Prof. Dr. Bouquet Herrer Del Castello, recognized as a luminary in pediatric hematology in Italy and Turkey, is coming to Bulgaria in January.
She will dedicate part of her time in Sofia to free consultations for children with hematological diseases. Prof. Dr. Del Castello will be visiting Bulgaria on January 20 and 21 at the invitation of the Health Information Center "Medical Carrage", as part of their initiative to provide Bulgarian patients with access to the most advanced methods in medicine by partnering with some of the best medical institutions and specialists from around the world in each medical field.
Currently, Prof. Dr. Buket Erer Del Castello is the head of the Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Center at Yeditepe University Hospital in Istanbul. He has obtained specialties in Pediatrics and Pediatric Hematology. Between 1982 and 1990, she worked successively in government and university hospitals in Istanbul and Ankara. She subsequently moved to Italy where she continued her career until 2003 at the Bone Marrow Transplant Center in Pesaro. In 2005-2006, she worked at the International Bone Marrow Transplant Center of the Tor Vergata University in Rome.
In 2012, Prof. Dr. Bouquet Herrer Del Castello was awarded the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, for meritorious service in the field of stem cell therapy and socially responsible projects.
In 2010, he became the Scientific Director of the Stem Cell Transplant Center at the Aegean University Children's Hospital in Izmir, and since the beginning of 2015, he has been the Director of the Children's Bone Marrow Transplant Center in Yeditepe.
Bone marrow and stem cell research dates back to the beginning of the last century, and to date, more than 60,000 stem cell transplants are performed annually in more than 600 centres worldwide, notes Prof Dr Del Castello. This multidisciplinary method is applied to diseases that cannot be cured with conventional treatment and to life-threatening diseases.
The success of this type of treatment depends on many factors, but mostly on the patient and the stage of their disease, the degree of compatibility between the patient and the donor, their gender and age, and the type of transplant. The best chances of success are given by an early stage of the disease and a good general condition of the patient, says Prof Dr Del Castello.
Stem cell transplantation is most commonly used in children with acute leukemias, followed by those with congenital structural disorders such as Mediterranean anemia and sickle cell anemia, bone marrow failure, immune system disorders, and other inherited diseases.
Parents of children with thalassemias, leukemias, immunodeficiency diseases, bone marrow failure, immune system disorders, genetic and oncological diseases can benefit from the free consultations in Sofia on January 20 and 21. They must provide on the spot all the medical documents they have to date, as well as make an appointment in advance by calling Medical Carrage on 0895 770 869 or 0879 977 401.
