Westchester Sickle Cell Outreach (WSCO) Presents: The 2025 Sickle Cell Symposium
Maestros Caterers
1703 Bronxdale Avenue
Bronx, NY 10462
Friday, October 3, 2025 at 9:00am ET - 6:00pm ET
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“Keeping the Torch Lit: Empowering the Sickle Cell Community through Outreach, Education, Research and Funding.”
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Westchester Sickle Cell Outreach (WSCO)
Presents: The 2025 Sickle Cell Symposium, “Keeping the Torch Lit: Empowering the Sickle Cell Community through Outreach, Education, Research and Funding.” Hosted by Dr. Casandra Dobson, PhD., RN-BC, Co-Founder, President, WSCO.
Date: Oct.3,2025
Location: Maestros Caterers
1703 Bronxdale Avenue
Bronx, NY 10462
-General Admission: $120.00
-Students and Sickle Cell
Patients: $25.00 (Must show proof of student or patient status!)
Keynote Speaker:
Wally Smith, MD
Director of VCU Adult Sickle Cell
Program in Virginia Common Wealth University School of Medicine
Performance by well renowned singer Joan Meyers.
Speakers
Director of VCU Adult Sickle Cell
Program in Virginia Common Wealth University School of Medicine
Wally R. Smith, MD is the Florence Neal Cooper Smith Professor of Sickle Cell Disease at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). He also serves as the Vice-Chairman for Research of the Division of General Internal Medicine and is the former Scientific Director of the Center on Health Disparities at VCU. Dr. Smith is an experienced implementation scientist and an expert in clinical and health services research in sickle cell disease. He has authored over 100 publications, and served as an investigator on over 50 externally funded grants and contracts. Dr. Smith has been associated with the development of two potential lead compounds for sickle cell disease at VCU.