2024 Sickle Cell-ebration of Hope Event

Thank you to those who attended the 2024 Sickle Cell-ebration of Hope event that took place on September 7, 2024 from 5PM-10PM.

See below for a comprehensive list of contributors including the Pediatric Transplant Team & Support Staff.

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Physicians

Alex Hoover
Meera Srikanathan
Ashish Gupta
Christen Ebens
Troy Lund
Paul Orchard
John Wagner
Margaret MacMillan
Bruce Blazar
Jakub Tolar
Roy Kao
Greg Vercellotti
Jeff Miller

Hospitalists

Christina Spencer
Rachel Alvey
Paul Wratkowski
Katherine Zika
Lauren Mrachek

Associate Practice Providers

Meghan Ladewski
Erica Battista
Jodi Bangert
Melissa Boggio

Social Workers:

Philip Kueth
Vanessa Hausman
Kathryn Elson

Nurse Coordinators

Gretchen Lilja
Mandi Bombard
Nicole Beck
Erica Johnson
Hannah Carlson
Emilia Ede

BMT Pharmacists

Susan Long
Kristina Nelson
Katherine Silicox
Nicole Louden
Alyssa McDonald

Clinical Trials Office

Jen Braun
Merve Tekmen
Caitlyn Thompson
Alli Travis
Lauren Matzke
Anna Nelson
Thomas Hexum
Danielle Jin
Rachael Eye
Amanda Simmons

Thank you flyer highlighting pediatric transplant team and support staff as champions of medicine from the 2024 sickle cell-ebration of hope event
Ashish Gupta, MD with Sickle Cell Foundation of Minnesota Executive Director, Rae Blaylark

Ashish Gupta, MD with Sickle Cell Foundation of Minnesota Executive Director, Rae Blaylark

University of Minnesota physician team at the Sickle Cell-ebration of hope event posing in front of a sunny, green landscape.

University of Minnesota physician team at the Sickle Cell-ebration of hope event. 

University of Minnesota Sickle Cell Team in the audience at the Sickle Cell-ebration of hope event.

University of Minnesota Sickle Cell Team at the Sickle Cell-ebration of hope event