Maija Itälä-Remes
MD, PhD, Adjunct professor
hematologia; akuutti leukemia; kantasolujensiirto
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.
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
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
- Hematologisen syöpäpotilaan diagnostinen polku (2019)
- Duodecim
(D1 Artikkeli ammattilehdessä) - Increased MHC matching by C4 gene compatibility in URD HSCT (2019)
- Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Raudanpuute ilman anemiaa - miten ferritiiniarvoa tulkitaan? (2019)
- Lääkärilehti
(D1 Artikkeli ammattilehdessä) - Tandem Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation Improves Outcomes in Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma with Extramedullary Disease and High-Risk Cytogenetics: A Study from the Chronic Malignancies Working Party of the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (2019)
- Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - The Role of Anti-Thymocyte Globulin (ATG) in Patients with AML Transplanted in CR1 from Sibling and Unrelated Donors with or without Measurable Residual Disease (MRD) at the Time of Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation:a Study on Behalf of the Acute Leukemia Working Party (ALWP) of the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT) (2019)
- Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Jean-Yves Cahn, Jean Henri Bourhis, Hélène Labussière-Wallet,Sylvain Chantepie, Jordi Esteve, Mohamad Mohty
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Allogeeniset kantasolusiirrot soveltuvat iäkkäillekin (2018)
- Duodecim
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Anti-Thymocyte Globulin Improves Survival Free From Relapse and Graft-Versus-Host Disease After Allogeneic Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation in Patients With Philadelphia-Negative Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: An Analysis by the Acute Leukemia Working Party of the EBMT (2018)
- Cancer
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Early CD8+-recovery independently predicts low probability of disease relapse but also associates with severe GVHD after allogeneic HSCT (2018)
- PLoS ONE
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Hidden genomic MHC disparity between HLA-amtched sibling pairs in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (2018)
- Scientific Reports
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Immunomonitoring of MSC-Treated GvHD Patients Reveals Only Moderate Potential for Response Prediction but Indicates Treatment Safety (2018)
- Molecular therapy. Methods & clinical development
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - 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
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - 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
(A2 Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä) - 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
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Bloodstream infections in acute myeloid leukemia patients treated according to the Finnish Leukemia Group AML-2003 protocol - a prospective nationwide study (2017)
- Infectious Diseases
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Good responses but high TRM in adult patients after MSC therapy for GvHD (2017)
- Bone Marrow Transplantation
(B1 Vertaisarvioimaton kirjoitus tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Immunomonitoring of patients treated with mesenchymal stromal cells for steroid-refractory severe graft-versus-host disease (2017)
- Cytotherapy
(O2 Muu julkaisu ) - 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
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Soluble CD52 is an indicator of disease activity in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (2017)
- Leukemia and Lymphoma
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - The HOVON68 CLL trial revisited: performance status and comorbidity affect survival in elderly patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (2017)
- Leukemia and Lymphoma
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Validation of the revised IPSS at transplant in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome/transformed acute myelogenous leukemia receiving allogeneic stem cell transplantation: a retrospective analysis of the EBMT chronic malignancies working party (2017)
- Bone Marrow Transplantation
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )