Volume 2, Issue 10

GIVING CHALLENGE 2022

Mark Your Calendar!
Donations made to the IWMF
during the 2022 Giving Challenge
will be TRIPLE matched.

EDUCATION

Next Week!

Patient Empowerment Network Webinar

March 22nd at 1:00PM U.S. ET

When faced with a WM diagnosis, what determines the best treatment for YOU? In this 30-minute webinar, Dr. Jorge Castillo will review key factors that affect treatment decisions, emerging treatment research, and tips for partnering with your healthcare team.

Dr. Jorge Castillo is Clinical Director at the Bing Center for Waldenström Macroglobulinemia Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Learn more about Dr. Castillo, here.

IWMF Global Educational Webinar

An Overview of Amyloidosis and WM with Dr. Morie Gertz

Tuesday, March 29th, 2022

12:30PM – 1:30PM U.S. Eastern Time

SPEAKERS:

About the presentation:

This program will inform participants about the cause, signs/symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of amyloidosis.

SUPPORT

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

Clinical Trial Nurse Navigator Program

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Clinical Trial Support Center (CTSC) Nurse Navigators are ready to help patients find and answer questions about clinical trials at no cost. 

Patients and caregivers have direct access to their CTSC Nurse Navigator throughout the trial search and enrollment process, and while patients are in the trials.

Nurse Navigators are specially trained not only in blood cancers and clinical trials, but also patient education and support, and they work in collaboration with a patient’s healthcare team.

This Weekend!
Bing-Neel International Support Sessions
2:30PM and 7:00PM U.S. ET on March 20th

From our IWMF Bing-Neel Support Group Leaders:

The IWMF will be hosting two Bing-Neel Support Group meetings on March 20th.

We have scheduled two meetings instead of one in order to have smaller groups and to accommodate many different time zones. The earlier meeting will be at 2:30 pm and the later meeting at 7 pm (Eastern Time, GMT-4) The meeting format will be what’s called “Caring and Sharing” and will provide Bing-Neel patients and caregivers a chance to meet others who have a similar diagnosis from around the world.

We will also share a brief pre-recorded update from Dr. Shirley D’Sa who treats WM and BNS patients in the UK. 

The meetings will be hosted by our IWMF Bing-Neel Lifeline volunteers Julie Davidson (U.S.), Peter Freese (Australia), Stuart Quick (UK) and Eileen Sullivan (U.S., IWMF volunteer).

Registration is required for these meetings. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. If you have any questions, please contact office@iwmf.com.

Calling all Caregivers!
Caregivers International Support Session
Wednesday, April 6th from 1:00PM-3:00PM U.S. ET

Speaker:
Dr. Hannah-Rose Mitchell
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Join Caregivers around the world for a live Zoom meeting presentation and Q&A with Dr. Hannah-Rose Mitchell.

Dr. Mitchell is a clinical health psychologist and Chief Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, where she provides services to families in the Caregivers Clinic. Her research aims to reduce the burden of cancer on the family and to improve patient and family caregiver well-being.

Registration is required for this session. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. If you have any questions, please contact office@iwmf.com.