“You never know where life is going to bring you,” says Jean-Antoine Ribeil, MD, PhD, a hematologist specializing in red blood cell disorders and who has, since arriving at Boston Medical Center (BMC) in 2021, been the clinical director of its Center of Excellence in...
Universal newborn screening and early treatment mean 90% of Americans born with sickle cell disease (SCD) will live to adulthood. However, few adult physicians understand how to treat the complex, chronic nature of this rare disease, and still too little is known...
For Melisa Ruiz-Gutierrez, MD, the heartache comes as soon as she sees the hopeful eyes of parents cradling their newborn infant in their arms. It is her difficult task to explain their child’s sickle cell disease (SCD) diagnosis, to explain how pervasive the...
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a serious condition that requires coordinated treatment from experts well-versed in the disease. As it affects an estimated 100,000 Americans, there’s a paucity of providers who are trained to provide preventive therapies and interventions...