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Maija
Itälä-Remes
Professor, Internal Medicine
MD, PhD, Adjunct professor

Areas of expertise

Haematology
Acute Leukemia
Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

Biography

Academic degrees:

Medical doctor 26.5.1986, University of Turku, Finland
Doctoral thesis (”B-cell Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and Increased Susceptibility to Infections”) and 13.9.1996, University of Turku
Doctorate, PhD 4.12.1997, University of Turku
Adjunct professor Internal Medicine/Clinical Haematology 18.4.2005, University of Turku

Professional appointments:

Resident/specialist in Internal Medicine and in Anaesthesia 1986-1997 Turku University Central Hospital.
Clinical haematologist, Turku University Central Hospital 1997-2007.
Medical Adviser, Janssen-Cilag, Nordic Section 2007-2008.  
Head of Department of Haematology, Tampere University Central Hospital 2008-2010.
Head of Stem Cell Transplant Unit, Turku University Hospital 2010-2017.
Head of Stem Cell Transplant Unit, Helsinki University Hospital 2017-2018.
Head of Division of Clinical Haematology and Stem Cell Transplant Unit, Programme Director of Stem Cell Transplant Unit, Turku University Central Hospital 2018-

Dissertations:

Supervisor 3, Opponent 2, Reviewer 4

Other academic appontments:

Review of the scientific work for docent application

Appointments in Scientific Societies:

Chair of the Finnish Society of Haematology 2012-2014, member 2014-.
Chair of the Finnish Acute Leukemia Working Group 2015-2018, member 2018-
The Nordic-Dutch Working Group for CLL (Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia) Group, member 2000-2014.
The Finnish Haematology Registry and Biobank, member of the Steering group 2012-2014.
The European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation, member 1997-

Duties with National Authorities:

Consultant of the Parliament (Implementation of EU directives into National legislation) 2006-2007
Consultant of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health (STM) 2016
Consultant of the Finnish Medicine Agency (Fimea) 2016-2018
EU consultation Brussels 2017

Activities in Quality Management:

Inspector exam of FACT/JACIE Quality Management System 31.5.2011, Rotterdam.
Establishment of the Quality Management System of the Stem Cell Unit of Turku University Hospital 2006; Moderation of initial JACIE accreditation and two re-accreditations 2006-2017 Turku University Central Hospital, Turku.


Teaching

Lectures at Finnish University Hospitals and Central Hospitals

Public lectures

Lectures at International meetings

Education of residents and junior colleagues (Clinical haematology and Stem Cell Transplantations)

Member of Faculty of the International Congress on Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapies, Berlin 2017

Research

Scientific publications and text book articles in field of stem cell transplantions and haematological malignancies

Principal Investigator and Sub-investigator of International Multicentre Clinical Trials

GCP training, latest update 22.2.2018

Publications

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Post-transplant cyclophosphamide for graft-versus-host disease prophylaxis in HLA matched sibling or matched unrelated donor transplant for patients with acute leukemia, on behalf of ALWP-EBMT (2018)

Journal of Hematology and Oncology
Annalisa Ruggeri, Myriam Labopin, Andrea Bacigalupo, Boris Afanasyev, Jan J. Cornelissen, Ahmet Elmaagacli, Maija Itälä-Remes, Didier Blaise, Ellen Meijer, Yener Koc, Noel Milpied, Harry C. Schouten, Nicolaus Kroeger, Mohamad Mohty, Arnon Nagler
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

Outcome of patients with Myelofibrosis relapsing after allogeneic stem cell transplant: a retrospective study by the Chronic Malignancies Working Party of EBMT (2018)

British Journal of Haematology
Donal P. McLornan, Richard Szydlo, Marie Robin, Anja van Biezen, Linda Koster, Henrik J. P. Blok, Maria T. Van Lint, Jürgen Finke, Antonin Vitek, Kristina Carlson, Laimonas Griskevicius, Ernst Holler, Maija Itälä-Remes, Michel Schaap, Gerard Socié, Jacques-Olivier Bay, Yves Beguin, Benedetto Bruno, Jan J. Cornelissen, Tobias Gedde-Dahl, Per Ljungman, Marie T. Rubio, Ibrahim Yakoub-Agha, Evgeny Klyuchnikov, Eduardo Olavarria, Yves Chalandon, Nicolaus Kröger
(Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A2))

Impact of extramedullary disease in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma undergoing autologous stem cell transplantation: a study from the Chronic Malignancies Working Party of the EBMT (2018)

Haematologica
Nico Gagelmann, Diderik-Jan Eikema, Simona Iacobelli, Linda Koster, Hareth Nahi, Anne-Marie Stoppa, Tamás Masszi, Denis Caillot, Stig Lenhoff, Miklos Udvardy, Charles Crawley, William Arcese, Clara Mariette, Ann Hunter, Xavier Leleu, Martin Schipperus, Michel Delforge, Pietro Pioltelli, John A. Snowden, Maija Itälä-Remes, Maurizio Musso, Anja van Biezen, Laurent Garderet, Nicolaus Kröger
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

Post-Transplantation Cyclophosphamide-Based Haploidentical Transplantation as Alternative to Matched Sibling or Unrelated Donor Transplantation for Hodgkin Lymphoma: A Registry Study of the Lymphoma Working Party of the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (2017)

Journal of Clinical Oncology
Martinez C, Gayoso J, Canals C, Finel H, Peggs K, Dominietto A, Castagna L, Afanasyev B, Robinson S, Blaise D, Corradini P, Itala-Remes M, Bermudez A, Forcade E, Russo D, Potter M, McQuaker G, Yakoub-Agha I, Scheid C, Bloor A, Montoto S, Dreger P, Sureda A
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))