American Society of Hematology

The American Society of Hematology is a medical specialty society that deals with the causes and treatment of blood disorders. Founded in 1958 on the initiative of William Dameshek and James L. Tullis and held its first meeting on 26 and 27 April 1958 in Atlantic City, NJ from. It has over 15,000 members and is the largest professional society haematological world. The headquarters of the Organization is Washington, DC. The American Society of Hematology is headed by an Executive Committee with the President and has 11 permanent and 17 scientific commissions. Current President is Janis L. Abkowitz.

Meetings are held annually in December, more than 20,000 physicians and scientists participated in the 2008. The publications of the company since 1976, the journal Blood, which was founded in 1946 by Henry M. Stratton and William Dameshek.

The organization gives the Dameshek Prize for outstanding contributions in hematology annually. 2011 the award went to Christoph Klein and for the first time at a German. The ASH paid tribute to Klein's work on the discovery of a mutation in HAX 1 in patients with diet - man syndrome and P14/ROBLD3- and G6PC3 deficiency as genetic defects that cause Severe Congenital Neutropenia.