We will be holding our next regular monthly Philadelphia Multiple Myeloma Networking Group (PMMNG) meeting on Saturday, October 11, 2025 from 1:00-3:00 PM EDT via Zoom.  This meeting will feature a panel discussion about CAR-T treatment for multiple myeloma.

Please note the special starting time of 1:00 PM, instead of our usual 1:30 PM time. We're starting early this month in order to give the panel plenty of time.

Join us to hear from professionals, patients, and caregivers about the CAR-T experience across the myeloma treatment continuum. Our panel, which includes clinicians, individuals who have received CAR-T treatment themselves, and a CAR-T patient's caregiver, will explain what CAR-T is, who may benefit, what to expect, and how to prepare. Whether you’re newly diagnosed, currently in treatment, a caregiver, or simply curious about the latest advances, this meeting will provide valuable information plus time for open discussion and connection with others in the myeloma community.

Featuring:
Adam Cohen, MD, Penn Medicine
Colleen Erb, CRNP, Jefferson Health/Asplundh-Abington
Harold Dean, LCSW, OSW-C, Univ of Arkansas Medical Center 
Maddie Hunter
Richard and Stephanie Abraham
Meryle Germankin
Joe Rader

Please note that we are peers, not doctors. So please be sure and discuss anything you hear in the meeting that might change your own considerations regarding treatment or side effects with your own doctor(s).

All PMMNG members will receive a meeting invitation via email.  If you are new to the group or our meetings, contact Barbara Falkowitz (b[email protected]) to receive the meeting link. 

We look forward to seeing you on Zoom!

Note: We also want to remind you about the Philadelphia Myeloma Roundtable that HealthTree is hosting November 1, 2025. For more information, please click here. HealthTree is also sponsoring a Connect To Cures event in Brooklyn on October 11, 2025. More information about that event is here.

We will be holding our next regular monthly Philadelphia Multiple Myeloma Networking Group (PMMNG) meeting on Saturday, September 13, 2025 from 1:30-3:00 PM EDT via Zoom.  Todd Fraser will be talking about HealthTree's Cure Hub, a patient-oriented data sharing website that gives multiple myeloma patients and caregivers tools to understand the myeloma journey, track treatments, and learn from the experiences of others.

Todd Foster is the Director of Digital Patient Engagement at HealthTree. He worked at MD Anderson Cancer Center for 12 years before helping myeloma patient, Jenny Ahlstrom, start up HealthTree. He specializes in patient experience, helping patients understand their options and become decision makers with their care teams. Todd has a passion for using technology that can help patients have a better life, and along the way, help to further research for a cure.

While the meeting itself will begin at 1:30, we will be starting the Zoom at 1:00 pm for anyone interested in having a little more time to talk to one another informally or ask questions.

Please note that we are peers, not doctors. So please be sure and discuss anything you hear in the meeting that might change your own considerations regarding treatment or side effects with your own doctor(s).

All PMMNG members will receive a meeting invitation via email.  If you are new to the group or our meetings, contact Barbara Falkowitz (b[email protected]) to receive the meeting link. 

We look forward to seeing you on Zoom!

Note: We also want to remind you about the Philadelphia Myeloma Roundtable that HealthTree is hosting November 1, 2025. For more information, please click here. HealthTree is also sponsoring a Connect To Cures event in Brooklyn on October 11, 2025. More information about that event is here.

Also, The International Myeloma Foundation (IMF) is introducing M Power to the Philadelphia area on Wednesday, September 10 at Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church at 10 am. Dr Joseph Mikhael will be presenting current information about multiple myeloma. There will be a panel discussion followed by Q and A and a reception. PMMNG will have a table to encourage new members to sign up. Please consider attending to support PMMNG and the IMF in spreading information about multiple myeloma. You can find more information here.