Bloodless Patients:
“Healthy Blood, Healthy Life: The Power of Prevention”
This all new seminar will provide information to those for whom blood is not an option by our seven guest speakers below.
March 29, 2025
6:00PM EST
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All who register will be sent information for watching the seminar via email or text message.
OUR GUEST SPEAKERS FOR THIS PROGRAM
Dr. Minaxi Jhawer
Dr. Minaxi Jhawer is chief of hematology/oncology at Englewood Hospital. She is board certified in internal medicine, medical oncology, and hematology and specializes in cancers of the esophagus, stomach, small bowel, liver and bile ducts (hepatobiliary tract), pancreas, colon, and rectum.
Dr. Jhawer completed postdoctoral fellowship training at Johns Hopkins University. After her residency and fellowship at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, she served on the gastrointestinal medical oncology faculty at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Dr. Jhawer has been a principal investigator on many clinical trials and has presented her work at national conferences and been published in peer-reviewed journals. She is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the American Society of Hematology, and the American Association for Cancer Research.
Dr. Sandarsh Kancherla
Dr. Sandarsh Kancherla is a Board Certified Internist as well as a Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist. He specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of both acute and chronic conditions affecting the digestive system and liver. Dr. Kancherla is a member of the American Gastroenterology Association and the American College of Gastroenterology. He is a published author in the American Journal of Gastroenterology, and the Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology.
Dr. Kancherla earned his Bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He then earned his medical degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. He completed his post-graduate training in Internal Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia and then went on to complete his fellowship training in Gastroenterology and Hepatology at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital and Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City.
Dr. Kancherla is trained and experienced in all endoscopic procedures including endoscopy, colonoscopy, percutaneous gastrostomy tube placement, and biliary endoscopy (ERCP). He is a valuable and skilled physician with The Bloodless Institute at Englewood Health.
Julie Kay - R.D.
Julie Kay is a Registered Dietitian with the Shirvan Family Live Well Center at Englewood Health. In her capacity as a dietitian, Julie develops programs and educates the community on preventing and managing chronic conditions through nutrition and lifestyle changes.
Julie earned her Bachelor’s degree at the University of Maryland and a Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition and Food Science from Montclair State University. She earned her Master’s degree in Nutrition and Dietetics from the University of Rhode Island.
In her previous role at Orange Regional Medical Center, in Middletown, New York, Julie served as a Bariatric Dietitian Educator where she facilitated the development, implementation and management of outpatient nutrition education of bariatric surgery patients.
Afsana Rahman, MD
Dr. Afsana Rahman specializes in advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology. She is Director of Advanced Heart Failure at Englewood Hospital.
Her clinical interests include advanced heart failure, cardiac amyloidosis, cardiac sarcoidosis, cardio-obstetrics, cardio-oncology, CPET, cardiogenic shock, pulmonary hypertension, left ventricular assist device management (LVAD), and heart transplant.
Dr. Rahman received her medical degree from SUNY Downstate College of Medicine, in Brooklyn. She did an internal medicine residency at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, and a cardiovascular disease fellowship at North Shore University Hospital and Long Island Jewish Medical Center at Northwell Health, in Manhasset, New York. Dr. Rahman did an advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology fellowship at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, in Manhattan.
Dr. Rahman is a member of the American College of Cardiology, International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, Heart Failure Society of America, and American Society of Transplantation.
Christine Weiselberg, DNP, FNP-BC
Christine Weiselberg, DNP, FNP-BC is the Administrative Director of The Leslie Simon Breast Care and Cytodiagnosis Center at Englewood Hospital. Dr. Weiselberg received her Doctorate in Nursing Practice from Fairleigh Dickinson University and is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner.
As Administrative Director, Dr. Weiselberg leads a team comprised of medical pathologists, radiologists, mammography technologists, ultrasound technologists, nurse practitioners, physician’s assistants, patient navigation experts and clinical researchers. She lends leadership also to the Hospital’s Cancer Committee.
Dr. Weiselberg is an active member of The National Consortium of Breast Centers, The National Accreditation Program of Breast Centers, The International Honor Society of Nursing, and the National Organization of Women. She has been closely connected with the Bloodless Institute at Englewood Hospital for many years, working with Bloodless patients.