Webinar #7: Sickle Cell Disease and the Brain - Kaitlyn Strumph, DO

In our seventh continuing medical education webinar, Pediatric Hematologist-Oncologist and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Kaitlyn Strumph, DO presented about Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) and the brain including types of cerebral nervous system (CNS) complications associated with the disease, risk factors and downstream effects of CNS injury including neurocognitive deficits, mental health associations in SCD, American Society of Hematology (ASH) disease guidelines related to cognitive deficits in SCD, as well as available interventions. For reference, Dr. Strumph sees patients at the following location: The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore 3415 Bainbridge Ave. Bronx, NY 10467 Phone: 718-741-2342 The next webinar will occur on Thursday September 28, 2023 at 6:00pm EST on Zoom. The topic will be Juvenile Scleroderma: Clinical Presentation and Management, presented by Natalia Vasquez Canizares, MD, Pediatric Rheumatologist and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Children's Hospital at Montefiore and Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Register for the Zoom link at https://bit.ly/MontefiorePedsWebinar8. For more Montefiore Einstein content, follow us on social at: • Facebook (Eng) –   / montefioremedicalcenter   • Facebook (Spa) –   / montefioreobjetivotusalud   • Twitter (Eng) – https://twitter.com/montefiorenyc?lan... • Instagram (Eng) –   / montefiorehealthsystem   • Instagram (Spa) – https://www.instagram.com/montefioreo... • LinkedIn (Eng) —   / montefiore-health-system