HIV-associated Hematological Malignancies

Marcus Hentrich is an AssociateProfessor of Medicine at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and head ofthe Department of Medicine III at Redcross Hospital Munich. Dr Hentrich received his medical degree from Technical University of Munich andwas trained in Internal Medicine at Academic Teaching Hospitals in Munich. He isboard certified in Hematology and Medical Oncology. In his current position heis director of the stem cell transplant unit at Redcross Hospital Munich. He’sespecially interested in HIV-related malignancies with a special focus onmalignant lymphoma and testis cancer. In 2013 Dr. Hentrich was awarded theGerman AIDS Prize of the German AIDS Society. He is Deputy Chairman of theleukemia and lymphoma task force of the Munich Tumor Center and of the StemCell Transplantation Working Group Munich. Dr. Hentrich has conducted novelinvestigations on HIV-related lymphoma and infectious complications inhematologic malignancies.

Stefan K. Barta is an Assistant Professorof Medicine at the Fox Chase Cancer Center/Temple University Health System inPhiladelphia, USA.

Dr Barta received his medical degree from the Johann-Wolfgang Goethe Universityin Frankfurt/Main, Germany. After Internal Medicine training in the UnitedKingdom, he underwent specialty training in Hematology and Oncology at theMontefiore Medical Center/Albert-Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, NY.There, he also completed a Master’s degree in Clinical Research Methodology. Hecurrently works at the Fox Chase Cancer Center, where he specializes inlymphoid malignancies. His research interests include HIV-related and othervirally mediated lymphomas. He is an active member of the AIDS MalignancyConsortium Lymphoma Working Group and the ECOG Lymphoma Core Committee. Hisresearch has been recognized with an American Society of Clinical OncologyYoung Investigator Award and an ECOG-ACRIN Young Investigator Symposium Award of DistinctionforClinical Research.