American Society of Hematology
The American Society of Hematology is a medical society that studies the causes and treatment of disorders of the blood . Founded in 1958 on the initiative of William Dameshek and James L. Tullis, it held its first meeting on April 26 and 27, 1958 in Atlantic City, NJ . It has 15,000 members, making it the largest hematological specialist society in the world. The organization is based in Washington, DC. The American Society of Hematology is chaired by an Executive Committee with the President and has 11 standing and 17 scientific committees. The current president is Janis L. Abkowitz.
Work meetings are held annually in December, in which over 20,000 doctors and scientists took part in 2008. The journal of the society since 1976 is the magazine Blood , which was founded in 1946 by Henry M. Stratton and William Dameshek.
The organization awards the Dameshek Prize annually for outstanding contributions to hematology. In 2011, the award went to Christoph Klein and for the first time to a German. The ASH recognized Klein's work on the discovery of a mutation in HAX 1 in patients with Kostmann's syndrome and P14 / ROBLD3 and G6PC3 deficiency as genetic defects that cause severe congenital neutropenia .
It annually awards the Henry M. Stratton Medal to outstanding established scientists in hematology.
literature
- Ernst R. Jaffe, Kenneth Kaushansky: The American Society of Hematology: a success at age 50. Blood 111 (2008), pp. 11–15, online (PDF document; 407 kB)