant center. Bigelow serves on the NMDP’s Continuous Process Improvement Advisory Group. The cryopreservation lab is directed by Cheryl Hardy, PhD, and the apheresis service is directed by Stephanie Elkins, MD. Hardy functions as a site reviewer for the Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy. Elkins, as part of her role as the hematology/oncology fellowship director, serves as chair of the Education Committee of the Association of Subspecialty Professors. She also serves as an at-large member of the Association of Subspecialty Professors Council. Files serves as director of the Medical Center’s Cancer Institute in the Jackson Medical Mall. The division has other outpatient clinics, including a clinic for patients with sickle cell disease and one for patients with interstitial cysititis. Faculty members in the division are active in several areas of academic medicine. Files is in his fourth and final year as appointed governor of the State of Mississippi American College of Physicians Chapter. Joe Maher, MD, serves on the NIH External Advisory Committee for the RCMI Center for Environmental Health at Jackson State University. He is also a member of the department’s Research Council and Genetics Committee for the Jackson Heart Study. Bernard Dreiling, MD, was voted Teacher of the Year by the medicine residents, and Files was named the department’s associate chair. | ||||
