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Adult Sickle Cell Clinical Program

We know that sickle cell can be hard for you and your family. We want to make sure you get all the health care and financial support available for you and your family.

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About the Program

UAMS Adult Sickle Cell Clinical Program helps coordinate the care of adults with sickle cell disease.

We want to work with doctors around the state to make sure their patients get the best care possible. The sickle cell staff at UAMS has special training and can help your doctor make sure you stay healthy and feel good. We can work together to make your life better.

We Want to Help You

We know that sickle cell can be hard for you and your family. We want to make sure you get all the health care and financial support available for you and your family. We have a special sickle cell clinic, phone support for patients and information about education, resources, and support close to home.

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  • 24/7 Call Center Hotline
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  • Multidisciplinary Clinic
  • Outreach
  • Transitioning from Adult to Pediatric Care

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The Call Center is staffed by experienced registered nurses 24/7.

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A registry exclusively for people with sickle cell disease.

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News & Announcements

Tyrrence Sanders

Father Fights Sickle Cell’s ‘War on the Inside’ to Spend More Time with Family

Tyrrence Sanders, 31, wants his children to know they can do anything they put their minds to. And he plans to be there with them, every step of the way. “Spending time with family is the most important thing to me,” he said. It’s a feeling that’s deeply embedded in his own experience. Sanders grew…

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Stella Bowers and Rebecca Camp

Annual Sickle Cell Disease Symposium Highlights Multiple Barriers to Care

Adult sickle cell patients continue to benefit from increased awareness and newly available therapies. However, lack of research funding and access to care, as well as perceived bias from health care professionals, are still impediments to better care. That was the message from the annual UAMS Sickle Cell Symposium, held virtually June 10. The symposium…

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Collin Montgomery, APRN, lower right, was one of three featured speakers during the recent, virtual Sickle Cell Symposium at UAMS.

Symposium Spotlights Social Burdens of Sickle Cell Disease Treatment

Racial bias, the opioid crisis and the stigma of suspected drug use often make getting access to treatment a frustrating struggle for adult sickle cell patients. In a short video that opened the UAMS Sickle Cell Symposium on Feb. 2, sickle cell disease patients spoke about the attitudes of physicians and nurses that often seem…

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Phillip Sanders, right, with his wife and young son, has been cured of sickle cell disease as a patient at UAMS Adult Sickle Cell Clinical Program and Johns Hopkins in Baltimore.

Cured: Arkansas Man’s Sickle Cell Disease Eliminated by Bone Marrow Transplant

While Phillip Sanders’ journey to a cure for his sickle cell disease was ultimately successful, it was a path with peaks and valleys and struggles and challenges. It’s beginning was relatively undramatic and took place during a conversation in October 2017 just after the conclusion of the Sickle Cell Symposium organized by the UAMS Adult…

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