From breakthrough treatments to life-saving transfusions, hope is no longer just a dream for people with sickle cell disease. Discover how the University of Maryland Medical System and the American Red Cross are working side-by-side to fight sickle cell disease - with cutting-edge care and compassion in every drop, featuring Dr. Jennie Law from the UM Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center and Sherman Roy from the American Red Cross and a special guest, Dazja Marshall, who is a sickle cell patient and advocate.
Selected Podcast
Hope in Every Drop: Teaming Up to Fight Sickle Cell Disease
Featured Speakers:
Jennie Law, MD | Sherman Roy | Dazja Marshall
Dr. Jennie Law is a hematologist/oncologist at the University of Maryland Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center and is an associate professor of medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. She provides compassionate care, listening actively to patients and their families, showing them empathy, and carefully explaining diagnoses and treatment options.
As a hematologist/oncologist, Dr. Law is specially trained to diagnose and treat blood disorders. Her clinical interests include non-Hodgkin and Hodgkin lymphoma, sickle cell disease, and classical hematology. She focuses on treating not just the disease but the whole patient.
A University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) graduate, Dr. Law was named Faculty Teacher of the Year by UMSOM's Division of Hematology-Oncology in 2016, 2021 and 2023. On multiple occasions, she has been recognized as a "Top Doc" in hematology by Baltimore magazine.
For more information about Dr. Law
For more information about sickle cell care at UM Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center
Sherman Roy is a Division Diversity Program Manager, American Red Cross Blood Services, Central Atlantic Division.