imf webinar - advances in MM research from ash 2024
Date: Wednesday, December 18, 2024, at 3;00PM PST
Speakers: Dr. Joseph Mikhael, IMF Chief Medical Officer
Free Registration: Here
imf webinar - latest myeloma updates from ash 2024
Easy-to-Understand Insights for Patients and Care Partners
Date: Wednesday, January 8, 2025, at 3:00PM PST
Speakers: Multiple presenters including Rob Salmon
Free Registration: Here
MMRF webinar - summarizing key clinical advancements from ash 2024
Date: Thursday, December 12, 2024, at 1:00PM PST
Speakers: Malin Hultcrantz, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering, NY; Shaji Kumar, MD Rochester Minnesota
Free Registration: Here
patient empowerment network webinar - What you should know about advances in CAR T-cell therapy for myeloma
Date: Tuesday, November 19, 2024, at 10:00AM PST
Speakers: Dr. Rahul Banerjee
Free Registration: Here
MMRF webinar - understanding targeted therapies
Date: Tuesday, December 3, 2024, at 3:00PM PST
Speakers: Cesar Rodriguez, MS, Mt. Sinai Hospital, NY; Jing Christine Ye, MD, MD Anderson, TX
Free Registration: Here
IMF webinar - nutrition
Harmonizing nutrition and novel therapies
Date: Thursday, October 17, 2024, at 4:00PM PDT
Speakers: Donna Catamero, Nurse at Mount Sinai; Abbey Reiser, RDN, Mount Sinai
Free Registration: Here
LLS webinar - Strategies for managing side effects
Date: Wednesday, October 30, 2024, at 12:00PM - 1:30PM PDT
Speakers: Noffar Bar, MD, Yale School of Medicine
Free Registration: Here
mmrf - summarizing key myeloma clinical advancements from ims 2024
Two-hour expert session
Date: Wednesday, October 9, 2024, at 7:00AM PDT
Speakers: Nikhil Munshi, MD, Dana Farber Cancer Institute; Keith Stewart, MBC, University of Toronto
Free Registration: Here
imf - 2024 patient and family seminar
Expert myeloma speakers live and in-person.
Date: Saturday, August 16th & 17th, 2024,
Location: Hilton Los Angeles, 555 Universal Hollywood Drive, North Hollywood, CA 91608
Free Registration: Here
save the date - 2024 MMRF San Francisco walk/run
Date: Saturday, August 24th, 2024, 9:30AM PDT
Location: Coming Soon!
Registration: Here
mmrf webinar - Newly diagnosed myeloma: where to begin
Date: Wednesday, September 11, 2024, at 1:30PM PDT
Speakers: Ajay Nooka, MD & Urvi Shah, MD
Free Registration: Here
cure - multiple myeloma summit
Date: Saturday, June 8, 2024, 8:00AM PDT
Speakers: Brandon Blue, MD, Moffitt Cancer Center
Free Registration: Register
IMWG CONFERENCE SERIES - MAKING SENSE OF TREATMENT
Date: Thursday, June 20, 2024, 12:00PM PDT
Speakers: Brian Durie, MD, IMF Chief Scientific Officer; Maria Mateos, MD, PhD, University of Salamanca; Thomas Martin, MD, UCSF
Free Registration: Register
mmrf patient webinar - understanding your lab report
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 2024, 12:30PM PDT
Speakers: Amy Blake, NP-C, Karmanos Cancer Institute; Craig Emmitt Cole, MD, Karmanos Cancer Institute
Free Registration: Register
imf - patient & family seminar
IMF Patient and Family Seminars gather highly esteemed global myeloma researchers and healthcare professionals under one roof to share the latest developments in the field of myeloma and to answer your questions about the disease firsthand.
Date: Friday aft and all day Saturday, April 12-13, 2024
Location: Crown Plaza Foster City, 1221 Chess Drive, Foster City, CA 94404
Free Registration: Register
patient empowerment network - what should you know about bispecific antibody treatment for myeloma?
Date: Tuesday, April 16, 2024, 10AM - 10:30AM PDT
Speakers: Alexandra Distaso, NP, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Free Registration: Register
mmrf patient webinar - autologous stem cell transplantation (asct)
Learn more about autologous stem cell transplant.
Date: Wednesday, April 24, 2024, 10AM - 11AM PDT
Speakers: Sergio Giralt, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY; David Vesole, MD, Georgetown University, Washington DC
Free Registration: Register
lls - highlights in therapy: multiple Myeloma
Date & time: Tuesday, March 26, 11AM to 12:30PM
Speaker: Andrew Cowan, MD, University of Washington
Free Registration: Register
patient empowerment network - evolving Myeloma treatment options
Date & time: Wednesday, March 27, 10AM to 10:30AM
Speaker: Dr. Omar Nadeem
Free Registration: Register
patient empowerment network - Myeloma patient expert Q&A
Date & time: Tuesday, April 2, 10AM to 10:30AM
Speaker: Dr. Ola Landgren
Free Registration: Register
patient empowerment network - what role can you play in your myeloma treatment and care?
Date & time: Tuesday, April 9, 10AM to 10:30AM
Speaker: Dr. Sikander Ailawadhi
Free Registration: Register
healthtree round table - bay area myeloma roundtable
In-person seminar with myeloma experts from USCF. The day includes informative and engaging presentations about the latest in myeloma as well as breakout sessions for both newly diagnosed and relapsed/refractory patients. The event will feature two sessions that include extensive Q&A.
Date & time: Saturday, March 9th, 2024, 8AM to 2:30PM
Location: Sheraton Palo Alto, 625 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, 94301
Presenter: Jennifer Ahlstrom; Speakers: Anupam Kumar, PhD; Ajai Chari, MD; Jeffrey Wolf, MD
Free Registration: Register
MMRF - patient webinar - biomarkers in Myeloma
Date: Monday, February 19, 2024, at 10:00AM
Faculty: Benjamin Diamond, MD, University of Miami; Francesco Maura, MD, University of Miami
Free Registration: Register
The patient story - latest in Myeloma: understanding promising treatment options
Conversation about the latest multiple myeloma treatments.
Date: Wednesday, February 28, 2024, at 3PM
Faculty: Dr. Susan Bal, UAB Medicine; Dr. Rafael Fonseca, Mayo Clinic; Cindy Chmielevski, patient advocate; Jack Aiello, patient advocate
Free Registration: Register
MMRF - patient webinar - Bispecific antibodies in Myeloma
Live Q&A session
Date: Wednesday, February 14, 2024, at 11:00AM
Faculty: Noa Biran, MD, John Theurer Cancer Center, NJ; Gurbakhash Kaur, MD, University of Texas
Free Registration: Register
LLs’s blood cancer conference (IN-person)
Date: Saturday, February 3rd, 2024, 9AM to 2:30PM
Location: Five Embarcadero Center, Hyatt Regency, San Francisco
Myeloma Speaker: Dr. Ajai Chari, MD
Free registration: Here
mmrf - virtual patient summit
Date: Saturday, January 13th, 2024, 9AM to 2:15PM PT
The Summit is FREE and is designed to be informative, engaging, and interactive, with ample opportunities for attendees to ask questions and engage with experts in the field.
Free registration: Here
patient power - ASH Multiple Myeloma Update
Date: Monday, December 11th, 2023, 3PM - 3:45PM
Patient Power host Michele Nadeem-Baker will be joined by Brandon Blue, MD, assistant member, Malignant Hematology Department Moffitt Cancer Center, to discuss the most important innovations for patients with multiple myeloma.
Free registration: Here
imf - IMWG Conference series - Ash update
Date: Thursday, December 14th, 2023, 11AM
Dr. Durie and the panel of Dr. María-Victoria Mateos and Dr. Thomas Martin will focus on many abstracts from the oral presentation sessions from the ASH conference.
Free registration: Here
Patient power - how does myeloma affect other organs?
Date & Time: Thursday, October 26, 2023, 8:00AM
Presenters: Brandon Blue, MD, Moffitt Cancer Center; Cindy Chmielewski, Patient Advocate
Webinar registration: Register
imf - understaNDING the new myeloma landscape
Date & Time: Thursday, November 2, 2023, 2:30PM
Presenters: Brian Durie, MD, IMF Chairman; Mary Steinbach, Huntsman Cancer Institute; Rafat Abonour, MD, UCSF; Ajai Chari, MD, UCSF
Webinar registration: Register
imf - how nutrition can improve outcomes in myeloma
Date & Time: Thursday, October 12, 2023, 4:00PM
Presenters: Urvi A. Shah, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY
Webinar registration: Register
the patient story - the latest in multiple myeloma treatments
Discussion on the latest multiple myeloma treatments.
Date Time: October 4, 2023, 4:00PM
Presenter: Dr. Caitlin Costello, Dr. Carl Ola Landgren, Cindy Chmielewski, Christen Hawthorne
Workshop registration: Register
imf - virtual regional community workshop
An introduction to myeloma, upfront treatments at diagnosis, maintenance therapy, relapse information, and an update on clinical trials.
Date & Time: September 13, 2023, 5:30PM - 8:00PM, PT
Presenters: Kelly Cox, Senior Director, Joseph Mikhael, MD; Al-Ola Abdallah, MD; Rebecca Lu, MS
Workshop registration: Here
imf - patient and family seminar (At present, it’s only scheduled as an in-person)
Learn more about new treatment options in the pipeline and the latest on clinical trials; Can ask world-renowned myeloma experts questions in a face-to-face setting; Share your experiences and gain strength from hearing other people’s stories; Become a part of the IMF family.
Date & Time: August 18 & 19, 2023
Location: Sofitel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills , 8555 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048
Presenter: Dr. Durie, IMF president and multiple myeloma experts
The seminar is FREE, but in-person seating is LIMITED: Register Here
the imwg conference series - making sense of treatMENT
IMF Chairman of the Board & Chief Scientific Officer Dr. Brian G.M. Durie will speak on advances in myeloma research from ASCO and EHA
Date & Time: Thursday, June 15, 2023 @ 9AM - 10AM PDT
Presenter: Dr. Durie with Dr. Maria Mateos, University of Salamanca, Spain and Dr. Thomas Martin, UCSF
Registration: Register
oncology town hall - Primary Investigators Present Key Abstracts in Multiple Myeloma from the Summer Meetings
Date & Time: Monday, June 19, 2023 @ 9:30AM - 10:30AM PDT
Faculty: Irene M. Ghobrial, MD; Lavine Family Chair of Preventative Cancer Therapy, Boston
More information and registration: Register
imf - ASCO and EHA summaries
Top myeloma research presented at ASCO and EHA in 2023
Date & Time: Thursday, June 22, 2023 @ 9AM - 10AM PDT
Presenter: Dr. Durie, IMF president; Jack Aiello, patient advocate & SF support group leader; Mira Armour, patient advocate
Registration: Register
patient empowerment network - myeloma clinical trials
Date & Time: Tuesday, June 27, 2023 @ 10AM - 11AM PDT
Host: Lisa Hatfield
Guests: Jack Aiello, patient advocate & SF support group leader; Thomas Goode, patient advocate; Dr Ghulam Rehman Mohyuddin
Registration: Register Here
Patient empowerment network - car t-cell therapy care partners-what do you need to know about the process?
Date & Time: Wednesday, May 31, 2023 @ 10AM PDT
Speakers: Sarah Meissner, RN
More information and registration: Register
peer view - The New ABCs of Myeloma Care
Enhancing Outcomes With CD38 Antibodies, BCMA Immunotherapy, and Unique Bispecific Platforms
Date & Time: Saturday, June 3, 2023 @ 5PM - 7PM PDT
Presenters: Robert Z. Orlowski, MD, PhD, University of Texas; Noa Biran, MD, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine; Ajay K. Nooka, MD, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta
More information and registration: Register
international myeloma foundation - Understanding the new myeloma landscape
Date & Time: Wednesday, May 17, 2023 @ 4PM PDT
Speakers: Brian G.M. Durie, MD, IMF Chief Scientific Officer and Chairman of the Board; Rafat Abonour, MD, Indiana University School of Medicine; Saad Usmani, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Ann McNeill, RN
More information and registration: Register
patient empowerment network - Accessing personalized myeloma treatment - what patients should know
Date & Time: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 @ 10AM PDT
Speaker: Dr. Francesca Cottini and Dr. Ashley Rosko
More information and registration: Register
patient power - Important Information About Vaccine Breakthrough Infections
Host: Jack Aiello, Patient Advocate, Multiple Myeloma Survivor and Leader of San Francisco Support Group
Guest: Dr Joshua Richter, Mount Sinai, New York City
Replay of Jack’s conversation with Dr. Richter: Conversation
patient power - evolving treATMENT for multiple myeLOMA
Date & Time: Wednesday, May 10, 2023 @ 10AM PDT
Host: Cindy Chmielewski, Patient Advocate/Mentor
Speaker: Dr. Dan Vogl, MD
More information and registration: Register
LLS - CLINICAL TRIALS AND BLOOD CANCERS: SEARCHING FOR CURES
Date & Time: Thursday, March 16, 2023 @ 9AM PST
Speaker: Dr. Matthew Lunning, University of Nebraska Medical Center
More information and registration: Register
LLS - spotlight on multiple myeloma
Date & Time: Tuesday, March 21, 2023 @ 10AM PST
Speaker: Craig Emmitt Cole, MD, Michigan State University
More information and registration: Register Here
mmrf - BCMA-Targeted Bispecific Antibodies in Multiple Myeloma
Date & Time: Tuesday, March 21, 2023 @ 1:00PM PST
Speaker: Jesus Berdeja, MD; Amrita Krishnan, MD
More information and registration: Register Here
patient power - Assessing disease risk in multiple myeloma
Date & Time: Tuesday, March 14, 2023 @ 10AM PST
Host: Cynthia Chmielewski
Speaker: Paul Richardson, MD, Hematologist Blood and Bone Marrow Transplant Expert
More information and registration: Register
patient empowerment network webinar - how can you engage in your myeloma treatment decisions?
Date & Time: Tuesday, February 21, 2023 @ 10AM PST
Speaker: Dr. Benjamin Derman
More information and registration: Here
patient empowerment network webinar - Myeloma Patient Expert Q&A
Date & Time: Tuesday, February 7, 2023 @ 10AM PST
Speaker: Dr. Sikander Ailawadhi
More information and registration: Here
LLS - Car-t cell therapy
Date & Time: Wednesday, February 1, 2023 @ 12PM to 1:30PM, PST
Speaker: Keren Osman, MD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
More information and registration: Here
LLS - In-Person Northern California Blood Cancer Conference 2023
A free in-person educational event for: Patients/Survivors • Caregivers • Healthcare Professionals
Date & Time: Saturday, February 4, 2023 @ 9AM to 2:30PM, PST
Location: Hyatt Regency, 5 Embarcadero Center, San Francisco
Myeloma key speaker: Jeff Wolf, MD, UCSF (11:15AM to 12:15PM)
More information and registration: Here
imf - top myeloma research presented at ash 2022
Date & Time: Tuesday, December 20, 2022 @ 4PM, PST
IMF president Dr. Brian G. M. Durie will host a patient panel discussion highlighting the important takeaways relating to multiple myeloma from the annual American Society of Hematology (ASH) conference
Free registration: Register Here
imf webinar - ways to improve your bone health as a myeloma patient
Speaker: Jens Hillengass, MD, PhD; Beth Faiman, PhD,
Date & Time: Thursday, Novermber 10 @ 4PM PST
Free registration: Register
imf webinar - understanding the new myeloma landscape
Speaker: Brian Durie, MD; Dr. S. Vincent Rajkumar; Beth Faiman, PhD, RN; Dr. Alfred Garfall
Date & Time: Saturday, Novermber 12 @ 10AM PST
Free registration: Register
video journal of hematological oncology - the evolving role of mrd in multiple myeloma
Discover the latest updates in the field of MRD, including MRD assessment techniques, the prognostic value of MRD negativity, and MRD-tailored treatment in multiple myeloma.
Speakers: Bruno Paiva & Ola Landgren
Date & Time: Wednesday, October 20 @ 10AM PDT
Free registration: Here
LLS - understanding my treatment options
New and emerging therapies for myeloma; CAR T-cell therapy; Managing side effects; Communicating effectively with your healthcare team
Speaker: Sagar Lonial, MD, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
Date & Time: Wednesday, October 26 @ 9AM to 10:30AM, PDT
Free registration: Here
LLS - understanding myeloma (In-person)
Symptoms, treatment and the role of clinical trials. Dinner will be provided.
Speaker: Shagun Arora, MD, Hematologist UCSF
Location: Oakland Marriott City Center, 1001 Broadway, Oakland, CA
Date & Time: Thursday, October 27, 5:30PM to 7:30PM, PDT
Free registration: Here
imf - Psychosocial care
Speaker: Elaine Wheat Dawson, City of Hope, CA
Date & Time: Saturday, September 22, 2022 @ 4 PM, PDT
Free pre-registration: Register Here
imf - back to basics; from testing to tailored therapy
Moderator: Dr. Brian G.M. Durie, IMF Chairman
Speakers: Paul Richardson, MD, Dana Farber Cancer Institute; Mary Steinbach, IMF Nurse Leadership Board Member; Saad Usmani, MD Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center—New York
Date & Time: Saturday, August 20, 2022 @ 10AM, PDT (This date is in direct conflict with our group’s monthly meeting. Those who will pre-register will very likely receive recordings of the webinar within a couple of days after the event)
Free pre-registration: Here
patient empowerment network - your path to empowerment: Multiple myeloma treatment
Host: Lisa Hatfield, Multiple Myeloma Lead
Guests: Sheri Baker, multiple myeloma patient advocate; James Bond, multiple myeloma patient advocate and author
Date & Time: Thursday, August 25, 2022 @ 10AM, PDT
Free pre-registration: Here
PATIENT EMPOWERMENT NETWORK - THRIVING WITH MYELOMA: WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT CARE AND TREATMENT
Speaker: Joshua Richter, MD, Mount Sinai
Date & Time: July 12, Tuesday, 10-10:30 AM PDT
Free webinar registration: REGISTER
INTERNATIONAL myeloma foundation - promising future for treating multiple myeloma with bispecific antibodies
Speakers: Tom Martin, MD, UCSF; Dona Catamero, IMF Nurse Leadership Board
Date & Time: June 23, Thursday, 4PM PDT
Free webinar registration: REGISTER
onc-Live / UCSF summit
State of the Science Summit: Advances in Multiple Myeloma and Amyloidosis, IN-PERSON
Program Chair: Thomas Martin, MD, UCSF
Date & Time: June 25, Saturday, 8AM-12:15PM PDT
Location: InterContinental Hotel, 888 Howard Street, San Francisco
Free webinar registration: REGISTER
INTERNATIONAL myeloma foundation - best of 2022 asco & eha
Speakers: Brian Durie, MD, IMF Chairman
Date & Time: July 7, Thursday, 4PM PDT
Free webinar registration: REGISTER
INTERNATIONAL myeloma foundation - IMWG Conference Series - Making Sense of Treatment
Leading myeloma experts will discuss the latest drug therapy news from the June 2022 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Conference, IMF IMWG Summit, and the European Hematology Association (EHA) Annual Conference.
Speakers: Dr. Brian G.M. Curie. Panelists will include Drs. Vincent Rajkumar (Mayo Clinic—Rochester, MN) and María V. Mateos (University of Salamanca—Salamanca, Spain).
Date & Time: June 16, Thursday, 11AM PDT
Free webinar registration: REGISTER
IMF webinar - NEW FRONTIERS IN MYELOMA CARE
Topics: The panel of experts will cover Latest Advances in Immune Therapies, Side Effect Management, Approaches to Relapse.
Speakers: Brian G.M. Durie, MD, IMF; Yi Lin, MD @ Mayo Clinic; Ann McNeill, RN @ John Theurer Cancer Center; Nikhil Munshi, MD @ Dana Faber Cancer Institute.
Date & Time: May 14, Saturday, 10AM PDT
Free webinar registration: Register Here
lls webinar - advances in multiple myeloma
Topics: Current and latest advances in treatment; Determining treatment for your myeloma; Managing side effects; The importance of communicating with your treatment team
Speakers: Rahma Warsame, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Hematology, Mayo Clinic
Date & Time: March 16, Wednesday, 11:00AM to 12:30PM PDT
Free webinar registration: Register
MMRF san francisco 5k walk/run fundraiser
The annual event is back! It will be in-person at Crissy Field/Marina Green. A virtual option is also available.
Date & Time: March 27, Sunday, Registration opens at 8:30AM; Race starts at 10AM; Post Race Program starts at 11:15AM PDT
Race Information and Registration
patient empowerment network - your path to empowerment
A patient-centered webinar and live Q&A session with a myeloma specialist as we discuss the role of testing in your myeloma care, the process of waiting on results, bone marrow biopsy experiences and more.
Speakers: Douglas Sborov MD,
Panelists (members of our support group): Jack Aiello, SF group leader and patient advocate; Paul Gater, SF group member and patient advocate
Date & Time: March 1, Tuesday, 9:30AM - 10:30AM PST
Free webinar registration: Register Now
patient power - car t-cell therapy update
Speakers: Nina Shah MD, UCSF
Date & Time: February 17, Thursday, 10:30AM
Free webinar registration: Register Now
IMF webinar - from best of 2021 ash to 2022 covid-19 guidance
Topics: Myeloma 101 & COVID-19 Guidance; Side Effects & Symptom Management; Evolving Role of Immune Therapies: A Focus on CAR T-cell Therapies; When Myeloma Comes Back: Approaches to Relapse
Speakers: Brian G.M. Durie, MD, IMF; Tom Martin, MD, UCSF; Saad Usmani, MD; Donna Catamero, ANP-BC, OCN, CCRC
Date & Time: February 26, Saturday, 7AM
Free webinar registration: Register Now
LLS - virtual blood cancer conference - northern california 2022
Experts in the areas of blood cancer research, treatment, and survivorship will present information on various topics including treatment options, emerging therapies, management of survivorship issues and LLS resources.
Date & Time: February 5, Saturday, 9:30AM - 1:30PM PST
Free registration: Register Here
onclive - institutional perspectives in cancer/multiple myeloma
Webinar about frontline therapies and early relapse.
Speakers: Cristina Gasparetto, MD, Duke Cancer Institute; Peter Voorhees, MD, Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute; Yubin Kang, MD, Duke Cancer Institute
Date & Time: Tuesday, January 18, 3:30pm to 5pm PST
Free registration: Register Here
IMF - 2021 best of ash webinar
Dr. Brian G.M. Durie discusses important takeaways relating to multiple myeloma from the annual American Society of Hematology (ASH) conference.
Date & Time: December 16, Thursday, 4PM - 5PM PST
Free webinar registration: Register Now
LLS - Blood cancers: managing side effects
Free telephone/web education program.
Speakers: Ellen K. Ritchie, MD & Peter Campbell, PharmD, BCOP
Date & Time: December 17, Friday, 11AM - 12:30PM PST
Free registration: Register Now
mmrf - Multiple Myeloma Highlights From the 2021 ASH Annual Meeting
The summary of the most latest clinical research on multiple myeloma.
Date & Time: December 21, Tuesday, 6PM - 7PM PST
Free webinar registration: Register Now
nccn - know your doctor
Presenters: Natalie S. Callander, MD, University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center; Michelle Lakner, NP, University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center; Jim Omel, MD, Cancer Research Advocate
Date/Time: Monday, Novermber 22, 10:15AM - 11:30AM PST or Monday, December 6, 8:30AM - 9:45AM PST
Webinar Free Pre-Registration: Register
LLS - living with multiple myeloma
Speaker: Noa Biran, MD, Hackensack Meridian Health
Date/Time: Wednesday, October 27, 8:00AM - 9:30AM PST
Webinar Free Pre-Registration: Register
IMF - advances in myeloma treatments
In this webinar, myeloma experts answer questions that help patients where they are at right now, including:
Speakers: Dr. Brian Durie, Adam Cohen, MD, Paul Richardson, MD, Teresa Miceli, RN, Robin Tuohy - IMF Vice President of Support Groups
Date/Time: Wednesday, October 30, 7:00AM PDT
Webinar Free Pre-Registration: Register
PATIENT POWER - GERIATRIC ONCOLOGY AND MULTIPLE MYELOMA
Host: Maddie Hunter, Multiple Myeloma Survivor and Leader of Philadelphia Support Group
Speaker: Shakira J. Grant MBBS, Assistant Professor and Geriatric-Hematologist
Date/Time: Monday, October 18, 1PM - 2PM PST
Webinar Free Pre-Registration: Register
mmrf - Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation
Event Faculty: Dr. Sergio A. Giralt MD, Division of Hematologic Malignancies, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Dr. Amrita Krishnan, MD, FACP, Director, Judy and Bernard Briskin Multiple Myeloma Center Professor, Hematology/Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope Cancer Center
Date & Time: September 22, Wednesday, 11:00AM PDT
Webinar Free Pre-Registration: Register Now
bmtinfonet - CAR T-cell Therapy for Patients with Multiple Myeloma
Speaker: David H. Vesole, MD, PhD, Co-Director of the Myeloma Division and Director of Myeloma Research, Georgetown University
Date & Time: September 22, Wednesday, 4:00PM PDT
Webinar Free Pre-Registration: Register Now
patient power - myeloma connections: Dinner with the docs
Patient Power offers multiple webinar presentations. Schedule and times are listed on the website.
Webinar Free Pre-Registration: Register Now and find Dinner with Docs
These programs can also be viewed live via Facebook without registering.
IMF - best of 2021 asco & eha
What’s new in myeloma research? IMF Chairman Dr. Brian G.M. Durie discusses some important new findings from the 2021 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting that took place virtually from June 4-8 this year, and from the subsequent European Hematology Association’s (EHA) annual meeting..
Speakers: Dr. Brian G.M. Durie, MD, IMF
Date/Time: Thursday, July 29, 4:00PM - 5:00PM PDT
Webinar Free Pre-Registration: Register Now
Clinical care options - Integrating New Therapies Into the Management of R/R Myeloma: Experts Address the Paradox of Choice
Engaging with your healthcare team is essential and may lead to better overall outcomes. In this webinar, Dr. Rafael Fonseca will provide tips for how best to advocate for yourself or a loved one.
Faculty: Paul Richardson, MD, Harvard Medical School; Nina Shah, MD, UCSF; Peter M. Voorhees, MD, Levine Cancer Institute, Charlotte, North Carolina
Date/Time: Saturday, June 26, 10:00AM PDT
Webinar Free Pre-Registration: Register Now
LLS - How to Play an Active Role in Your Myeloma Treatment and Care Decisions
Engaging with your healthcare team is essential and may lead to better overall outcomes. In this webinar, Dr. Rafael Fonseca will provide tips for how best to advocate for yourself or a loved one.
Speaker: Dr. Rafael Fonseca, Interim director of Mayo Clinic Cancer Center
Date/Time: Tuesday, June 29, 10:00AM - 10:30AM PDT
Webinar Free Pre-Registration: Register Now
IMF - patient and family webinar
News about CAR T-cells and other therapies; updates on COVID-19 & variants; for newly diagnosed patients, “Myeloma 101” and panel discussion.
Speakers: Dr. Brian G.M. Durie, MD, IMF; Maddie Hunter, Patient Advocate; Tom Martin, MD, UCSF; Nikhil Munshi, MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Patricia Mangan, RN, University of Pennsylvania
Date/Time: Saturday, May 1, 7:00AM - 9:30AM PDT
Webinar Free Pre-Registration: Register Now
myeloma crowd - three novel myeloma therapies
Two new drug treatments have recently been approved for myeloma by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and one is currently in phase 3 trials for myeloma.
Speakers: Jennifer Ahlstrom, Patient Advocate; Peter Voorhees, MD, Levine Cancer Institute; Jonathan Kaufman MD, Emory University; Greg Brozeit, Program Director an Myeloma Crowd; Micheala Liedtke, MD, Stanford University
Date/Time: Saturday, April 24, 9:00AM - 10:35AM PDT
Webinar Free Pre-Registration: Register Now
Myeloma crowd - BCMA and Other Targets
FREE webinar with myeloma experts discussing the promise of new targeted therapies.
Speakers: Jennifer Ahlstrom; Alexander Leshokin, MD; Krina Patel, MD, MSc
Date/Time: Saturday, April 10, 9:00AM - 10:15AM PST
Webinar Free Pre-Registration: Register Now
mmrf - san francisco virtual 5k walk/run
Team for Cures Fundraising Event will be virtual this year.
Date: Sunday, March 28
Walk/Run Registration: Register Here
To Donate to our Support Group Team: Click DONATE on the team page
imf - from vaccine to variants: the latest covid-19 safety guidance
Speakers: Dr. Brian G.M Durie, IMF Chairman of the Board.
Date/Time: Saturday, March 13, 7:00AM PST
Webinar Free Pre-Registration: Register Now
patient power - myeloma connections: Dinner with the docs
Three evening discussions about everything from the latest treatment options to managing side effects.
Hosts: Jack Aiello, patient advocate & Michele Nadeem-Baker, patient advocate
March 22, Monday, @ 6pm PST, Guests: Dr. Nina Shah, MD, & Dr. Thomas Martin, MD, UCSF
March 24, Wednesday @ 6pm PST, Guests: Dr. Thomas Martin, MD, UCSF & Dr. Shoba Kankipati, MD, Epic Care
March 26, Friday @ 6pm PST, Guests: Dr. Nina Shah, MD, UCSF & Dr. Shoba Kankipati, MD, Epic Care
Webinar Free Pre-Registration: Register Now
lls - myeloma treatment updates
Speaker: Melissa Alsina, MD, Multiple Myeloma BMT-CI Program, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL.
Date/Time: Tuesday, March 2, 10:00AM - 11:30AM PST
Webinar Free Pre-Registration: Register Now
imf - living well with myeloma: resilience
Speakers: Dr. Brian G.M Durie, IMF Chairman of the Board; Dr. Susan Dunnett, Lecturer, University of Edinburgh.
Date/Time: Thursday, February 25, 11:00AM - 12:00PM PST
Webinar Free Pre-Registration: Register Now
patient power - myeloma connection: Dinner with the docs
Discussion about everything from the latest treatment options to managing side effects.
Host: Jack Aiello, patient advocate, will talk to Dr. James Berenson, MD, of Berenson Cancer Center and oncologist and hematologist Dr. Alberto Bessudo, MD.
Date/Time: Wednesday, February 10, 5:00PM - 6:00PM PST
Webinar Free Pre-Registration: Register Now
LLS – VIRTUAL northern california BLOOD CANCER CONFERENCE 2021
Free virtual conference.
Date/Time: Saturday, February 6, 9:30AM - 1:30PM PDT
Keynote Presenter: Julie Larson, 10AM - 11AM
Multiple Myeloma Presenter: David Iberri, MD, Stanford Cancer Institute, 12:30PM - 1:30PM
Webinar Free Pre-Registration: Register Now
Mmrf webinar series - Maintenance Therapy for Myeloma Patients
Currently, Revlimid is the only drug approved as maintenance therapy for myeloma patients following a stem cell transplant. Many other drugs are also being investigated as maintenance therapy, because some patients are unable to tolerate Revlimid for an extended time..
Speakers: Ajai Chari, MD, Tisch Cancer Institute/Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Sagar Lonial, MD, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory School of Medicine
Date/Time: Thursday, January 28, 10:00AM - 11:00AM PST
Webinar Free Pre-Registration: Register Now
mayo clinic - myeloma and you; a day for patients and caregivers
FREE online patient and caregiver symposium with interactive discussions on the current landscape of myeloma, integrated approaches to care, survivorship, and daily life.
Date/Time: Saturday & Sunday, January 9 & 10, 6:45AM - 10:15AM PST;
Webinar Free Pre-Registration: Register Now - Registration ends on January 4, 2021
imf - best of ash 2020
Dr. Brian G.M. Durie discusses key takeaways from the annual conference and explains how this new and important information relates to myeloma patients, caregivers, and other members of the myeloma community.
Speakers: Dr. Brian G.M. Durie, MD, IMF Chairman
Date/Time: Thursday, January 14, 4:00PM - 5:00PM PST
Webinar Free Pre-Registration: Register Now
Myeloma crowd - side effects of myeloma treatment (Round Table Interactive Webcast)
FREE webinar about understanding, managing and minimizing side effects of treatment.
Speakers: Craig Hofmeister, MD, MPH, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA and Suzanne Lentzsch, MD, PhD, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University, New York, NY
Date/Time: Saturday, December 19, 9:00AM - 11:00AM PST (This webcast will coincide with our monthly meeting. If you join our group meeting, you can watch the Myeloma Crowd webcast on their website at a later time. They typically record and post their programs.)
Webinar Free Pre-Registration: Register Now
MMRF - Highlights From the 2020 American Society of Hematology (ASH) Meeting
FREE webinar developed to provide patients with a summary of the most exciting clinical research on multiple myeloma presented at the 62nd Annual Meeting and Exposition of the American Society of Hematology, which takes place on December 5–8, 2020.
Speakers: Saad Z. Usmani, MD, Levine Center Institute, Charlotte, North Caroline & Sandy W. Wong, MD, UCSF, California
Date/Time: Thursday, December 17, 10:00AM - 11:00AM PST
Webinar Free Pre-Registration: Register Now
lls - advances in car-t cell therapy
Free webinar: Why CAR T-cell (chimeric antigen receptor T-cell) therapy shows promise for blood cancers.
Speakers: Iris Isufi, MD, Co-Director, Yale Cancer Center
Date/Time: Tuesday, December 15, 9:00AM - 10:00AM PST
Webinar Free Pre-Registration: Register Now
LLS - INSIGHT INTO CAREGIVINg - TELEPHONE/WEB EDUCATION PROGRAM
Learn more about: Your role as a caregiver; Self-care for caregivers; Long-distance caregiving; Physical, social and emotional challenges for caregivers.
Faculty: Richard Dickens, MS, Director of Client Advocacy, CancerCare, New York, NY
Date/Time: Monday, November 30, 10:00AM - 11:00AM PST
Webinar Free Pre-Registration: Register Now
IMF - how to make the most of your healthcare provider visit
Learn more about: Your role as a caregiver; Self-care for caregivers; Long-distance caregiving; Physical, social and emotional challenges for caregivers.
Faculty: Matt Faiman, MD and Beth Faiman, PhD, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Date/Time: Thursday, November 12, 4:00PM - 5:00PM PST
Webinar Free Pre-Registration: Register Now
MMRF - Updates on New Drug Approvals and the Expanding Therapeutic Landscape in Multiple Myeloma
Learn more about important new drug approvals, new indications, new drug formulations, and practice-changing clinical trials that continue to expand the treatment options and provide new hope for patients with multiple myeloma.
Faculty: Joshua Richter, MD, Tisch Center Institute, New York and Nina Shah, MD, UCSF
Date/Time: Tuesday, November 17, 10:00AM - 11:00AM PST
Webinar Free Pre-Registration: Register Now
virtual MMRF 5K RUN/WALK FUNDRAISER
Date: Sunday, November 1
Registration, Fundraising, Volunteer & additional information is online: Register Now
LLS - IMMUNOTHERAPIES FOR BLOOD CANCERS - VIRTUAL EDUCATION PROGRAM
Learn about the science of immunotherapies designed to treat blood cancers.
Moderator: Jack Aiello, Patient Research Advocate
Speaker: Beverly Mitchell, MD, Professor of Medicine, Stanford Cancer Institute
Date/Time: Wednesday, October 21, 2:00PM - 3:00PM PDT
Webinar Free Pre-Registration: Register Now
PATIENT POWER - WHAT IF I BECOME RESISTANT TO LENALIDOMIDE (REVLIMID)
Host: Cindy Chmielewski, Patient Advocate
Guests: Craig Cole MD, Hematologist, MSU (Michigan State University) Breslin Cancer Center and Rafael Fonseca MD, FACP Site Director, Hematological Malignancies; Mayo Clinic Arizona
Date/Time: Thursday, October 22, 1:30 PM PDT
Webinar Free Pre-Registration: Register Now
mmrf - The Latest Updates on Precision Medicine in Multiple Myeloma
Speakers: Hearn Jay Cho, MD, PhD, Icahn School of Medicine, NY; Samir Parekh, MD, Icahn School of Medicine, NY and Jonathan Keats, PhD, TGen Research Institute, Phoenix, AZ
Date/Time: Wednesday, October 28, 10:00AM - 11:00AM PDT
Webinar Free Pre-Registration: Register Now
patient power - Latest News on CAR T-Cell Therapy for Multiple Myeloma
Watch as host and patient advocate Cindy Chmielewski talks to expert Dr. Sergio Giralt from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Date/Time: Friday, October 16, 1:15 PM PDT
Webinar Free Pre-Registration: Register Now
LLS - UNDERSTANDING MYELOMA - TELEPHONE/WEB EDUCATION PROGRAM
The program will include: Determining treatment for your myeloma; Newer therapies to treat myeloma; Managing side effects; The importance of discussing quality-of-life issues with your treatment team
Faculty: Tomer M. Mark, MD, MSc, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado
Date/Time: Thursday, October 15, 9:00AM - 10:30AM PDT
Webinar Free Pre-Registration: Register Now
IMF – New Treatments, Diversity and Caregiver Support
Join the IMF Patient & Family Webinar. This free two-hour webinar features a panel discussion about the latest treatments, diversity and caregiver support led by IMF Chief Medical Officer Dr. Joseph Mikhael of Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen). IMF President, Founder, and CEO Susie Durie and IMF Vice President of Support Groups Robin Tuohy will lead a special segment dedicated to caregiver support.
Other panelists include Deepu Madduri, MD of Tisch Cancer Institute/Mount Sinai Hospital; Craig Emmitt Cole, MD of Michigan State University; and Beth Faiman PhD, MSN, APRN-BC, AOCN, FAAN of Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute.
Date/Time: Saturday, October 3, 7:00AM - 9:00AM PDT
Webinar Free Pre-Registration: Register Now
MMRF expert session – CoMMpass Study
Led by two myeloma experts, this 2-hour virtual meeting will cover recent findings from the MMRF CoMMpass Study and their impact on patient care, and precision medicine in multiple myeloma. This event will feature a dedicated Q&A session in which participants will be able to submit questions to the expert panel electronically.
Faculty: Jonathan L. Kaufman, MD, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia and Sagar Lonial, MD, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
Date/Time: Saturday, September 26, 7:00AM - 9:00AM PDT
Webinar Free Pre-Registration: Register Now
myeloma crowd – Table Interactive Webcast - MGUS and Smoldering Myeloma: Understanding Risk, Progression, and Possible Treatment
Precursor conditions of myeloma may or may not progress to active myeloma, but they must be monitored regularly to determine if they are progressing.
Faculty: Irene Ghobrial, MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA & Shaji Kumar, MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Date/Time: Saturday, September 26, 9:00AM PDT
Webinar Free Pre-Registration: Register Now
lls – Virtual National Blood Cancer Conference 2020
Key Speaker: John C. Byrd, MD, Ohio State’s Comprehensive Cancer Center
Myeloma Speaker: Robert Orlowski, MD, PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Date/Time: Saturday, September 12, 8:30AM - 11:45AM PDT
Webinar Free Pre-Registration: Register Now
MMRF Patient Webinar Series – Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation for Multiple Myeloma
Speakers: Sergio A. Giralt, MD, and Amrita Y. Krishnan, MD
Date/Time: Wednesday, September 16, 10:00AM - 11:00AM PDT
Webinar Free Pre-Registration: Register Now
patient power – When Is A Stem Cell Transplant Necessary to Treat Myeloma?
Host: Jack Aiello, Patient Advocate living with myeloma since 1995 & Leader of the SF Bay Area myeloma support group
Guest: Amrita Krishnan MD, FACP, Professor of Hematology/Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation; City of Hope
Steve Albano, a member of the SF Bay Area myeloma support group, will be part of this program
Date/Time: Thursday, September 10, 8:30AM PDT
Webinar Free Pre-Registration: Register Now
PeerVIEW cme - The Rise of Novel Antibodies in Multiple Myeloma
Exploring the Present and Future of Antibody-Based Treatment From CD38 to BCMA
Faculty: Sagar Lonial, MD, FACP, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia; and Robert Z. Orlowski, MD, PhD, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Date/Time: Friday, September 11, 3:56PM - 4:56PM PDT
Webinar Free Pre-Registration: Register Now
MMRF Patient Webinar Series – The Latest Updates on Minimal Residual Disease
Speakers: Rafael Fonseca, MD, Mayo Clinic in Arizona & C. Ola Landgren, MD, PhD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York
Date/Time: Wednesday, August 19, 10:00AM - 11:00AM PDT
Webinar Free Pre-Registration: Register Now
IMF – MYELOMA PATIENT SAFETY AND UPDATES, 2020 IMF PATIENT AND FAMILY WEBINAR
Discussion led by Dr. Brian G.M. Durie. IMF Chairman
Panelists: Jack Aiello, patient advocate; Dr. Joseph Mikhael, Translational Genomics Research Institute; Dr. Thomas Martin, UCSF
Date/Time: Saturday, August 15, 1:00PM - 3:00PM PDT
Webinar Free Pre-Registration: Register Now
MMRF Patient Summit – Virtual Web Conference
Program Chair: Andrzej Jakubowiak, MD, PhD, University of Chicago Medical Center
Faculty: Craig C. Hofmeister, MD, MPH, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia and Saad Z. Usmani, MD, Levine Cancer Institute/Atrium Health, Charlotte, North Carolina
Date/Time: Saturday, August 1, 7:00AM - 10:45AM PDT
This is a free virtual conference; registration is required: Register Now
MMRF – Weekly COVID-19 Updates for Patients
Speakers: Hearn Jay Cho, MD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York; Zainab Shahid, MD, Levine Cancer Institute/Atrium Health, Charlotte, NC; Saad Z. Usmani, MD, Levine Cancer Institute/Atrium Health, Charlotte, NC
Date/Time: Every Tuesday from June 2 to July 21 at 3:00PM PDT
Webinar Free Pre-Registration: Register Now
mmrf – A live, virtual event to celebrate the launch of the MMRF CureCloud
Speakers: Rodney Gilmore, Sage Steele, a performance from CeeLo Green.
Date/Time: Tuesday, July 14 at 10:00AM PDT
Webinar Free Pre-Registration: Register Now
imf – Post american society of clinical oncology (ASCO) and european HEMATOLOGY association (EHA) Webinar
Speakers: Dr. Brian G.M. Durie will lead this 60 minute discussion. Webinar features a panel discussion featuring Dr. Joseph Mikhael and Dr. Craig Cole.
Date/Time: Thursday, June 25, 2020, 1:00PM PDT
Webinar Free Pre-Registration: Register Now
patient power Webinar - Do Smoldering Myeloma and MGUS Need Aggressive Treatment?
Host: Andrew Schorr, Patient Power Co-Founder, CLL Patient and Advocate; Guests: Dr. James Berenson, MD, Founder, President and Medical and Scientific Director, Institute for Myeloma and Bone Cancer Research; C. Ola Landgren, MD, PhD, Chief, Myeloma Service
Date/Time: Friday, June 26, 2020, 2:30PM PDT
Webinar Free Pre-Registration: Register Now
PATIENT POWER - Latest Myeloma Treatment News From ASCO
Hosts: Jack Aiello, Patient Advocate & Leader of SF Bay Area Support Group
Guests: Cynthia Chmielewski, Patient Advocate; Maddie Hunter, Leader of Philadelphia Support Group; James Omel MD, Patient Advocate
Date/Time: Friday, June 5, 2020, 1:00PM PDT
Webinar Free Pre-Registration: Register Now
patient power - Making Sense of New Myeloma Treatments During Coronavirus
Hosts: Andrew Schorr, Patient Power Co-Founder
Guests: Jack Aiello, Patient Advocate; Saad Z. Usmani MD, Levine Cancer Institute
Date/Time: Thursday, May 14, 2020, 11:30AM PST
Questions can be sent in advance.
Additional information can be found at: Additional Webinar Information
MMRF Patient Webinar Series – Managing Myeloma During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Speakers: Hearn Jay Cho, MD, PhD, Mount Sinai; Shaji K. Kumar, MD Mayo Clinic; Zainab Shahid, MD, Levine Cancer Institute; Saad Z. Usmani, MD, Levine Cancer Institute
Date/Time: Wednesday, May 20, 2020, 10:30AM - 11:30AM PST
Registration: Click Here To Register
imf: webinar - MM patient safety and the coronavirus
Presenting Faculty: Dr. Brian Durie, MD; Paul Richardson, MD; Beth Faiman, PhD, RN
Date/Time: Thursday, April 16, 2020, 1PM - 2PM PST
Registration: Click Here To Register
mmrf: webinar - smoldering Myeloma
Presenting Faculty: Irene Ghobrial, MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Boston, Massachusetts; Sagar Lonial, MD, Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta, Georgia
Date/Time: Thursday, April 23, 2020, 10AM - 11AM PST
Registration: Click Here To Register
mmrf: webinar - SUPPORTIVE CARE
Presenting Faculty: Amy E. Pierre, RN, MSN, ANP-BC, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Montvale, New Jersey and Angela M. Vickroy, ANP-BC, OCN
Barnes-Jewish Hospital Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
Date/Time: Wednesday, March 4, 2020, 10AM - 11AM PST
Registration: Click Here To Register
lls: webinar - understanding my treatment options
Presenting Faculty: Amrita Y. Krishnan, MD, Professor, Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope Medical Center Duarte, CA
Date/Time: Monday, March 23, 2020, 9:00AM - 10:30AM PST
Registration: Click Here To Register
mmrf: webinar series - learn your labs
Presenting Faculty: Craig Emmitt Cole, MD, Michigan State University Breslin Cancer Center & Joshua R. Richter, MD, Tisch Cancer Institute/Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Date/Time: Tuesday, February 4, 2020, 10AM - 11AM PST
Registration: Click Here To Register
LLS SEMINAR: understaning the emotional effects of cancer
Speaker: Daniel C. McFarland, DO, Medical Oncologist/Psychiatrist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Date/Time: Sat Jan 29, 2020, 9:00am - 10:00am
Registration: Click Here To Register
LLS SEMINAR: BLOOD CANCER CONFERENCE in San Francisco
Date/Time: Sat Jan 25, 2020, 9:30am - 3:45pm
Keynote Speaker: A Funny Thing Happened on My Way to Chemotherapy Dan Shapiro, PhD, Penn State College of Medicine 10:30am-11:30am
Myeloma Breakout Group Session Speaker: Dr. Sandy Wong, MD (UCSF) 11:45am-1:00pm
Location: Hyatt Regency-San Francisco, 5 Embarcadero Center, SF, CA
Registration: Seminar is free but does require pre-registration: Click Here To Register
imf: best of ash 2019 - what patients and caregivers need to know
Presenting Faculty: Brian Durie, MD, Chairman of the Board, IMF
Date/Time: Thursday, January 9, 2019, 4pm - 5pm PST
Registration: Click Here To Register
mmrf: Multiple Myeloma Highlights from the 2019 American Society of Hematology (ASH) Meeting & Exposition
Presenting Faculty: Hearn Jay Cho, MD, PhD, Mount Sinai New York; A. Keith Stewart, MBChB Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona
Date/Time: Wednesday, December 18, 2019, 10am - 11am PST
Registration On-line: Click Here To Register
mmrf: Maintenance Therapy for Multiple Myeloma Patients: Understanding Treatment Options
Presenting Faculty: Sagar Lonial, MD, Emory University, School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA & Joshua R. Richter, MD, School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY
Date/Time: Wednesday, November 20, 2019, 12pm - 1pm PST
Registration On-line: Click Here To Register
alameda holiday kick-off run: 5k, 10K & kids run
A portion of the registration will be donated to the MMRF.
Date/Time: Sunday, November 17, 2019, 5k starts at 8:45am PST
Location: Harbor Bay Ferry Terminal, 215 Adelphian Way, Alameda, CA
Registration On-line: Click Here To Register
WEBINAR - LLS: THE CHANGING LANDSCAPES OF MYELOMA TREATMENT
Speaker: Ajai Chari, MD, Director of Clinical Research, Multiple Myeloma Program Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York
Date/Time: Thursday, November 7, 2019, 9am - 10:30am PST
Registration On-line: Click Here To Register
webinar - imf Living Well Teleconference: Sorting Out the Approach to Relapse
Faculty: Dr. Brian G.M. Durie, IMF Chairman of the Board
Date/Time: Thursday, October 10, 2019, 4pm - 5pm PDT
Registration On-line: Click Here To Register
MMRF patient summit SEMINAR
Faculty: Drs. Jeff Wolf, Tom Martin and Sandy Wong ( all UCSF); Drs. Jonathan Kaufman and Ajay Nooka (both Emory, Atlanta)
Date/Time: Saturday October 5, 2019. Breakfast at 8am; Program begins at 9am - 3pm
Location: InterContinental Hotel, 888 Howard St., San Francisco
Registration On-line: Click Here To Register
MMRF IMW update symposium
Faculty: Drs. Paul Richardson and Irene Ghobrial ( both Dana Farber, Boston); Drs. Maria V Mateos and Jesus San Miguel (both Spain)
Date/Time: Sunday September 15, 2019, 10:00 am - 12:30 pm PST
Location: Boston with a live audience of patients and caregivers but webinar folks can also see slides as well
Registration On-line: Click Here To Register
webinar to learn more about ninlaro
Faculty: Danielle Geiger, Patient Ambassador
Date/Time: Wednesday, September 25, 2019, 11am - 12pm PDT
Registration On-line at www.ninlaroevents.com.
PATIENT POWER MYELOMA TOWN HALL/WEBINAR: UNDERSTANDING MULTIPLE MYELOMA
Faculty: Drs. Sagar Lonial (Emory-Atlanta), Krina Patel and Pei Lin ( both MD Anderson-Houston); Thomas Verm, Social Worker (MD Anderson), and patients, Jack Aiello to host.
Date/Time: Saturday September 7, 2019, 7:30am - 10:30am PST
Location: Houston with a live audience of patients and caregivers but webinar folks can also see slides and ask questions
What’s it all about: See Andrew Schorr, Founder and President of Patient Power discuss the importance of this Town Hall.
Registration On-line: Click Here To Register
MMRF COMPASS Study Updates - Webinar
Clinical myeloma experts will discuss this major research project, in which more than 1,100 patients with newly diagnosed active myeloma are being tracked over a period of eight years. These experts will talk about the important discoveries that have emerged from the CoMMpass Study and what they could mean for myeloma patients.
Presenting Faculty: Faith E. Davies, MBBCh, MD, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY; Jonathan Keats, PhD, Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGEN) / Pheonix, AZ; Sagar Lonial, MD, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Date/Time: Wednesday, August 21, 2019. 10am to 11am PDT
Free Registration On-line: Click Here To Register
IMF PATIENT & FAMILY SEMINAR
Faculty: Drs. Brian Durie (IMF Chairman), Rafat Abonour (U of Indiana), Brian DuChateau (Binding Site), Joseph Mikhael (City of Hope), Robert Vescio (Cedars Sinai); Beth Faiman (RN Cleveland Clinic), Yelak Biru (Patient Advocate), and Susie Durie (President IMF) [Speakers subject to change]
Date/Time: Friday (1-5pm) and Saturday (7am-4pm) August 23-24, 2019
Location: Hilton Los Angeles/Universal City, 555 Universal Hollywood Dr, Los Angeles, CA. 91608 818-506-2500 Note: IMF has a block of rooms at $205+tax (std king) and $235+tax (std double). Call 818.623.1434 (Reservations) or reserve on-line www.losangeleshotel.myeloma.org before July 19, 2019 (room availability allowing) or earlier because there are a limited number of rooms available at this rate and mention “IMF Patient & Family Seminar”.
Registration Cost: Fri (dinner included) & Sat (breakfast & lunch included) - $60 if your register before July 19, $85 after that date; Sat-only - $40.
Register On-line: Click Here To Register or by Telephone: 800.452-CURE (2873)
CAR-T THERAPY: CAN IT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCE FOR SURVIVAL? - WEBINAR
Learn more from Dr. Varela about how CAR-T therapy works and who's likely to benefit at this FREE webinar from BMT InfoNet:Learn more from Dr. Varela about how CAR-T therapy works and who's likely to benefit at this FREE webinar from BMT InfoNet.
Presenting Faculty: Juan Carols Varela MD, a transplant physician and immunology expert at AdventHealth in Orlando.
Date/Time: Thursday, August 15, 2019. 4pm PDT
Free Registration On-line: Click Here To Register
MMRF WEBINAR: Monoclonal Antibodies and Vaccines
Presenting Faculty: David Avigan, MD, Beth Israel (Boston) and Saad Usmani, MD Levine Cancer Center (Charlotte)
Date/Time: Wednesday, July 10, 2019, 10 AM PDT
Registration: The webinar is free but requires registration. Register Now
IMF teleconference series: Post ASCO/EHA/IMWG Teleconference
Presenting Faculty: Dr. Brian Durie, IMF Chairman of the Board
Date/Time: Thursday, June 27, 2019, 4 PM PDT
Registration: The program is free but requires registration. Register Now
LLS telephone web education program: MULTIPLE MYELOMA - know your treatment options
Presenting Faculty: Philip L. McCarthy, MD, Professor of Oncology, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center/SUNY at Buffalo, NY
Date/Time: Wednesday, June 19, 2019, 10AM to 11:30AM PDT
Registration: The program is free but requires registration. Register Now
MMRF WEBINAR: MULTIPLE MYELOMA HIGHLIGHTS FrOM THE 2019 AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY (asco) ANNUAL MEETING
Presenting Faculty: Jesus Berdeja, MD, Sarah Cannon Research Institute (Nashville) and Joshua Richter, MD Mount Sinai (New York)
Date/Time: Tuesday, June 18, 2019, 10 AM PDT
Registration: The webinar is free but requires registration. Register Now
TAKEDA WEBINAR: LEARN ABOUT NINLARO
Presenting Faculty: Michael Schuster, MD, Stony Brook cancer Center and Amy, Patient Ambassador
Date/Time: Thursday, June 6, 2019, 9 AM PDT
Registration: The webinar is free but requires registration. Register Now
MMRF WEBINAR: MINIMUM RESIDUAL DISEASE AND THE PROMISE OF BLOOD BIOPSY IN MYELOMA
Presenting Faculty: TBD
Date/Time: Wednesday, May 15, 2019, 10 AM PDT
Registration: Register Now
LLS SEMINAR: EMERGING TREATMENT AND CELLULAR THERAPIES: bmt & car-t
Presenting Faculty: Lori Muffly, MD, Stanford
Location: Garden Court Hotel, 520 Cowper Street, Palo Alto, CA 94301 (parking available across the street)
Date/Time: Tuesday, May 14, 2019, 6-8:30 PM PDT, Complimentary dinner is provided
Registration: Register Now or Call 415.625.1121 or email Thea.Sigerman@lls.org
IMF TELECONFERENCE SERIES: Living Well with Myeloma - MGUS, Smoldering Myeloma, and Newly Diagnosed
Presenting Faculty: Dr. Brian G.M. Curie, Chairman of the Board, IMF
Date/Time: Thursday, April 25, 2019, 4 PM PDT
Registration: Register Now
LLS: MULTIPLE MYELOMA TREATMENTS AND UPDATES - FREE TELEPHONE SUPPORT PROGRAM
Presenting Faculty: The call will feature Dr. Stephanie Williams, Division Chief, Adult Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Spectrum Health Cancer Center & MM Journey Partner and survivor Barbara Hanson.
Date/Time: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 @ 9AM PDT
Registration: Register Now
MMRF 5K RUN/WALK FUNDRAISER
Date/Time: Sunday, March 31, 2019, On-site Registration Open: 11:30am; Program Begins: 12:30pm; Run/Walk Starts 1:00pm
Location: Marina Green, San Francisco
Registration, Fundraising & Volunteer online Register Now
Or to make a contribution to the MMRF via our support group team, Donate Here
MMRF WEBINAR: EMERGING IMMUNOTHERAPY TREATMENTS IN MYELOMA CAR T-CELL THERAPY AND BITES
Presenting Faculty: Ajai Chari, MD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Edward A. Stadtmauer, MD Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Date/Time: Tuesday, April 2, 2019, 10 AM PDT
Registration: Register Now
MMRF WEBINAR: MULTIPLE MYELOMA PATIENT HIGHLIGHTS: INNOVATIVE CLINICAL TRIALS
Presenters: Shaji Kumar, MD Mayo, Rochester and Faith Davies, MD NYU Langone Health
Date/Time: Wednesday, 10AM-11AM PST, March 6, 2019
Registration: Register Now
MMRF WEBINAR: MULTIPLE MYELOMA PATIENT HIGHLIGHTS: 2018 ASH ANNUAL MEETING
Presenters: Joshua Richter, MD The Tisch Cancer Institute and Nina Shah, MD UCSF Medical Center
Date/Time: Wednesday, 10AM-11AM PST, February 6, 2019
Registration: Register Now
LLS SEMINAR: BLOOD CANCER CONFERENCE
Speakers: Dr. Tom Martin, MD (UCSF) at Myeloma breakout session 10am-11:30;
Lunch, “This is LLS” Lauren Hall (LLS), “Managing Anxiety of Recurrence” Sheila Lahijani, MD (Stanford) 11:40-1
“CAR-T for Heme Malignancies” Richard Klausner, MD Founder/CEO Lyell Immunopharma, Founder/Dir GRAIL 1-2pm
Date/Time: Sat Jan 26, 2019, 9:30am - 2:00pm
Location: Hyatt Regency-San Francisco, 5 Embarcadero Center, SF, CA
Registration: Seminar is free but does require pre-registration Register Now
imf: BEST OF ASH 2018 TELECONFERENCE, WHAT PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS NEED TO KNOW
Presenter: Dr. Brian G.M. Curie, IMF
Date/Time: Thursday, 4PM PDT, January 10, 2019
Registration: Webinar is free but requires pre-registration: Click Here to Register
medicom: comorbid patients with multiple myeloma: considering all the facts in treatment selection
Presenting Faculty: Dr. Sergio Giralt, Weill Cornell Medical College & Beth Faiman, PhD, Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland OH
Date/Time: Three Sessions: Thursday (1PM PDT), November 1, 2018/ Thursday (9PM PST), November 8, 2018/ Wednesday (10AM PST), November 14, 2018
Registration: Webinar is free but requires pre-registration: Click Here to Register
MMRF WeBINAR #3: MULTIPLE MYELOMA IN AFRICAN AMERICAN: STAYING INFORMED ABOUT RISKS AND CARE
Presenting Faculty: Sikander Ailawadhi, MD, Mayo Clinic
Date/Time: Wednesday (10AM PST), November 7, 2018
Registration will open soon
bmt information network: Treatment Options for Multiple Myeloma: What's Possible Now? What's in the Pipeline?
Presenting Faculty: David Vesole, MD, Director of Myeloma Research at the John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center
Date/Time: Tuesday (4PM PDT), October 30, 2018
Registration: Webinar is free but requires pre-registration: Click Here to Register
imf: clinical trials in myeloma
Presenting Faculty: Dr. Joseph Mikhael, Chief Medical Officer, IMF
Date/Time: Thursday (4PM PDT), November 1, 2018
Registration: Webinar is free but requires pre-registration: Click Here to Register
MMRF WeBINAR SERIES #2: CAREGIVERS: AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE MYELOMA CARE TEAM
Presenting Faculty: Kathleen Colson, RN Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Caregiver/Patient Speakers: Deb and Allan Osborne
Date/Time: Wednesday (10AM PDT), October 24, 2018
Registration: Webinar is free but requires pre-registration: Click Here to Register
IMF LIVING WELL WITH MYELOMA SERIES: THE IMPACT OF NUTRITION ON SIDE EFFECT MANAGEMENT
Presenters: Stephanie Boyea, Clinical Dietician & Charise Gleason, Chief Nurse Practitioner
Date/Time: Thursday (4PM PDT), October 4, 2018
Registration: Webinar is free but requires pre-registration: Click Here to Register
THE LEUKEMIA AND LYMPHOMA SOCIETY: Navigating Finances Before, During and After Transplant
Presenter: Monica Fawzy Bryant, Esq., COO, Triage Cancer
Facilitator: Jennifer Gillette, LMSW
Date/Time: Tuesday (9AM PDT), October 9, 2018
Registration: Webinar is free but requires pre-registration: Click Here to Register
SEMINAR - THE PROACTIVE MYELOMA PATIENT: PUTTING KEY MYELOMA RESEARCH AND TREATMENT NEWS INTO PERSPECTIVE
Host: Jack Aiello interviews Drs. Rafael Fonseca (Mayo), Jonathan Kaufman (Emory-Winship), Ajay Nooka (Emory-Winship) and Nurse Practitioner Charise Gleason (Winship)
Date/Time: Sunday (7AM - 9:30AM PDT) September 23, 2018
Location: Hyatt Atlanta Midtown, Atlanta Georgia.
Register On-line: Click Here To Register This seminar can be attended in person or online.
MMRF WEBINAR: Evaluating treatment options for relapsed/refractory myeloma
Speaker: tba
Date/Time: Wednesday September 5, 2018, 10am PST
Register On-line: Click Here To Register
IMF PATIENT & FAMILY SEMINAR
Faculty: Drs. Brian Durie (IMF Chairman), other speakers tba
Date/Time: Friday (1-5pm) and Saturday (7am-4pm) August 24-25, 2018
Location: Hilton Los Angeles/Universal City, 555 Universal Hollywood Dr, Los Angeles, CA. 91608 818-506-2500 Note: IMF has a block of rooms at $199. Call 818.506.2500 (Reservations) before Aug 1, 2018 (room availability allowing) or earlier because there are a limited number of rooms available at this rate and mention “IMF Patient & Family Seminar”.
Registration Cost: Fri (dinner included) & Sat (breakfast & lunch included) - $60 if your register before Aug 1, $85 after that date; Sat-only - $40.
Register On-line: Click Here To Register or by Telephone: 800.452-CURE (2873)
Myeloma Updates 2018: Best of ASCO/EHA/IMWG
Date/Time: Thu August 2, 2018, 4pm-5pm PDT
Dr. Brian G.M. Durie explains the new and exciting current trends in myeloma treatment and research with this update from the three major medical meetings held in June 2018 – the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), the European Hematology Association (EHA), and the International Myeloma Working Group Summit (IMWG).
Registration: Webinar is free but does require pre-registration Register Now
imWG conference SERIES: Stockholm, Sweden: MAKING SENSE OF TREATMENT
Speakers: Dr. Brian G.M. Durie (IMF Chairman) and other speakers
Date/Time: Wed June 13, 2018, starting at 3:00am PDT; also available via archived webcasts
Registration: Webinar and webcasts are free View Here
CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE: IMMUNOTHERAPY PATIENT SUMMIT IN SAN FRANCISCO
This event is not specific to Myeloma but it will cover the latest immunotherapy research and clinical trials
Various speakers
Location: Hilton San Francisco Union Square, 333 O'Farrell Street, San Francisco
Date/Time: Sat June 30, 2018, 9:00-3:30pm PDT
Registration: Webinar is free but does require pre-registration Register Now
MMRF IMMUNOTHERAPY WEBINAR: CAR-T CELL THERAPY FOR MULTIPLE MYELOMA
Date/Time: Wed July 17, 2018, 10:00am PDT
Registration: Webinar is free but does require pre-registration Register Now
LLS WEBINAR: EMERGING THERAPIES FOR MYELOMA
Speaker: Larry Anderson, MD UT Southwestern
Date/Time: Wed June 13, 2018, 8:00-9:30am PDT
Registration: Webinar is free but does require pre-registration Register Now
MMRF IMMUNOTHERAPY WEBINAR: ANTIBODY THERAPY IN MULTIPLE MYELOMA
Date/Time: Wed June 20, 2018, 10:00am PDT
Registration: Webinar is free but does require pre-registration Register Now
imf teleconference: living well with MYELOMA - bone health 2018
Speakers: Noopur S. Raje, MD MA General Hospital Cancer Center and Beth Faiman, PhD Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute
Date/Time: Wed June 20, 2018, 4:00-5:00pm PDT
Registration: Webinar is free but does require pre-registration Register Now
MMRF 5K RUN/WALK FUNDRAISER
Date/Time: Sunday March 25, 2017, On-site Registration Open: 11:30am; Program Begins: 12:30pm; Run/Walk Starts 1:00pm
Location: Marina Green, San Francisco
Registration, Fundraising & Volunteer online Register Now
LLS SEMINAR: BLOOD CANCER CONFERENCE
Speakers: Dr. Kenneth Anderson (Dana Farber)
Date/Time: Sat Jan 27, 2018, 9:00am - 2:30pm
Location: Hyatt Regency-San Francisco, 5 Embarcadero Center, SF, CA
Registration: Seminar is free but does require pre-registration Register Now
LLS WEBINAR: mANAGING YOUR Myeloma
Date/Time: Tuesday January 30, 2018, 8:00-9:30am PST
Speaker: Dr. Craig Cole, University of Michigan
Register by ph (855) 676-7723 or online at Register Now
IMF PATIENT & fAMILY SEMINAR
Faculty: Drs B Durie (Cedars-Sinai), W Bensiger (Swedish Medical), J Kaufman (Emory), M Liedtke Stanford), T Martin (UCSF) and others are scheduled to speak
Date/Time: Friday (1-5pm) and Saturday (7am-4pm) February 9-10, 2018
Location: Pullman (Sofitel) San Francisco Bay, 223 Twin Dolphin Rd, Redwood City, CA. For Special Room Rate $159 + tax (Fri & Sat nights only), call 650.598-9000 before January 12, 2018 or earlier because there are a limited number of rooms available at this rate. You must say you are attending the "IMF Patient & Family Seminar". Parking $12.50.
Registration Cost: Fri (dinner included) & Sat (breakfast & lunch included) - $60 if you register before January 12, 2018; $85 after that date; Sat-only - $40.
Register On-line: Register Now; By phone: 818.487.7455
MMRF WEBINAR: MM Patient highlights: 2017 ASH
Speakers: Dr. Faith Davies (UAMS, Little Rock)
Date/Time: Wed Jan 10, 2018, 10:00-11:00am PST
Registration: Webinar is free but does require pre-registration Register Now
IMF WEBINAR: ASH UPDATE
Speaker: Brian Durie, MD (IMF, Cedar Sinai, Los AngelesDate: Thursday January 15, 2015, 4-5:30 pm PST (including Q&A)
Date/Time: Thu Jan 11, 2018, 4:00-5:00pm PST
Registration (required): Register Now
PATIENT POWER WEBINAR: UNDERSTANDING ADVANCEMENTS IN TREATING MYELOMA
Speaker: Drs Robert Orlowski (MD Anderson) and Noopur Raje (Mass General)
Date/Time: Sunday 10/08/17 8:30-11:15am PST
MMRF WEBINARs: HOT TOPICS IN MULTIPLE MYELOMA TREATMENT
Minimum Residual Disease (MRD)
Ola Landgren, MD and Donna Mastey, RN – MSKCC
Date/Time: Wednesday 09/20/17 10:00 AM PST
Continuous Therapy
Jonathan Kaufman, MD and Charise Gleason, MSN – Emory
Date/Time: Wednesday 10/4/17 10:00 AM PST
Precision Medicine
Jeff Wolf, MD and Amy Marsala, NP – UCSF
Date/Time: Wednesday 11/1/17 10:00 AM PST
MMRF WEBINARs: myeloma Immunotherapy
Engineered Immune Cells
Ivan Borrello, MD – Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center
Edward Stadtmauer, MD – University of Penn Medicine
Date/Time: Wednesday 08/9/17 10:00 AM PST
IMF PATIENT & fAMILY SEMINAR
Faculty: Drs. Brian Durie (IMF Chairman), Jonathan Kaufman (Emory, GA), Joseph Mikhael (Mayo, Scottsdale), Rafat Abanour (U of Indiana), and Craig Cole (U of Michigan)
Date/Time: Friday (1-5pm) and Saturday (8am-5pm) August 18-19, 2017
Location: Sheraton Universal Hotel, 333 Universal Hollywood Dr, Universal City, CA. Note: IMF has a block of rooms at $199. Call 800.325.3535 (Reservations) before July 17, 2017 or earlier because there are a limited number of rooms available at this rate and mention “IMF Patient & Family Seminar”.
Registration Cost: Fri (dinner included) & Sat (breakfast & lunch included) - $60 if your register before July 17, $85 after that date; Sat-only - $40.
Register On-line: Click Here To Register or by Telephone: 800.452-CURE (2873)
IMF WEBINAR: BEST OF ASCO/EHA/IMWG
Speaker: Brian Durie, MD (IMF Chairman)
Date/Time: Thursday July 13, 2017 4:00-5:15 PM PST
MMRF WEBINARs: myeloma Immunotherapy
Vaccines for Myeloma (and Other Advances in Immunotherapy)
Kenneth C. Anderson, MD – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
David Avigan, MD – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Date/Time: Wednesday 07/26/17 10:00 AM PST
MMRF 2-PART WEBINAR: CAREGIVER'S GUIDE TO HELPING MYELOMA PATIENTS
Part 1: The New Normal for Caregivers of Patients with Myeloma
Speaker: Angela Mayo, MS, PA-C (Mayo Clinic)
Date/Time: Thu Feb 23, 2017, 10:00am - 11:00am PST
Part 2: Managing the Ups and Downs of Caring for Multiple Myeloma Patients: Including Stem Cell Transplant and Other Facets of the Treatment Journey
Speaker: Amy Pierre, RN, MSN (Hackensack University Medical Center)
Date/Time: Thu March 16, 2017, 10:00am - 11:00am PST
Registration online Register Now
IMF WEBINAR: NOVEL THERAPIES AND CLINICAL TRIALS
Speaker: Dr. Craig Cole, MD (University of Michigan)
Date/Time: Thu Mar 23, 2017, 4:00-5:00pm PST
Registration online Register Now
TAKEDA SEMINAR: NINLARO FOR MYELOMA
Speakers: Rishi Sawhnet, MD (Valley Medical) and Ninlaro Patient Ambassador
Date/Time: Sat March 25, 2017, 10:30am Registration; 11:00 Program Start. Includes complimentary refreshments.
Location: Double Tree by Hilton, 1995 S. Bascom Ave, Campbell 95008
Registration online Register Now or call 1.844.247.1641
MMRF 5K RUN/WALK FUNDRAISER
Date/Time: Sunday April 2, 2017, On-site Registration Open: 11:30am; Program Begins: 12:30pm; Run/Walk Starts 1:00pm
Location: Marina Green, San Francisco
Register online Register Now
LLS SEMINAR: MOVING FORWARD WITH CLINICAL TRIALS: BLOOD CANCERS
Speakers: Ami Okada, PhD and Asma Khan (Stanford)
Date/Time: Tue April 25, 2017, 6:00-7:30pm PST. Includes complimentary dinner.
Location: Stanford Cancer Center South Bay, 2589 Samaritan Dr, San Jose, CA Room 3300AB, 3rd Floor
Registration online Register Now or contact Lauren.Hall@lls.org or 866.450.0069
LLS SEMINAR: BLOOD CANCER CONFERENCE
Speakers: Includes Multiple Myeloma Update by Dr. Jeff Wolf, UCSF
Date/Time: Sat Feb 4, 2014, 8:00am - 12:30pm
Location: Hyatt Regency-San Francisco, 5 Embarcadero Center, SF, CA
Registration: Seminar is free but does require pre-registration at Register Now
PATIENT POWER WEBINAR: LIVING WELL WITH MYELOMA
Speakers: Drs Gareth Morgan, Faith Davies, and Frits van Rhee (UAMS Myeloma Institute, Arkansas)
Date/Time: Saturday July 23, 2016, 8:00am - 12:00 noon PST
RSVP required: REGISTER HERE
MMRF SUMMIT: 2016 ASCO & EHA MULTIPLE MYELOMA HIGHLIGHTS
Speakers: Drs Jeff Wolf (UCSF) and Tom Martin (UCSF)
Date/Time: Saturday August 6, 2016, 8:30am - 2:30pm PST (breakfast & lunch included)
Where: Mission Bay Conference Center, 1675 Owens Street, Suite 251, San Francisco, CA 94143
RSVP required: REGISTER HERE
IMF PATIENT/FAMILY SEMINAR
Speakers: Drs. Brian Durie (Cedars-Sinai), Robert Kyle (Mayo-Rochester), Ola Landgren (NCI), Tom Martin (UCSF), Joseph Mikhael (Mayo-Scottsdale), & Robert Vescio (Cedars-Sinai)
Date/Time: Friday (1-5pm) and Saturday (8am-5pm) August 19-20, 2016
Location: Sheraton Universal Hotel, 333 Universal Hollywood Dr, Universal City, CA. Note: You'll be quoted a room rate of $225 + tax (Fri & Sat nights only) but upon check-out, the IMF discounted room rate of $200 will apply. Call 800.325.3535 (Reservations) before July 20, 2016 or earlier because there are a limited number of rooms available at this rate and mention “IMF Patient & Family Seminar”.
Registration Cost: Fri (dinner included) & Sat (breakfast & lunch included) - $60 if your register before July 20, $85 after that date; Sat-only - $40.
Register On-line: Click Here To Register or by Telephone: 800.452-CURE (2873)
LLS TELECONFERENCE
Myeloma and the Immune System
Date/Time: Thursday November 12, 2015, 10:00-11:00am PST
Speaker: Dr. Raphael Fonseca, Mayo Clinic, Scotsdale, AZ
Register by ph (866) 992-9950 or online at Register Now
IMF TELECONFERENCE
Living Well with Myeloma: Myeloma 101 - Updates on Treatment & Pain Management
Date/Time: Thursday November 19, 2015, 4:00 - 5:00 PST
Note: Patients will call in on their phones and use their computer to access slides from the IMF website www.myeloma.org
Speaker: Dr. Brian Durie, Chairman of the Board, IMF
Register by online at Register Now
TELECONFERENCE: UNDERSTANDING THE IMMUNE SYSTEM IN MYELOMA
Date/Time: Thursday Mar 19, 2015, 4-5pm PST
Presenters: Dr. Brian Durie, MD (IMF Chairman of the Board)
To RSVP: immunesystem.myeloma.org
MMRF 5K RUN/WALK FUNDRAISER
Date/Time: Sunday March 22, 2015, On-site Registration Open: 11:30am; Program Begins: 12:30pm; Run/Walk Starts 1:00pm
Location: Marina Green, San Francisco
Register online at http://bit.ly/1E14zg6, select Team For Cures and Register for the SF event.
IMF PATIENT/FAMILY SEMINAR
Speakers: Drs. Brian Durie (Cedars-Sinai), others tbd
Date/Time: Friday (1-5pm) and Saturday (8am-5pm) March 27-28, 2015
Location: Sofitel San Francisco Bay, 223 Twin Dolphin Rd, Redwood City, CA. For Special Room Rate $109 + tax (Fri & Sat nights only), call 650.998-9000 before March 3, 2015 or earlier because there are a limited number of rooms available at this rate. You must say you are attending the "IMF Patient & Family Seminar".
Registration Cost: Fri (dinner included) & Sat (breakfast & lunch included) - $60 if your register before March 3, $85 after that date; Sat-only - $30 before March 3, $50 afterwards.
Register On-line: Click Here To Register or by Telephone: 800.452-CURE (2873)
MMRF TELECONFERENCE/WEBCAST: "MYELOMA UPDATES FROM ASH2014"
Speakers: Drs. Robert Orlowski (MD Anderson) and Sundar Jagannath (Mount Sinai)
Date: Thursday January 8, 2015, 10-11 am PST
IMF WEBINAR: ASH UPDATE
Speaker: Brian Durie, MD (IMF, Cedar Sinai, Los AngelesDate: Thursday January 15, 2015, 4-5:30 pm PST (including Q&A)
Registration (required):
IMF Webinar: ASH Update
Speaker: Brian Durie, MD (IMF, Cedar Sinai, Los Angeles)
Date: Thursday January 16, 2014, 4-5:30 pm PST (including Q&A)
Registration (required):
LLS Webinar: ASH Update
Speaker: Robert Orlowski, MD (MD Anderson)
Date: Tuesday January 21, 2014, 10-11:30 pm PST (including Q&A)
Registration options:
Web: http://www.lls.org/programs
Phone: 866.992.9950 ext. 304
LLS Seminar: Emerging Therapies & Survivorship Conference
Speakers: Dan Shapiro, PhD. "A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to Chemotherapy; Jeff Wolf, MD, UCSF: Multiple Myeloma Update
Date/Time: Sat Jan 25, 2014, 8:30am - 12:30pm
Location: Hyatt Regency-San Francisco, 5 Embarcadero Center, SF, CA
Admission Free but Registration Required (includes breakfast):
On-line: http://bit.ly/emergingtherapies
Call: 866.450.0669
MMRF Seminar: Clinical Insights in Multiple Myeloma
Speakers: Drs. Jeff Wolf & Tom Martin, UCSF
Date/Time: Sat April 5, 2014, Registration & Breakfast: 7:30am; Program: 8:30am - 12:30pm
Location: Mission Bay Conference Center, 1675 Ownes Street, San Francisco, CA
Admission Free but Registration Required
On-line: Click Here To Register
SAVE THE DATE: MMRF 5K Run/Walk Fundraiser
Date/Time: Sunday April 6, 2014, Registration Open: 11:30am; Program Begins: 12:30pm
Location: Marina Green, San Francisco
On-line: http://www.themmrf.org/teamraiser/races/1660.html
MMRF Teleconference/Webcast: "Myeloma Updates from ASCO"
Speakers: Drs. Richardson (Dana Farber) and Dimopoulos (Athens)
Date: Thursday June 19, 2014, 10-11 am PST
IMF Webinar: "Myeloma Updates 2014 post ASCO/EHA/IMWG"
Speaker: Dr. Brian Durie, IMF Chairman, Cedars-Sinai
Date: Thursday June 26, 2014, 4-5 pm PST (including Q&A)
Cancer Support Community Program: "Focus on Myeloma"
Speaker: Dr. Rajesh Behl, Director Malignant Hematology Program, Alto Bates
Date: Wednesday July 16, 2014, 6:30-8 pm PST
Location: Cancer Support Community, 3276 McNutt Ave, Walnut Creek (same location as Walnut Creek Myeloma Support Group meetings)
To register for this program: Call 925.933.0107
Millennium Educational Program: "Learn More about Velcade"
Speakers: Dr. Rishi Sawhney, Valley Medical Consultant; Katie, Velcade patient
Date: Saturday August 2, 2014, Registration Start 9:30am; Program Start 10:00am
Location: San Francisco Airport; Marriott Waterfront, 1800 Old Bayshore Hwy, Burlingame, CA
To register for this program: Call 855.491.1865
IMF Patient/Family Seminar
Speakers: Drs. Brian Durie (Cedars-Sinai), Robert Kyle (Mayo-Rochester), Ola Landgren (NCI), Tom Martin (UCSF), Joseph Mikhael (Mayo-Scottsdale), & Robert Vescio (Cedars-Siani
Date/Time: Friday (1-5pm) and Saturday (8am-5pm) August 22-23, 2014
Location: Sheraton Universal Hotel, 333 Universal Hollywood Dr, Universal City, CA. For Special Room Rate $165 + tax (Fri & Sat nights only), call 888.627-7186 before July 22, 2014 or earlier because there are a limited number of rooms available at this rate.
Registration Cost: Fri (dinner included) & Sat (breakfast & lunch included) - $60 if your register before July 22, $85 after that date; Sat-only - $30 before July 22, $50 afterwards.
Register On-line: Click Here To Register or by Telephone: 800.452-CURE (2873)
IMF Living Well Teleconference: "Understanding the Immune System and Lab Values in Myeloma"
Speaker: Ann McNeill, RN, MSN, John Theurer Cancer Center, New Jersey
Date: Thursday August 28, 2014, 4-5 pm PST
Register On-line: Click Here To Register or call 800.452-CURE (2873)
SITES WHICH MAY OFFER FINANCIAL HELP
Financial Assistance Prescription Drug Assistance for the Uninsured: Velcade 866-835-2233: (http://www.velcade.com/Paying-for-treatment/); Revlimid: 800-931-8691 (https://www.rxhope.com/PAP/info/PAPList.aspx?drugid=4528&fieldType=drugid);
Partnership for Prescription Assistance http://www.aafp.org/about/initiatives/prescription-assistance.html
NeedyMeds http://www.needymeds.org/
Co-Payment for the Underinsured: Velcade (http://www.velcade.com/Paying-for-treatment/I-do-not-have-enough-insurance): Healthwell Foundation 800-675-8416 (www.healthwellfoundation.com); Revlimid & Thalidomide: Chronic Disease Fund 877-968-7233 (www.cdfund.org) and Celgene’s Patient Support 800-931-8691 (http://www.celgenepatientsupport.com/uninsured_patients.aspx); Leukemia & Lymphoma Society 877-557-2672 (https://www.lls.org/support/financial-support/co-pay-assistance-program); Patient Access Network Foundation 866-316-7263 (https://www.panfoundation.org/); Patient Advocate Foundation Co-Pay Relief Program 866-512-3861 (www.copays.org). Onyx360 877-ONYX(6699)-121 (http://www.onyx.com/therapies/patient-access/onyx-360), VRAP 866-VELCADE (835-2233) option 2 (https://www.velcade-hcp.com/reimbursement/vrap.aspx)
Good Days (formerly Chronic Disease Fund) https://www.mygooddays.org/
Ultimate Guide to Financial Resources for Cancer Patients https://www.couponchief.com/guides/financial_help_for_cancer_victims