Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
March 14, 2025
Funding Awards Amplify Myeloma Research
At the UAMS Myeloma Center, Fenghuang (Frank) Zhan, M.D., Ph.D., knows that research plays an immensely important role in the fight against multiple myeloma. Numerous federal grants allow the center’s director of research and his team to continue to advance and improve treatments, benefitting myeloma patients around the world. The latest is a $1.1 million…
Myeloma Center Focuses on Immunotherapy Drugs in Latest Clinical Trials
Multiple myeloma treatment is advancing with the advent of bispecific antibody drugs, which use the patient’s T cells to fight the disease. Myeloma Center physicians and researchers Carolina Schinke, M.D., and Samer Al Hadidi, M.D., M.S., are leading clinical trials exploring combinations of these novel therapies. Schinke’s trial is studying the effects of using teclistamab…
Nurse Inspired to Serve by Memory of Grandparent’s Health Struggles
Christina Ketchum, MSN, clinical services manager for myeloma stem cell transplants at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), cites a childhood memory as her inspiration to become a nurse. “My grandfather was at home on hospice care,” Ketchum said. “I was in fourth or fifth grade at the time and didn’t fully understand…
From The Clinical Director
It is my great pleasure to present the Winter 2024-25 issue of the Myeloma magazine. As we celebrate 35 years of myeloma care at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), we look forward to the future. The increased use of novel immunotherapies, which are highly effective and less toxic, are a significant advancement…
From The Director
Welcome to the latest issue of the Myeloma magazine as we celebrate 35 years of outstanding patient care and leading-edge research. The Myeloma Center is a vital component of the exceptional treatment provided at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Since my arrival in 2019, I…
Childhood Friends Ride to Support One of Their Own
Rob Guba, Burke Moran and Chris Seab grew up together in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. When Seab was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in May 2024, Guba and Moran decided to do something. That something is a project called Wheeling for Healing, a cross-country e-bike ride to raise money not only in support of their friend but…
March 6, 2025
UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Scientist Awarded $1.9 Million to Study Air Pollution, Breast Cancer
A researcher at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a $1.9 million grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) to study the role of environmental exposures in the development of early onset breast cancer in Arkansas women. Ping-Ching Hsu, Ph.D., an…
February 18, 2025
Radiation Oncologist, J. Scott Cordova, M.D., Ph.D., Joins UAMS
Scott Cordova, M.D., Ph.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as an assistant professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology in the UAMS College of Medicine. A board-certified radiation oncologist and Arkansas native, Cordova specializes in the treatment of gynecologic, genitourinary and gastrointestinal cancers, as well as soft tissue sarcomas. Cordova…
February 10, 2025
Breast, Endocrine and Colorectal Cancer Surgeons Join UAMS
Gili G. Halfteck, M.D., Ph.D., and Sandra M. Garcia-Osogobio, M.D., have joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as breast, endocrine and colorectal cancer surgeons. Both also serve as assistant professors in the Division of Surgical Oncology in the UAMS College of Medicine Department of Surgery. Halfteck is a breast and endocrine cancer…
February 3, 2025
UAMS Myeloma Center Social Work’s Harold Dean Named Chair of National Credentialing Board
LITTLE ROCK — Harold Dean, LCSW, OSW-C, the social work program manager for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Myeloma Center, has been named chair of the Board of Oncology Social Work Certification (BOSWC). His one-year term began Jan. 1. The BOSWC administers the Certified Oncology Social Worker program and confers the OSW-C…
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