Myeloma Center
September 21, 2021
Be a Part of the Cure Telethon Raises $400,000
![Event Chairs Natalie and Win Rockefeller and Emcee KATV’s Renee Shapiro welcome viewers to the telethon.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/telethon-rockefellers-150x150.png)
The 2nd annual Be a Part of the Cure Telethon to benefit the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute’s research and treatment programs raised nearly $400,000 despite a second year of pandemic challenges. “Cancer has affected us all, and the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute continues to see patients, provide treatment and take care of…
August 24, 2021
UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute ‘Be a Part of the Cure’ Telethon Airs Statewide on ABC Sept. 8
!["Be A Part of The Cure" and text or call in your donation in support of our cancer research efforts.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/cancer-building-logo-150x150.jpeg)
Arkansans are invited to “Be a Part of the Cure” on Sept. 8 when the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) holds its second televised event to raise funds and awareness for its cancer research and treatment programs. The event is set for 11 a.m. – 6:30…
August 10, 2021
Samer Al Hadidi, M.D., Joins the UAMS Myeloma Center
![Samer Al Hadidi, M.D.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Al-Hadidi_Samer-Ahmad-Suleiman_environmental_wide-150x150.jpg)
LITTLE ROCK — Samer Al Hadidi, M.D., has joined the Myeloma Center in the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), where he will treat patients with myeloma and other plasma cell disorders. “I’m very happy to welcome Dr. Al Hadidi to our staff,” said Frits van Rhee,…
August 9, 2021
UAMS Offering Revolutionary CAR T-Cell Therapy for Myeloma Patients
![“This offers an entirely new treatment option for relapsed myeloma patients,” said Myeloma Center clinical director Frits van Rhee, M.D., Ph.D. “It is a whole new class of treatment; it’s like immunotherapy is coming of age.”](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/van_Rhee_Frits-1-scaled-150x150.jpg)
The Myeloma Center at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute is offering a new cutting-edge immunotherapy treatment for myeloma patients. The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is the first and only medical facility in Arkansas approved to provide cellular therapy to myeloma patients.
May 20, 2021
Riney Foundation Gives $1.8 Million to UAMS Myeloma Center in the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
![The Paula and Rodger Riney Foundation's gift will support multiple myeloma research at the UAMS Myeloma Center.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Rineys-150x150.jpeg)
LITTLE ROCK — The Paula and Rodger Riney Foundation announced a gift of $1.8 million to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Myeloma Center in the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute to fund multiple myeloma research. “Paula and I are pleased to invest in the UAMS Myeloma Center, which has made great strides…
April 28, 2021
UAMS Cancer Institute’s Volunteers, Paused by the Pandemic, Ready to Return
![Stuart Cobb, a myeloma survivor who volunteers with the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute and serves on its board of advisors, picks up a sweet thank-you from Julia Hamra of the Cancer Institute's Volunteer Services and Auxiliary department during a recent appreciation drive-thru event for the institute's nearly 70 volunteers.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/WPRCI-vol.-drivethru-7-2021-scaled-150x150.jpg)
(UAMS) The UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute’s nearly 70 volunteers may have been out of sight for more than a year thanks to COVID-19, but they have remained close at heart to the Cancer Institute’s staff. For employees of Cancer Institute’s Volunteer Services and Auxiliary department, time and distance has not diminished their appreciation…
April 23, 2021
Twist of fate Leads to Myeloma Diagnosis for Longtime Survivor
![“I am blessed to live so close to the Myeloma Center,” said Bennie Utley, 79, of Cabot, a myeloma survivor of 16 years. “It really is a state-of the-art facility.”](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Utley-Bennie-04082021sized-for-web-150x150.jpg)
A persistent sore spot on his thigh led Bennie Utley of Cabot to ask his family doctor about it in early 2005. “It was about four inches wide and eight or 10 inches long,” Utley, 79, recalled. “He told me I was wearing my belt too tight.” Utley was not satisfied with the diagnosis and…
March 22, 2021
Friends Travel Miles, Bring Smiles as Myeloma Patient Begins Treatment
![Friends of myeloma patient Christie Mink, 51, of Jonesboro traveled to UAMS in Little Rock to welcome her and her husband Jeffery in an emotional display of support.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Mink-welcome-2-KES-150x150.jpg)
On her first day of treatment at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Myeloma Center, Christie Mink returned from a lunch break with husband Jeffery to find one sweet treat awaiting her just outside the doors of the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute. Eight friends, all wearing black T-shirts emblazoned with “Her fight…
February 8, 2021
Husband and Wife Unite in Battling Myeloma
![“We have been well taken care of at UAMS,” said Jerilee Gott of Sherwood, Arkansas who is a myeloma survivor along with her husband Ken. “The staff has been outstanding, and we feel we are in very good hands. Our future is very encouraging with the treatment options available for those who go into remission.”](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/WEB-Gott-Frank-and-Jerilynreducedfor-web-150x150.jpg)
When Jerilee and Ken Gott moved to Arkansas from New Mexico in late 2017 to be closer to their two daughters and grandchildren, she knew she would need regular checkups at the UAMS Myeloma Center. She was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a cancer of the plasma cells in the blood, in 2009. But Jerilee Gott,…
January 19, 2021
UAMS Myeloma Center Social Work Manager Appointed to National Board
![Harold Dean, LCSW, OCW-C](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Dean_Harold_16-9-150x150.jpg)
LITTLE ROCK — The Board of Oncology Social Work Certification (BOSWC) recently chose Harold Dean, LCSW, OCW-C, clinical social work program manager for the Myeloma Center at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to serve on its board. Dean will serve for three years. The BOSWC, established in 2003, promotes excellence in psychosocial…
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