On this episode of Cheat Codes: A Sickle Cell Podcast, we’re live in the Motor City: Detroit, Michigan. This live event featured Dr. Z and Dr. C interviewing a panel of esteemed guests including Davinna Christian, Dr. Alex Glaros and Clifton Kirkman, II discussing clinical trial awareness. We also hear from Dr. Wanda Whitten-Shurney at the end of the episode. Dr. Shurney was unable to attend the recording but made a special appearance. A must listen!   SHOW DESCRIPTION: Cheat Codes is intended for patients, caregivers, providers, and the greater community of people who are impacted by Sickle Cell Disease.  Each episode, Cheat Codes strives to provide listeners with critical education, the latest scientific updates, and voices from the Sickle Cell community.     TRANSPARENCY STATEMENT  Cheat Codes: A Sickle Cell Podcast is made possible by Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc. Visit Agios.com to learn more. The following Agios-supported programs are intended for informational and educational purposes only and are not intended as medical advice. Please speak with your healthcare professional before making any treatment decisions. Hosts and guests featured in this episode have been compensated for their time.

On this episode of Cheat Codes: A Sickle Cell Podcast, we speak with Ayana Johnson. In addition to being a sickle cell warrior, Ayana is also Miss Teen Virginia ‘22, a teen ambassador of the SCDAA and founder of Ay’s Hope Cells.  SHOW DESCRIPTION Cheat Codes is intended for patients, caregivers, providers, and the greater community of people who are impacted by Sickle Cell Disease.  Each episode, Cheat Codes strives to provide listeners with critical education, the latest scientific updates, and voices from the Sickle Cell community.   TRANSPARENCY STATEMENT  Cheat Codes: A Sickle Cell Podcast is made possible by Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc. Visit Agios.com to learn more. The following Agios-supported programs are intended for informational and educational purposes only and are not intended as medical advice. Please speak with your healthcare professional before making any treatment decisions. Hosts and guest featured in this episode have been compensated for their time.

This episode of Cheat Codes is our first bilingual podcasting experience. In the first half of the episode, Dr. Z and Dr. C speak with Professor Clarisse Lobo and Dr. Kleber Fertrin in English about their experience with sickle cell in Brazil. In the second half, we hear from them in their native Portuguese language.    SHOW DESCRIPTION Cheat Codes is intended for patients, caregivers, providers, and the greater community of people who are impacted by Sickle Cell Disease.  Each episode, Cheat Codes strives to provide listeners with critical education, the latest scientific updates, and voices from the Sickle Cell community.     TRANSPARENCY STATEMENT  Cheat Codes: A Sickle Cell Podcast is made possible by Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc. Visit Agios.com to learn more. The following Agios-supported programs are intended for informational and educational purposes only and are not intended as medical advice. Please speak with your healthcare professional before making any treatment decisions. Hosts and guests featured in this episode have been compensated for their time.

hhttp://On this episode of Cheat Codes: A Sickle Cell Podcast, we speak with Regina Hartfield, CEO of the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, Inc (SCDAA).  SHOW DESCRIPTION Cheat Codes is intended for patients, caregivers, providers, and the greater community of people who are impacted by Sickle Cell Disease.  Each episode, Cheat Codes strives to provide listeners with critical education, the latest scientific updates, and voices from the Sickle Cell community.   TRANSPARENCY STATEMENT  Cheat Codes: A Sickle Cell Podcast is made possible by Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc. Visit Agios.com to learn more. The following Agios-supported programs are intended for informational and educational purposes only and are not intended as medical advice. Please speak with your healthcare professional before making any treatment decisions. Hosts and guest featured in this episode have been compensated for their time.

http://On this episode, Dr. Z and Dr. C talk to a panel of Sickle Cell warriors who were part of the RISE UP campaign. RISE UP is the name of Agios’ phase two and phase three clinical trial for Sickle Cell Disease. The campaign itself was directed by the warriors to help the community know about the trial, to help educate, to help answer any questions they may have or break down any myths that they have, about participating in a clinical trial. On this panel the docs speak with Teonna Woolford, Dominique Friends, Blaze Eppinger, Golie-Lorenzo Green & Tristian Jones.   SHOW DESCRIPTION Cheat Codes is intended for patients, caregivers, providers, and the greater community of people who are impacted by Sickle Cell Disease.  Each episode, Cheat Codes strives to provide listeners with critical education, the latest scientific updates, and voices from the Sickle Cell community.     TRANSPARENCY STATEMENT Cheat Codes is made possible by Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc. Visit Agios.com to learn more. The following Agios-supported programs are intended for informational and educational purposes only and are not intended as medical advice. Please speak with your healthcare professional before making any treatment decisions. Host featured in this episode have been compensated for their time.

On this episode, Dr. Z and Dr. C talk to Dr. Carolyn Rowley and Elle Colle about Cayenne Wellness. Their mission is to increase the quality of life for individuals diagnosed with sickle cell disease in California by ensuring expert, unbiased, and comprehensive care.”    Learn more about Cayenne Wellness at https://cayennewellness.org   SHOW DESCRIPTION Cheat Codes is intended for patients, caregivers, providers, and the greater community of people who are impacted by Sickle Cell Disease.  Each episode, Cheat Codes strives to provide listeners with critical education, the latest scientific updates, and voices from the Sickle Cell community.     TRANSPARENCY STATEMENT  Cheat Codes: A Sickle Cell Podcast is made possible by Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc. Visit Agios.com to learn more. The following Agios-supported programs are intended for informational and educational purposes only and are not intended as medical advice. Please speak with your healthcare professional before making any treatment decisions. Hosts and guests featured in this episode have been compensated for their time.

On this episode, Dr. Z and Dr. C talk to “The Avengers” of Sickle Cell Disease aka Teonna Woolford, Cassandra Trimnell and Rae Blaylark about reproductive health in sickle cell disease. SHOW DESCRIPTION Cheat Codes is intended for patients, caregivers, providers, and the greater community of people who are impacted by Sickle Cell Disease.  Each episode, Cheat Codes strives to provide listeners with critical education, the latest scientific updates, and voices from the Sickle Cell community.   TRANSPARENCY STATEMENT  Cheat Codes: A Sickle Cell Podcast is made possible by Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc. Visit Agios.com to learn more. The following Agios-supported programs are intended for informational and educational purposes only and are not intended as medical advice. Please speak with your healthcare professional before making any treatment decisions. Hosts and guests featured in this episode have been compensated for their time.

This episode of Cheat Codes is our first bilingual podcasting experience. In the first half of the episode, Dr. Z and Dr. C speak with Professor Clarisse Lobo and Dr. Kleber Fertrin in English about their experience with sickle cell in Brazil. In the second half, we hear from them in their native Portuguese language.    SHOW DESCRIPTION Cheat Codes is intended for patients, caregivers, providers, and the greater community of people who are impacted by Sickle Cell Disease.  Each episode, Cheat Codes strives to provide listeners with critical education, the latest scientific updates, and voices from the Sickle Cell community.     TRANSPARENCY STATEMENT  Cheat Codes: A Sickle Cell Podcast is made possible by Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc. Visit Agios.com to learn more. The following Agios-supported programs are intended for informational and educational purposes only and are not intended as medical advice. Please speak with your healthcare professional before making any treatment decisions. Hosts and guests featured in this episode have been compensated for their time.

On this episode, Dr. Z and Dr. C talk shop with a rising star in sickle cell disease. Dr. Oladipo Cole is a fellow at Washington University in St. Louis, MO. He also has sickle cell disease. Here he talks about his journey from child living with sickle cell disease to physician working in the disease state.   SHOW DESCRIPTION Cheat Codes is a podcast for the sickle cell community that brings listeners a series of segments and interviews packed with critical education that patients and families need to know, as well as updates and clarifications from the social media "buzz" around sickle cell. Hosted by Ahmar U. Zaidi, MD (Dr. Z) & Michael U Callaghan, MD (Dr. Mike). Listen to past episodes of Cheat Codes wherever you get your podcasts!   TRANSPARENCY STATEMENT Cheat Codes: A Sickle Cell Podcast is made possible by Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc. Visit Agios.com to learn more. The following Agios-supported programs are intended for informational and educational purposes only and are not intended as medical advice. Please speak with your healthcare professional before making any treatment decisions. Hosts Dr. Ahmar Zaidi, Dr. Mike Callaghanand guest Dr. Obiageli Nnodu have been compensated for their time.

Dr. Z and Dr. C welcome “Sickle Cell Legend” Dr. Obiageli Nnodu to the program. Dr. Nnodu is the Director of Centre For Sickle Cell Disease Research & Training at the (CESRTA) University of Abuja in Nigeria. SHOW DESCRIPTION Cheat Codes is a podcast for the sickle cell community that brings listeners a series of segments and interviews packed with critical education that patients and families need to know, as well as updates and clarifications from the social media "buzz" around sickle cell. Hosted by Ahmar U. Zaidi, MD (Dr. Z) & Michael U Callaghan, MD (Dr. Mike). Listen to past episodes of Cheat Codes wherever you get your podcasts! TRANSPARENCY STATEMENT Cheat Codes: A Sickle Cell Podcast is made possible by Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc. Visit Agios.com to learn more. The following Agios-supported programs are intended for informational and educational purposes only and are not intended as medical advice. Please speak with your healthcare professional before making any treatment decisions. Hosts Dr. Ahmar Zaidi, Dr. Mike Callaghanand guest Dr. Obiageli Nnodu have been compensated for their time.

We're LIVE from New Orleans, Louisiana! Listen to our live podcast panel featuring members of the sickle cell, pyruvate kinase deficiency, and thalassemia communities and leading KOL's in each field. We are proud to introduce the Red Cell Revolution! The Red Cell Revolution is an Agios patient advocacy movement that is driven by a relentless desire to find common ground with these communities and their treaters. SHOW DESCRIPTION Cheat Codes is a podcast for the sickle cell community that brings listeners a series of segments and interviews packed with critical education that patients and families need to know, as well as updates and clarifications from the social media "buzz" around sickle cell. Hosted by Ahmar U. Zaidi, MD (Dr. Z) & Michael U Callaghan, MD (Dr. Mike). Listen to past episodes of Cheat Codes wherever you get your podcasts! TRANSPARENCY STATEMENT Cheat Codes: A Sickle Cell Podcast is made possible by Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc. Visit Agios.com to learn more. The following Agios-supported programs are intended for informational and educational purposes only and are not intended as medical advice. Please speak with your healthcare professional before making any treatment decisions. Ahmar Zaidi, Kevin Kuo, Laurice Levine, Mike Callaghan, Cassandra Trimnell, Teonna Woolford, NinaMaria Badalamenti, Clarisse Lobo, Jill Welle, Tamara Schryver, Rae Blaylark, Ralph Colasanti, Rucha Shah, Alejandra Watson, Biree Andemariam, Charles Jonassaint, Sujit Sheth, Nirmish Shah have been compensated for their time.

On this episode, Dr. Z and Dr. C talk to some very important advocates in the Sickle Cell community: “The Momma Bears”. Yvonne Carroll, Adrienne Shapiro and Pat Corley. Later in the episode we hear from Teonna Woolford, CEO of the Sickle Cell Reproductive Health Organization. Originally aired September 6, 2022.   SHOW DESCRIPTION Cheat Codes is a podcast for the sickle cell community that brings listeners a series of segments and interviews packed with critical education that patients and families need to know, as well as updates and clarifications from the social media "buzz" around sickle cell. Hosted by Ahmar U. Zaidi, MD (Dr. Z) & Michael U Callaghan, MD (Dr. Mike). Listen to past episodes of Cheat Codes wherever you get your podcasts!   TRANSPARENCY STATEMENT Cheat Codes: A Sickle Cell Podcast is made possible by Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc. Visit Agios.com to learn more. The following Agios-supported programs are intended for informational and educational purposes only and are not intended as medical advice. Please speak with your healthcare professional before making any treatment decisions. Host and guests featured in this episode have been compensated for their time.

On this episode, we’re turning our attention to our hosts: Dr. Ahmar Zaidi and Dr. Mike Callaghan. We’ll get to know them a little better and learn about their journey into medicine and sickle cell disease.   SHOW DESCRIPTION Cheat Codes is a podcast for the sickle cell community that brings listeners a series of segments and interviews packed with critical education that patients and families need to know, as well as updates and clarifications from the social media "buzz" around sickle cell. Hosted by Ahmar U. Zaidi, MD (Dr. Z) & Michael U Callaghan, MD (Dr. Mike). Listen to past episodes of Cheat Codes wherever you get your podcasts!   TRANSPARENCY STATEMENT Cheat Codes: A Sickle Cell Podcast is made possible by Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc. Visit Agios.com to learn more. The following Agios-supported programs are intended for informational and educational purposes only and are not intended as medical advice. Please speak with your healthcare professional before making any treatment decisions. Host and guests featured in this episode have been compensated for their time.

Dr. Z and Dr. C are back! On this episode they speak with Biba Tinga, President & Executive Director of the Sickle Cell Disease Association of Canada. They also discuss the care of her son Ismaël who was diagnosed with the rare disease.   SHOW DESCRIPTION Cheat Codes is a podcast for the sickle cell community that brings listeners a series of segments and interviews packed with critical education that patients and families need to know, as well as updates and clarifications from the social media "buzz" around sickle cell. Hosted by Ahmar U. Zaidi, MD (Dr. Z) & Michael U Callaghan, MD (Dr. Mike). Listen to past episodes of Cheat Codes wherever you get your podcasts!   TRANSPARENCY STATEMENT Cheat Codes: A Sickle Cell Podcast is made possible by Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc. Visit Agios.com to learn more. The following Agios-supported programs are intended for informational and educational purposes only and are not intended as medical advice. Please speak with your healthcare professional before making any treatment decisions. Host and guests featured in this episode have been compensated for their time.

Sharonda Sikes of the Sickle Cell Consortium will provide a recap of The Sickle Cell Warriors Convention with guests Dr. Lametra Scott, Dr. Simone Uwan and Francine Baker.   The Sickle Cell Warriors Convention is a national community gathering, created and organized entirely by sickle cell patients and caregivers.  Each year the Convention is hosted by a partnership of sickle cell CBOs, patients, caregivers and advisors, and is unique in that every session, presentation, panel and workgroup was chosen directly by the patient community to educate, empower and encourage ourselves and each other.    SHOW DESCRIPTION Cheat Codes is intended for patients, caregivers, providers, and the greater community of people who are impacted by Sickle Cell Disease.  Each episode, Cheat Codes strives to provide listeners with critical education, the latest scientific updates, and voices from the Sickle Cell community.     TRANSPARENCY STATEMENT Cheat Codes is made possible by Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc. Visit Agios.com to learn more. The following Agios-supported programs are intended for informational and educational purposes only and are not intended as medical advice. Please speak with your healthcare professional before making any treatment decisions.

Sharonda Sikes of the Sickle Cell Consortium will provide a recap of The Sickle Cell Warriors Convention with guests Dr. Tomia Austin and Mia Robinson.   The Sickle Cell Warriors Convention is a national community gathering, created and organized entirely by sickle cell patients and caregivers.  Each year the Convention is hosted by a partnership of sickle cell CBOs, patients, caregivers and advisors, and is unique in that every session, presentation, panel and workgroup was chosen directly by the patient community to educate, empower and encourage ourselves and each other.    SHOW DESCRIPTION Cheat Codes is intended for patients, caregivers, providers, and the greater community of people who are impacted by Sickle Cell Disease.  Each episode, Cheat Codes strives to provide listeners with critical education, the latest scientific updates, and voices from the Sickle Cell community.     TRANSPARENCY STATEMENT Cheat Codes is made possible by Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc. Visit Agios.com to learn more. The following Agios-supported programs are intended for informational and educational purposes only and are not intended as medical advice. Please speak with your healthcare professional before making any treatment decisions.

On this episode, Dr. Z and Dr. C talk to some very important advocates in the Sickle Cell community: “The Momma Bears”. Yvonne Carroll, Adrienne Shapiro and Pat Corley. Later in the episode we hear from Teonna Woolford, CEO of the Sickle Cell Reproductive Health Organization.    SHOW DESCRIPTION Cheat Codes is a podcast for the sickle cell community that brings listeners a series of segments and interviews packed with critical education that patients and families need to know, as well as updates and clarifications from the social media "buzz" around sickle cell. Hosted by Ahmar U. Zaidi, MD (Dr. Z) & Michael U Callaghan, MD (Dr. Mike). Listen to past episodes of Cheat Codes wherever you get your podcasts!   TRANSPARENCY STATEMENT Cheat Codes: A Sickle Cell Podcast is made possible by Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc. Visit Agios.com to learn more. The following Agios-supported programs are intended for informational and educational purposes only and are not intended as medical advice. Please speak with your healthcare professional before making any treatment decisions. Host and guests featured in this episode have been compensated for their time.

On this episode, Dr. Z and Dr. C speak with Cassandra Trimnell of Sickle Cell 101, Dr. Charles Jonassaint & Jude Jonassaint. SHOW DESCRIPTION Cheat Codes is a podcast for the sickle cell community that brings listeners a series of segments and interviews packed with critical education that patients and families need to know, as well as updates and clarifications from the social media "buzz" around sickle cell. Hosted by Ahmar U. Zaidi, MD (Dr. Z) & Michael U Callaghan, MD (Dr. Mike). Listen to past episodes of Cheat Codes wherever you get your podcasts! TRANSPARENCY STATEMENT Cheat Codes: A Sickle Cell Podcast is made possible by Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc. Visit Agios.com to learn more. The following Agios-supported programs are intended for informational and educational purposes only and are not intended as medical advice. Please speak with your healthcare professional before making any treatment decisions. Host and guests featured in this episode have been compensated for their time.

On this episode, Dr. Z and Dr. C talk to Sickle Cell Legend Russell Ware, MD, PhD   SHOW DESCRIPTION Cheat Codes is intended for patients, caregivers, providers, and the greater community of people who are impacted by Sickle Cell Disease.  Each episode, Cheat Codes strives to provide listeners with critical education, the latest scientific updates, and voices from the Sickle Cell community.     TRANSPARENCY STATEMENT  Cheat Codes: A Sickle Cell Podcast is made possible by Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc. Visit Agios.com to learn more. The following Agios-supported programs are intended for informational and educational purposes only and are not intended as medical advice. Please speak with your healthcare professional before making any treatment decisions. Hosts and guests featured in this episode have been compensated for their time.   Show Notes: Dr. Ahmar Zaidi on Twitter Dr. Michael Callaghan on Twitter Subscribe to and rate Cheat Codes BloodStream Media For all inquiries: mailbag@bloodstreammedia.com (subject: Cheat Codes)

On this episode, Dr. Z and Dr. C talk to a panel of Sickle Cell warriors who were part of the RISE UP campaign. RISE UP is the name of Agios’ phase two and phase three clinical trial for Sickle Cell Disease. The campaign itself was directed by the warriors to help the community know about the trial, to help educate, to help answer any questions they may have or break down any myths that they have, about participating in a clinical trial. On this panel the docs speak with Teonna Woolford, Dominique Friend, Blaze Eppinger, Golie Lorenzo Green, DeMitrious Wyant & Tristian Jones.   SHOW DESCRIPTION Cheat Codes is intended for patients, caregivers, providers, and the greater community of people who are impacted by Sickle Cell Disease.  Each episode, Cheat Codes strives to provide listeners with critical education, the latest scientific updates, and voices from the Sickle Cell community.     TRANSPARENCY STATEMENT Cheat Codes is made possible by Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc. Visit Agios.com to learn more. The following Agios-supported programs are intended for informational and educational purposes only and are not intended as medical advice. Please speak with your healthcare professional before making any treatment decisions. Host featured in this episode have been compensated for their time.