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Maija
Itälä-Remes

Professor, Internal Medicine
MD, PhD, Adjunct professor

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Areas of expertise

Haematology
Acute Leukemia
Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

Biography

Academic degrees:

Medical doctor 26.5.1986, University of Turku, Finland
Doctoral thesis (”B-cell Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and Increased Susceptibility to Infections”) and 13.9.1996, University of Turku
Doctorate, PhD 4.12.1997, University of Turku
Adjunct professor Internal Medicine/Clinical Haematology 18.4.2005, University of Turku

Professional appointments:

Resident/specialist in Internal Medicine and in Anaesthesia 1986-1997 Turku University Central Hospital.
Clinical haematologist, Turku University Central Hospital 1997-2007.
Medical Adviser, Janssen-Cilag, Nordic Section 2007-2008.  
Head of Department of Haematology, Tampere University Central Hospital 2008-2010.
Head of Stem Cell Transplant Unit, Turku University Hospital 2010-2017.
Head of Stem Cell Transplant Unit, Helsinki University Hospital 2017-2018.
Head of Division of Clinical Haematology and Stem Cell Transplant Unit, Programme Director of Stem Cell Transplant Unit, Turku University Central Hospital 2018-

Dissertations:

Supervisor 3, Opponent 2, Reviewer 4

Other academic appontments:

Review of the scientific work for docent application

Appointments in Scientific Societies:

Chair of the Finnish Society of Haematology 2012-2014, member 2014-.
Chair of the Finnish Acute Leukemia Working Group 2015-2018, member 2018-
The Nordic-Dutch Working Group for CLL (Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia) Group, member 2000-2014.
The Finnish Haematology Registry and Biobank, member of the Steering group 2012-2014.
The European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation, member 1997-

Duties with National Authorities:

Consultant of the Parliament (Implementation of EU directives into National legislation) 2006-2007
Consultant of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health (STM) 2016
Consultant of the Finnish Medicine Agency (Fimea) 2016-2018
EU consultation Brussels 2017

Activities in Quality Management:

Inspector exam of FACT/JACIE Quality Management System 31.5.2011, Rotterdam.
Establishment of the Quality Management System of the Stem Cell Unit of Turku University Hospital 2006; Moderation of initial JACIE accreditation and two re-accreditations 2006-2017 Turku University Central Hospital, Turku.


Teaching

Lectures at Finnish University Hospitals and Central Hospitals

Public lectures

Lectures at International meetings

Education of residents and junior colleagues (Clinical haematology and Stem Cell Transplantations)

Member of Faculty of the International Congress on Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapies, Berlin 2017

Research

Scientific publications and text book articles in field of stem cell transplantions and haematological malignancies

Principal Investigator and Sub-investigator of International Multicentre Clinical Trials

GCP training, latest update 22.2.2018

Publications

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Allogeneic stem cell transplantation with post-transplantation cyclophosphamide in patients with acute myeloid leukemia achieving first complete remission after one versus two inductions: a study from the ALWP/EBMT (2026)

Bone Marrow Transplantation
Nagler Arnon; Swoboda Ryszard; Ferhat Allain Thibeault; Blaise Didier; Versluis Jurjen; Van Gorkom Gwendolyn; Itala-Remes Maija; Colorado Araujo Mercedes; Labussiere-Wallet Helene; Yakoub-Agha Ibrahim; Peffault de Latour Regis; Gedde-Dahl Tobias; Roeven Mieke W. H.; Forcade Edouard; Carré Martin; Chevallier Patrice; Desmier Deborah; Musso Maurizio; Sanz Jaime; Brissot Eolia; Bazarbachi Ali; Mohty Mohamad; Ciceri Fabio
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )

T-cell replete haploidentical transplantation compared to mismatched unrelated allogeneic transplantation with post-transplantation cyclophosphamide in patients with secondary acute myeloid leukemia in first complete remission: A study from the ALWP/EBMT (2026)

Bone Marrow Transplantation
Kayser, Sarah; Nagler, Arnon; Ferhat, Allain Thibeault; Sanz, Jaime; Devillier, Raynier; Koc, Yener; Raiola, Anna Maria; Busca, Alessandro; Kulagin, Alexander; Vydra, Jan; Itala-Remes, Maija; Bramanti, Stefania; Grillo, Giovanni; Gulbas, Zafer; Pavlu, Jiri; Rovira, Montserrat; Sica, Simona; Rambaldi, Alessandro; Brissot, Eolia; Bazarbachi, Ali; Mohty, Mohamad; Ciceri, Fabio
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )

Peripheral blood stem cells versus bone marrow graft for non-T-depleted haploidentical transplantation with post-transplant cyclophosphamide in patients with secondary acute myeloid leukemia in first complete remission: A study from the ALWP/EBMT (2026)

Bone Marrow Transplantation
Nagler, Arnon; Swoboda, Ryszard; Ferhat, Allain-Thibeault; Blaise, Didier; Koc, Mariya; Raiola, Anna Maria; Busca, Alessandro; Pavlu, Jiri; Bramanti, Stefania; Itälä-Remes, Maija; Colorado, Mercedes; Vydra, Jan; Kulagin, Alexander; Bazarbachi, Ali; Sanz, Jaime; Mohty, Mohamad; Ciceri, Fabio
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )

Mitigating HLA Disparity in AML Transplantation: Comparable Outcomes After Haploidentical and 9/10 Mismatched Unrelated Donor Transplantation With Treosulfan and PTCy (2026)

American Journal of Hematology
Avenoso, Daniele; Farina, Mirko; Malagola, Michele; Chalandon, Yves; Saporiti, Giorgia; Imovilli, Annalisa; Derenzini, Enrico; Remenyi, Peter; Martino, Massimo; Itala-Remes, Maija; Fanin, Renato; Blaise, Didier; Kunadt, Desiree; Rodriguez, Arancha Bermudez; Fagioli, Franca; Schroeder, Thomas; Cavattoni, Irene; Ngoya, Maud; Houhou, Mohamed; Mohty, Mohamad; Brissot, Eolia; Ciceri, Fabio
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )

Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation from haploidentical donors with total body irradiation versus chemo-based regimens for adult AML patients in first complete remission. A study from the Acute Leukemia Working Party of the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT) (2026)

Bone Marrow Transplantation
Maffini, Enrico; Labopin, Myriam; Raiola, Anna Maria; Blaise, Didier; Bramanti, Stefania; Sica, Simona; Koc, Yener; Kwon, Mi; Itäla-Remes, Maija; Martino, Massimo; Corral, Lucía López; Pavlu, Jiri; Bruno, Benedetto; Spyridonidis, Alexandros; Savani, Bipin; Nagler, Arnon; Ciceri, Fabio; Mohty, Mohamad
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )

Decreased Chronic GvHD With Post-Transplant Cyclophosphamide Versus ATG in Patients With Myelofibrosis Allografted With an Unrelated Donor: A Study From the Chronic Malignancies Working Party of the EBMT (2026)

American Journal of Hematology
Chalandon, Yves; Bonneville, Edouard F.; Eikema, Diderik-jan; De Wreede, Liesbeth C.; Koster, Linda; Tuffnell, Joe; Passweg, Jakob; Schetelig, Johannes; Platzbecker, Uwe; Yakoub-Agha, Ibrahim; Salmenniemi, Urpu; Verbeek, Mareike; De Witte, Moniek A.; Mear, Jean-baptiste; Snowden, John A.; Holderried, Tobias A. W.; Van Gorkom, Gwendolyn; Baron, Frederic; Robin, Marie; Poire, Xavier; Roeven, Mieke W. H.; Itala-remes, Maija; Zaucha, Jan; Raj, Kavita; Drozd-sokolowska, Joanna; Battipaglia, Giorgia; Czerw, Tomasz; Hernandez-boluda, Juan Carlos; Polverelli, Nicola; Mclornan, Donal P.
(B1 Vertaisarvioimaton alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä)

Comparison of haploidentical, matched sibling and matched unrelated donor allo-HCT in adult patients with AML in complete remission with measurable residual disease: a study from the Global committee and the ALWP of the EBMT (2026)

Ye, Yishan; Galimard, Jacques-Emmanuel; Labopin, Myriam; Ayuk, Francis; Yakoub-Agha, Ibrahim; Stelljes, Matthias; Salmenniemi, Urpu; Schroeder, Thomas; Bug, Gesine; Gallego-Hernanz, Maria-Pilar; Forcade, Edouard; Passweg, Jakob; Itala-Remes, Maija; Piemontese, Simona; Sanz, Jaime; Bazarbachi, Ali; Nagler, Arnon; Brissot, Eolia; Li, Lin; Luo, Yi; Shi, Jimin; Zhao, Yanmin; Mohty, Mohamad; Huang, He; Ciceri, Fabio; Gorin, Norbert Claude
(B1 Vertaisarvioitu muu artikkeli (esim. pääkirjoitus, letter, comment) tieteellisessä lehdessä)

Donor impact on allogeneic transplant outcomes with PTCy for severe aplastic anemia: a study of the SAAWP EBMT (2025)

Bone Marrow Transplantation
Montoro, Juan; Eikema, Dirk-Jan; Piepenbroek, Brian; Tuffnell Joe; Halahleh, Khalid; Kulagin, Alexander; AlAhmari, Ali; Aksoy, Basak Adakli; Reményi, Péter; Itälä-Remes, Maija; Gulbas, Zafer; McDonald, Andrew; Apte, Shashikant; Kwon, Mi; Rovira, Montserrat; Kharya, Gaurav; Potter, Victoria; Gambella, Massimiliano; Schroeder, Thomas; Giammarco, Sabrina; Bazarbachi, Ali; Aljurf, Mahmoud; Ho, Aloysius; Dalle, Jean-Hugues; Vydra, Jan; Sanz, Jaime; Pérez-Simon, José Antonio; Colita, Anca; Collin, Matthew; Tanase, Alina; Halkes, Constantijn; Kulasekararaj, Austin; Risitano, Antonio; Peffault de Latour, Régis
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )

Impact of Wilms’ tumor 1 gene (WT1) mutation on outcome of allogeneic hematopoietic-cell transplantation for acute myeloid leukemia: a retrospective multicenter cohort study from the ALWP/EBMT registry (2025)

Bone Marrow Transplantation
Nagler, Arnon; Esteve, Jordi; Galimard, Jacques-Emmanuel; Sanz, Jaime; Poire, Xavier; Collin, Matthew; Maertens, Johan; Huang, He; Itäla-Remes, Maija; Halahleh, Khalid; Pascual Cascon, Maria Jesús; Chiusolo, Patrizia; Griskevicius, Laimonas; Kaare, Ain; De Becker, Ann; Jindra, Pavel; Pérez-Simón, Jose Antonio; Bazarbachi, Ali; Brissot, Eolia; Ciceri, Fabio; Mohty, Mohamad
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
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