Dr. Ruben Mesa Appointed Editor of ISH Newsletter

01/01/2009

Dr. Ruben Mesa, the recently appointed representative of ASH and the United States to the Executive Board of ISH, was appointed editor of our newsletter. He is associate professor and section head of the Mayo Clinic’s Hematology Division in Rochester, Minnesota. He did his undergraduate studies at the University of Illinois in Urbana, graduating with two bachelors’ degrees, one in nuclear engineering and another in physiology in 1991.

Graduating from Mayo Medical School, he completed an internal medicine residency there and a Hematology and Medical Oncology Fellowship in 2002. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Hematology and Medical Oncology.

He is a very productive researcher and prolific writer. In 2005 he received the Mentor Award from Mayo and in 2007 the Educator of the Year award of the Internal Medicine Residency Program. He has published 106 scientific papers, and five book chapters mainly on myeloproliferative disorders. He is a reviewer for many journals and last year was named to the Blood editorial board. He is very active in the American Society of Hematology and during the past few years has delivered many presentations at its annual meetings and participated as a board member for the meetings’ newsletters. He is the secretary of the International Working Group on Myelofibrosis.

Norman Maldonado MD, MACP
Secretary General IAD