ASCAT 2025 Programme

Legacy and Progress: A Conversation on the Past and Future of Sickle Cell & Thalassaemia

Wednesday, October 1, 2025

11:40 AM - 12:40 PM

Main Plenary Hall - Rooms 8 & 11

Overview

Chair:
Bijal Trivedi
Speakers:
Elliot Vichinsky (US)
Maria Cappellini (Italy)
Main Plenary Hall - Rooms 8 & 11

Presenters

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Ms. Bijal Trivedi

Author

Freelance

Session Chair

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Dr. Elliott Vichinsky

Professor Of Pediatrics

UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland

Legacy and Progress: A Conversation on the Past and Future of Sickle Cell & Thalassaemia

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Prof. Maria Cappellini

Professor of Internal Medicine; Chief of The Rare Diseases Centre

University of Milan, Ca’ Granda Foundation Irccs Maggiore Policlinico Hospital

Legacy and Progress: A Conversation on the Past and Future of Sickle Cell & Thalassaemia

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