Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukaemia

Speakers: Raphael Itzykson

Raphael Itzykson is a Professor of Hematology at Université de Paris, affiliated to the Hematology and Immunology Department at Hôpital Saint-Louis in Paris, France. He studied biology at École Normale Supérieure in Paris and received his medical training at University Paris Descartes. He completed a PhD thesis under the direction of Pr. Eric Solary in Gustave Roussy Institute in Paris.

His research focuses on the treatment of CMML and on the use of precision medicine tools in AML.

Pr Itzykson has published more than a hundred articles in peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Cancer Discovery, Blood, Haematologica and Leukemia. He is an active member of the GFM (Groupe Francophone des Myelodysplasies) and ALFA (Acute Leukemia French Association) cooperative groups. He heads the "Hematology Oncogenesis and Biotherapies" PhD Program at Université de Paris.