The 1st ANA RUKAVINA SYMPOSIUM dedicated to the activities connected to the operations of the Croatian Registry of voluntary bone marrow and stem cell donors and the Ana Rukavina Cord Blood Bank will be held within the framework of the symposium “5th Transfusion Days” which is being organized by the Department of Transfusion Medicine and Stem Cell Therapy at University Hospital Center Zagreb and the Croatian Society for Hematology and Transfusion Medicine of the Croatian Medical Association!
Program of the “Ana Rukavina” symposium
8:30-10:30 – Hematopoietic stem cell transplantations in Croatia
Mirando Mrsić
Croatian Registry of voluntary bone marrow donors
Mirela Bušić
Croatia’s cooperation with European organizations regarding organ, tissue and stem cell transplantations – Regional Center WHO
Branka Golubić-Ćepulić
Cord Blood Bank Ana Rukavina – What we have achieved
Damir Nemet
Autologous stem cell transplantations at University Hospital Center Zagreb
Ranka Serventi Seiwert
Allogeneic stem cell transplantations at University Hospital Center Zagreb
Hrvoje Minigo, Radovan Vrhovac
Stem cell transplantations at Merkur University Hospital
Gordana Jakovljević
Autologous stem cell transplantations at Dubrava University Hospital
Boris Labar
Matched unrelated bone marrow transplantations
Zoran Ivanović
Expansion cord blood cells ex vivo
Primož Rožman
Embryonic stem cells in adults
Dragoslav Domanović
Situation regarding collecting and storing cord blood stem cells in Slovenia
Ines Bojanić
Photopheresis in hematopoietic stem cell transplantations
* The symposium will also include the 170th action to join the Croatian Registry of voluntary bone marrow donors. This will take place in the lobby of the SPA & GOLF RESORT SVETI MARTIN from 8:30 to 1:00 PM.