Faith Davies
July 10, 2018
UAMS Myeloma Researchers Link Size and Number of Focal Lesions as an Indicator of Prognosis
LITTLE ROCK — Researchers with the Myeloma Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have connected clinical outcomes for patients with types of so-called focal lesions, which are solid, elevated areas of plasma cell accumulations within the bone present in most myeloma patients. The focal lesions are important contributors to the progression…
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…
March 1, 2018
Myeloma Patient Beth Jacks Grateful for Treatment Close to Home
March 1, 2018 | Beth Jacks, 56, of Lonoke was excited to begin her new job at UAMS in May 2017 as executive assistant to Maurice Rigsby, vice chancellor for Institutional Relations. But when she accepted the offer, she had no idea she would soon need UAMS for more than a job. Jacks was previously…
October 6, 2017
Myeloma Patient’s Loved Ones Roll ‘Ride for Research’ in Her Honor
Oct. 6, 2017 | Carolyn Barber, of El Dorado, waited as six of her loved ones – two daughters, a son, two granddaughters and a great-grandson – each rode 10 miles in the recent UAMS Myeloma Institute’s inaugural Ride for Research across central Arkansas in honor of the 75-year-old’s battle against myeloma. “It was wonderful,”…
October 5, 2017
UAMS Myeloma Institute Team Goes the Distance to Fight Cancer
Oct. 5, 2017 | Ritchie Brown of Little Rock has had two stem-cell transplants since December 2016. But you certainly couldn’t tell it Sept. 23 as he rode his bicycle 50 miles to raise awareness of multiple myeloma, the cancer he has been fighting with the help of the UAMS Myeloma Institute. Brown, who is…
September 18, 2017
Myeloma Institute Hosts Patient Power Event on Rare Blood Diseases
Sept. 18, 2017 | UAMS Myeloma Institute patients, caregivers and health professionals gathered Sept. 9 at UAMS for Patient Power, a free event offering information about myeloma and other blood-related diseases and the significance of genetic profiling, imaging and getting involved with developing research. “Living Well with Myeloma” drew a crowd of nearly 100, with…
February 9, 2017
Myeloma Patients Fare Better When Treated at Experienced Facilities
Feb. 9, 2017 | The UAMS Myeloma Institute, an international leader in myeloma research and clinical care since 1989, sees more myeloma patients than just about any other center in the world. The institute’s specialists treat myeloma day in and day out. That is a distinct advantage for patients. And, recent research indicating that patients…
July 23, 2014
Leading Clinician-Scientist Joins UAMS Myeloma Institute
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has named internationally recognized clinician and researcher Faith Davies, M.D., a professor of medicine and the director of the Phase I Clinical Trials Program for both the Myeloma Institute and the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute.