Pooja Motwani


October 27, 2017

Symposium Focuses on Bone Marrow Transplants for Sickle Cell

Ben Boulden

Oct. 27, 2017 | At the end of the Sickle Cell Symposium on Oct. 19 at UAMS, a young woman at a microphone during a question-and-answer session boiled the evening’s presentations down to one question: “I haven’t heard the word ‘cure’ used much tonight. Can you call this a cure?” Pooja Motwani, M.D., said, “Yes,…


September 15, 2017

Sickle Cell Symposium Oct. 19 to Focus on Stem Cell Transplants for Sickle Cell Disease

Ben Boulden

Sept. 15, 2017 | People with sickle cell disease, their families, health care professionals and the public are invited to the 2017 annual Sickle Cell Symposium at 6 p.m. Oct. 19 at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The symposium is free for the general public, and $20 for health care providers who…


September 15, 2016

Sickle Cell Symposium Oct. 6-7 to Focus on Patient Care, Managing a Pain Crisis

Ben Boulden

Sept. 15, 2016 | People with sickle cell disease, their families, health care professionals and the public are invited to the free, fifth annual Sickle Cell Symposium on Oct. 6-7 at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute. The Sickle Cell Symposium is presented by Future Builders Inc. in collaboration…


July 26, 2016

Sickle Cell Program Going Strong

Ben Boulden

Pooja Motwani, M.D., left, and Megan Davis, M.D., on July 1 became co-directors of the UAMS Adult Sickle Cell Clinical Program.

July 26, 2016 | William Cooney, 66, has stuck with UAMS for 63 years as a sickle cell patient because he said over decades of change it has consistently provided him with the care he needs. Through transformations inside and outside of UAMS, including moving the hospital from McAlmont Street to today’s campus in 1956,…


July 20, 2016

UAMS Names Motwani, Davis as Co-Directors of Adult Sickle Cell Clinical Program

Ben Boulden

July 20, 2016 | Pooja Motwani, M.D., and Megan Davis, M.D., have been named co-directors of the Adult Sickle Cell Clinical Program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). In addition to overseeing the program as co-directors, Davis will lead the palliative care part of the clinic, focusing on relieving symptoms and improving quality…