Understanding Your Myeloma Labs

Name: Understanding Your Myeloma Labs
Start: 2021-08-19T13:00:00-04:00
End: 2021-08-19T14:00:00-04:00

Aug 19, 2021

01:00PM - 02:00PM EDT

Online Event

Overview

Nothing is more confusing that trying to read your own medical labs. Often they can be complicated combinations of numbers and results. Clear the confusion by hearing from medical professionals on the HealthTree Cure Hub team that can walk you through your myeloma labs and clarify what common results mean and to which numbers you should be paying the most attention. Come with your questions!

Agenda

01:00 PM

Introduction

Audrey Burton-Bethke

Audrey welcomes everyone, introduces our featured speaker, and shares the event agenda.

01:05 PM

Presentation

Arturo Hurtado, Patricia Flores, Ana Sahagún

Arturo Hurtado, Patricia Flores, and Ana Sahagún share how the Patient Experience Team can help you understand your labs.

01:35 PM

Q & A

Audience

Arturo, Patricia, and Ana answer the audience's questions about the presentation and understanding myeloma labs.

Speakers & Moderators

Ana Sahagun

Ana is an Engineer and a Psychotherapist, she has experience in both fields and loves them equally.

Ana is an Engineer and a Psychotherapist, she has experience in both fields and loves them equally. She leads the Patient Experience Team at HealthTree and she’s passionate about talking to patients and empowering them. Whenever she’s not working you’ll find her exploring the world, eating different kinds of food, hiking or skiing.

Arturo Hurtado

As Senior Manager of Clinical Research at Healthtree, he is committed to making research more approachable and meaningful for patients.

Arturo Hurtado is an International Medical Graduate who Joined HealthTree in 2020 as part of The Patient Experience team. He helps patients understand their disease panorama and navigate their myeloma through the tools and resources that HealthTree provides. He is an enthusiastic photographer, tech nerd, and aspiring food explorer who loves to travel and find new exciting experiences.

Audrey Burton-Bethke

Audrey is a content writer and editor for the HealthTree Foundation.

Audrey joined the HealthTree Foundation as the Myeloma Community Program Director in 2020. While not knowing much about myeloma at the start, she has since worked hard to educate herself, empathize and learn from others' experiences. She loves this job. Audrey is passionate about serving others, loves learning, and enjoys a nice mug of hot chocolate no matter the weather.

Patricia Flores

Patricia is an International Medical Graduate who joined HealthTree in 2020 as part of the Patient Experience team.

Patricia is an International Medical Graduate who joined HealthTree in 2020 as part of the Patient Experience team. She helps patients understand and track their lab & genetic test results as well as relevant information from their health history. She loves ballet, traveling, and reading a good science fiction book as often as possible.