Progress in the Treatment of Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

Monday, September 14, 2026, 1:30 – 2:30 pm, Eastern Time

Registrants can listen in live over the phone or online as a webcast.

Topics Covered

• Discussion of Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)
• Diagnosis, Staging & Current Standard of Care
• The Role of Hematopathology Examination of a Sample of Your Bone Marrow in Making a Definitive Diagnosis of MDS
• New and Emerging Treatment Approaches
• The Role of Clinical Trials: How Research Increases Your Treatment Options
• Tips to Manage Symptoms, Treatment Side Effects, Discomfort, Pain & Quality-of-Life Concerns
• Key Questions to Ask Your Health Care Team during Telehealth Appointments
• Guidelines to Prepare for Telehealth Appointments including Technology, Prepared List of Questions and Discussion of OpenNotes
• Next Steps After Treatment, including Follow-up Care in Collaboration with Your Primary Care Doctor and Team
• Questions for Our Panel of Experts

Our Panel of Experts

Brittany Knick Ragon, MD

Associate Professor of Cancer Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Leukemia Section, Division of Hematology, Director, Hematology Clinical Operations, Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute, Member, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center, Advocate, Health Epic Physician Builder

Pinkal Desai, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Medicine, Charles, Lillian, and Betty Neuwirth Clinical Scholar in Oncology, Clinical Director, EIPM Molecular Aging Institute, Leukemia Program, Weill Cornell Medicine, Hematology and Medical Oncology, New York Presbyterian Hospital

Continuing Education Credits

Social Workers: This program has been submitted to the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, an approved provider through the Texas State Board of Social Work Examiners, provider #CS4607, for 1.0 Contact Hour.

Cancer Care, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0088. This workshop is approved for 1.0 Contact Hour.

Certified Health Education Specialists: Cancer Care, Inc is a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES®) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES®) to receive up to 1 total Category I continuing education contact hour.

To request continuing education paperwork, please email your name, profession and address to connect@cancercare.org after the program. All paperwork for continuing education credit must be requested, completed and submitted within two weeks of the live program.