Myeloma Institute
May 25, 2018
UAMS Clinical Trials Day Punctuated by Success Stories
May 25, 2018 | In May 2006, Harold “Hap” Peterson was advised to get his affairs in order by UAMS cancer specialist Laura Hutchins, M.D. He had late-stage melanoma, a type of skin cancer, with tumors spreading throughout his body. He was shocked to hear he had only three to six months to live. “I…
May 14, 2018
UAMS Invites Public to Clinical Trials Day Celebration May 21
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is inviting the public to attend its celebration of Clinical Trials Day on May 21, 2018. The celebration will be 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the first floor lobby of the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute. Attendees can enjoy snacks and drinks…
December 5, 2016
UAMS Part of International Myeloma Genome Project
Dec. 5, 2016 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is collaborating with Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Celgene Corp. to compile the largest set of high-quality genetic data related to myeloma, a cancer of plasma cells in the blood. Brian Walker, Ph.D., a professor in the UAMS College of Medicine’s Department of Internal…
November 15, 2016
UAMS’ James McDonald, M.D., Named Chair of Department of Radiology
Nov. 15, 2016 | James E. McDonald, M.D., has been named chair of the Department of Radiology in the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). McDonald has served as interim chair of the department since May 2014. He has been a full-time faculty member and director of the department’s Division…
April 6, 2016
Myeloma Awareness Takes Center Stage at Showcase
April 6, 2016 | Local performers volunteered their time to entertain Myeloma Institute patients and staff March 30 during the F7 Myeloma Awareness Showcase. The showcase was planned by F7, UAMS’ inpatient bone marrow transplant unit, as part of Myeloma Awareness Month, said Richard Alcala, the unit’s patient activity and volunteer coordinator. Approximately 50 people…
June 15, 2015
UAMS Welcomes Texas 4000 Bicyclists
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) today welcomed about 30 University of Texas students as they rode through Little Rock on the longest annual charity bicycle ride in the world. The Texas 4000 team visited the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute and UAMS Myeloma Institute as a stop along…
March 2, 2015
Celgene Gives $10 Million to Myeloma Institute
March 2, 2015 | The Myeloma Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a generous gift from Celgene Corporation to benefit patients with multiple myeloma through the creation of The Bart Barlogie Center for Molecular Diagnostics and the establishment of the Celgene Distinguished Endowed Chair in Molecular Therapeutics.
Celgene Gift to UAMS Myeloma Institute for Bart Barlogie Center for Molecular Diagnostics Advances the Course of Human Health for Patients with Multiple Myeloma
LITTLE ROCK –The Myeloma Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a generous gift from Celgene Corporation to benefit patients with multiple myeloma through the creation of The Bart Barlogie Center for Molecular Diagnostics and the establishment of the Celgene Distinguished Endowed Chair in Molecular Therapeutics.
December 10, 2014
UAMS Myeloma Institute’s Barlogie Recognized with Lifetime Achievement Award by Israel Cancer Research Fund
LITTLE ROCK — University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Myeloma Institute’s Bart Barlogie, M.D., Ph.D., recently was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Chicago Chapter of the Israel Cancer Research Fund (ICRF). Barlogie is a UAMS College of Medicine distinguished professor of medicine and pathology and distinguished clinical scholar. He holds the…
November 24, 2014
UAMS Myeloma Institute’s Barlogie Named Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Pathology
LITTLE ROCK — In recognition of his contributions to ground-breaking translational research and his care of thousands of patients with multiple myeloma, Bart Barlogie, M.D., Ph.D., has been named distinguished professor of medicine and pathology in the College of Medicine of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) by resolution of the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees.
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