Sickle Cell Symposium


August 31, 2018

Sickle Cell Symposium Sept. 18 to Focus on ‘Mind, Body and Soul’

Ben Boulden

People with sickle cell disease, their families, health care professionals and the public are invited to the 2018 annual Sickle Cell Symposium at 6 p.m. Sept. 18 at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The symposium is free.


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, 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…