Session 6: Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
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Plenary Hall
| Saturday, December 19, 2026 |
| 8:35 AM - 9:40 AM |
Speaker
Dr. Jan-Inge Henter
Professor, Senior
Karolinska Institutet
Comprehensive Overview and Recent Advances in HLH
8:35 AM - 8:55 AMBiography
Jan-Inge Henter earned an MD from Uppsala University 1980 and completed a fellowship in Pediatrics in 1987. In 1990, he defended a PhD-thesis with focus on HLH. Since 2004, he is Professor of Pediatrics at the Karolinska Institute. He was Principal Investigator of the HLH-94 and HLH-2004 studies, and he has also studied the underlying biology in HLH. He is also interested in Langerhans cell histiocytosis and End-of-Life Care, and has more than 250 publications. He was President of the Histiocyte Society 2004-2007. During 2012–2017 he was Director of Research and Education of the Karolinska University Hospital. He describes himself as a curious and enthusiastic explorer of the World, and everything in it!
Dr. Mona Al Rasheed
Consultant, Head of clinical hematology unit
Adan Hospital, MOH
Challenging cases
8:55 AM - 9:15 AMBiography
Dr. Mona Al Rasheed is a consultant and head of clinical haematology unit adan hospital MOH kuwait.
She is also the Head of examinations committee for clinical hematology fellowship KIMS , she is a Graduate of faculty of medicine kuwait university , done her Internship in internal medicine university of Toronto and has a Fellowship in clinical hematology McMaster university as well as a Number of publications in itp / ttp/ pnh and other benign hematology.
Session Chair
Asma Sultan Al Olama
President, Emirates Society of Haematology
Consultant Hematologist, Dubai Hospital
Honar Cherif
Senior Consultant Hematologist Chairman of Dept of Hematology & BMT National Center for Cancer Care & Research
Hamad Medical Corporation