Acute Myeloid Leukemia

lt;p>Christoph Röllig, MD, is Professor of Medicine at the University of Dresden, Germany. Dr. Röllig received his medical training at the Free and Humboldt Universities of Berlin, Germany, and graduated in 1998. From 1999 to 2006, he undertook an internship in internal medicine and hematology and oncology at the University Hospital in Dresden, becoming a certified specialist for internal medicine in 2005 and for hematology and medical oncology in 2006. From 2006 to 2007, he did a Master's degree in Public Health and Health Services Research at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He then worked in evidence-based medicine and guideline development at the Agency for Quality in Medicine in Berlin, Germany. Since 2009, Dr. Röllig has been a consultant hematologist and head of the hematological Clinical Trial Unit at the University Hospital in Dresden and has also led the central study office of the Study Alliance Leukemia (SAL) as SAL secretary. He acts as a reviewer for several hematological journals (New England Journal of Medicine, Blood, Lancet Oncology, Leukemia, Cancer, Bone Marrow Transplantation, Haematologica) and for the annual meetings of the European Haematology Association and American Society of Hematology. His main research interest are treatment optimization and real-world data in AML. He has acted as coordinating investigator in several phase II and III trials evaluating treatment optimization in AML and is the first and coordinating author of the AML guidelines of the German, Austrian and Swiss hematologic societies.  He is a member of Working Group for Clinical Trials at the German Society for Hematology and Oncology (DGHO) and member of the Scientific Working Group for AML at the European Haematology Association (EHA).

 Gert Ossenkoppele,MD, PhD, was appointed in 2003 as Professor of Hematology at the VU University Medical Center in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He obtained his doctorate of medicine at the same university in 1977 and went on to complete board certification in Hematology and Internal Medicine in 1984. The title of his PhD thesis (1990) was, "Differentiation induction in AML". Dr. Ossenkoppele has authored over 430 publications in peer-reviewed journals and has been an invited speaker at many national and international scientific meetings. He also acts as a reviewer on a regular basis for many high impact hematological journals (Blood, Leukemia, Haematologica, Oncotarget, NEJM). His research interests are mainly translational and include the (stem cell) biology of AML, leukemic stem cell target discovery, immunotherapy, and measurable residual disease (MRD) detection using flow cytometry to inform the treatment of AML. Dr. Ossenkoppele is the principal investigator of national and international clinical trials in myeloid malignancies. He chairs the AML working party of HOVON (Dutch-Belgian Hematology Trial Group) and just rotated of as vice-chair of the HOVON Executive Board. He is a lead participant of the AML work package of the European LeukemiaNet (ELN) as well as a board member of the ELN foundation. He has recently been appointed vice-chair of the EHA Educational Committee.  He co-chairs the AML WP of HARMONY. He is chair of the Global and EU steering committee of the AMLGlobalPortal, an educational portal for hematologists (www.amlglobalportal.com).

1. Epidemiology and Etiology.- 2. Diagnosis and Classification of AML: WHO 2016.- 3. The Genomic Landscape and Clonal Evolution of AML.- 4. Clinical Manifestation and Diagnostic Workup.- 5. Prognostic Factors and Treatment Allocation.- 6. Treatment of Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia.- 7. Treatment of Newly Diagnosed AML in FitPatients.- 8. Treatment of Newly Diagnosed AML in Unfit Patients.- 9. Treatment of Relapsed and Refractory AML.- 10. Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation.- 11. Special Clinical Scenarios.- 12. Future Developments.