Hematology 2021 virtual meeting

“When practice meets evidence: what is between evidence based and practice-based medicine…."

TAKING PLACE

May 20-21, 2021

In the era of an ongoing COVID-19 pandemic demanding a high death toll, we as healthcare providers and scientists, are torn between the need to act swiftly, and adopt a visionary non-conventional approach and  between our responsibility to stick to the rules and base medicine on evidence. This relates to the use of innovative diagnostic methods, to the administration of novel treatments and to the adoption of unusual medical as well as regulatory decisions. We have a responsibility to find the fine balance between not missing the breakthroughs and opportunities and avoiding unnecessary risks from our patients. This is true  today in the COVID-19 era, but has always been a dilemma for physicians and scientists caring for hemato-oncological patients, since a "moving target" of the lethal disorders on the one hand and the rapidity of the new developments and novel therapies on the other hand have underscored the conflict between evidence based and practice based medicine.

Therefore, this year the Annual Davidoff Hematology International Conference  will be titled: " When practice meets evidence:  What is between evidence based and practice based medicine…."

Dr. Pia Raanani, Meeting Chair