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About the Speakers:
Akshat Jain, MD, MPH
Loma Linda University & Children’s Hospital
Loma Linda, CA
Dr. Akshat Jain is the Director of the Inherited Bleeding Disorder and Thrombosis program & Director of Sickle Cell Disease Program for children and young adults at Loma Linda University School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital, where he is also a member of the clinical pediatric hematology/oncology & stem cell transplantation faculty in the Department of Pediatrics and Clinical Medicine.
Dr. Jain teaches at the medical school and holds a Master of Public Health degree from Hofstra University School of Public Health in New York. Dr. Jain is a world expert in pediatric bleeding disorders and Sickle Cell Disease and features frequently on national and international media. His experience includes clinical pediatrics, cancer and blood disorder diagnosis and management, global hematology/oncology consulting, and health policy formulation, and his research expertise includes developmental therapeutics, immunogenomics, and outcomes-based research in clinical medicine where he is well published and regarded as a key opinion leader. Dr. Jain is involved deeply in global health and brings his hematology expertise through his non-profit organization in seeing patients and program development internationally.