2025 National Symposium on Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes
EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!
Maddie Riewoldt’s Vision is thrilled to invite you to join us at the 4th National Symposium on Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes, to be held from the 23-25 May 2025 at the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre in Melbourne.
Early Bird Offer 🐦
Register by Friday 31st January 2025 to enjoy a 20% discount.
Secure your spot today!
The symposium will bring together expert clinicians, scientists and allied health professionals to present innovative research on the diagnosis, treatment, patient care, and clinical trials for Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes. We are thrilled to welcome international guest speakers Dr Emma Groarke (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, US) and Dr Marcin Wlodarski (St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, US), alongside over 15 national speakers who will showcase their research. The event will also offer ample opportunities for networking and collaboration.
Program Highlights
Friday May 23, 2025:
Opening Plenary & Welcome Reception
1.30 pm – 7.30 pm
(Afternoon tea, canapés, and drinks included)
Saturday May 24, 2025:
Full-Day Scientific Program
9 am – 5 pm
(Morning tea, lunch, and afternoon tea included)
Sunday May 25, 2025:
Half-Day Scientific Program
9 am – 1.30 pm
(Morning tea included)
Early Bird Pricing (Register by Friday 31st January, 2025):
- All Days (including Welcome Reception) – Early Bird: $198
- Saturday & Sunday – Early Bird: $154
International guest speakers will present across all days, complemented by a balanced mix of scientific and clinical talks. The final program and speaker line-up will be announced in the coming weeks, so stay tuned!
We are thrilled to announce our invited international keynote speakers:
Dr Emma Groarke, M.B., FRCPath
Assistant Research Physician and attending hematologist and physician researcher in the Hematopoiesis and Bone Marrow Failure Laboratory at National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States.
Dr. Emma Groarke graduated from University College Dublin in Ireland in 2011. She completed her postgraduate training in general internal medicine and hematology through the Royal College of Physicians, Ireland. She is also a fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists, UK. In April 2019 she completed a fellowship in bone marrow failure at the National Institutes of Health and was appointed as staff in 2019 where she a clinical investigator running trials in a number of areas including aplastic anemia, MDS, CHIP, IBMFS, and VEXAS.
Dr Marcin Wlodarski, MD, PhD
Assistant Member/Prof. Department of Hematology
Director Bone Marrow Failure Program
Attending, Clinical Hematology St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Dr. Marcin Wlodarski is an Assistant Professor at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, where he directs the Bone Marrow Failure (BMF) and Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) Program. He received his MD and PhD from Charité Medical School, Berlin, with additional training at Karolinska Institute, Stockholm. His postgraduate training included pediatrics residency and hematology/oncology fellowship at the University of Freiburg, Germany. Dr. Wlodarski’s research focuses on the genomics of inherited hematological disorders predisposing to BMF, MDS, and leukemia. His laboratory has made discoveries in genetic syndromes caused by mutations in SAMD9/SAMD9L, GATA2, RPA1, and MDM4 genes. At St. Jude, he established a comprehensive BMF/MDS program and leads innovative clinical trials.
With over 100 peer-reviewed publications, Dr. Wlodarski’s work has been recognized with awards including the Tito Bastianello Award and the Kind Philipp Prize. He chairs the US-wide registry for pediatric BMF/MDS of the North American Pediatric Aplastic Anemia Consortium. Dr. Wlodarski divides his time between clinical duties and directing a laboratory focused on the genomics of BMF syndromes.
We would like to acknowledge and extend our sincere gratitude to the following sponsors for their support and contribution towards this exciting event:
Gold Partner
Silver Partner
To find out more please contact us at – [email protected]