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  • Sunday, June 7, 2026
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM ET
    Attendee Breakfast
  • 7:00 AM - 1:00 PM ET
    Registration Open
  • 8:15 AM - 8:35 AM ET
    Welcome From The 2027 Scientific Chair
    Chair: Charity I. Oyedeji, MD – Duke
    Speaker: Kamia Brown
    Speaker: Rosalind Osgood
    Speaker: Shevrin Jones
  • 8:35 AM - 8:50 AM ET
    Update on Stroke Prevention Strategies in Children with Sickle Cell Disease
    Speaker: Philipp Aldana, MD – Nemours Children’s Health/ Wolfson Children’s Hospital Jacksonville.
    Speaker: Kamia Brown
     Earn 0.25 CME Hour(s)
  • 8:50 AM - 9:50 AM ET
    2026 FSCDR Sickle Cell Pain Symposium: A Holistic View of Pain in Sickle Cell Disease: Mechanisms and Treatment Approaches, Session 1
    Chair: Wally R. Smith, M.D. – Virginia Commonwealth University
    Co-Chair: Kalpna Gupta, Ph.D. – UC Irvine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine
     Earn 1 CME Hour(s)
  • 9:30 AM - 2:00 PM ET
    Exhibit Hall Open
  • 9:50 AM - 10:00 AM ET
    Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM ET
    2026 FSCDR Sickle Cell Pain Symposium: A Holistic View of Pain in Sickle Cell Disease: Mechanisms and Treatment Approaches, Session 2
    Chair: Wally R. Smith, M.D. – Virginia Commonwealth University
    Co-Chair: Kalpna Gupta, Ph.D. – UC Irvine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine
     Earn 1 CME Hour(s)
  • 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM ET
    2026 FSCDR Sickle Cell Pain Symposium: A Holistic View of Pain in Sickle Cell Disease: Mechanisms and Treatment Approaches, Q&A
    Chair: Wally R. Smith, M.D. – Virginia Commonwealth University
    Co-Chair: Kalpna Gupta, Ph.D. – UC Irvine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine
     Earn 0.5 CME Hour(s)
  • 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM ET
    Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ET
    Foundation Keynote Presentation: The Hero's Journey
  • 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM ET
    Viola Davis Meet & Greet (Ticketed Event)
  • 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM ET
    Lunch in Exhibit Hall
  • 2:00 PM - 2:15 PM ET
    Journavx (Suzetrigine) and Emerging Nonopioid Approaches to Acute Sickle Cell Pain
    Speaker: Hyeseon Levitsky, Pharm.D. – Larkin University
     Earn 0.25 CME Hour(s)
  • 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM ET
    Oral Abstract Breakout Session I Clinical / Translational
    Moderator: Elnara Fazio-Eynullayeva, MA – Novo Nordisk
  • 2:15 PM - 3:45 PM ET
    Oral Abstract Breakout Session I Health Services
    Moderator: Anjulika Chawla, M.D., FAAP – Genetix Biotherapeutics
  • 2:15 PM - 4:00 PM ET
    Oral Abstract Breakout Session I Basic Science / Translational
    Moderator: Li Yang, Ph.D. – Translational Biobehavioral and Health Promotion Branch, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health
  • 2:15 PM - 4:00 PM ET
    Oral Abstract Breakout Session I Clinical Trials
    Moderator: Sheinei S. Alan, M.D. – UVA School of Medicine, Inova Campus, Fairfax, VA, USA; and Inova Adult Sickle Cell Program, Inova Healath System, Fairfax, VA, USA
  • 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM ET
    Break
  • 4:30 PM - 5:15 PM ET
    Oral Abstract Breakout Session II Clinical / Translational
    Moderator: Stephanie Wildridge, R.N., BSN – NIH Clinical Center, Translational Biobehavioral and Health Promotions,
  • 4:30 PM - 5:45 PM ET
    Oral Abstract Breakout Session II Psychosocial
    Moderator: Ryan N. James, PhD – St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM ET
    Oral Abstract Breakout Session II Health Services/Quality Improvement
    Moderator: Kenneth A. Rivlin, MD, PhD – NYC Health + Hospitals / Jacobi