Mountain West Myeloma Community Chapter: An Interactive Q&A with Dr. Godara
The Mountain West Myeloma Community Chapter is delighted to bring back Dr. Godara from the Huntsman Cancer Institute as he reviews myeloma, both new and relapsed disease, and then takes the time to answer your myeloma related questions. We look forward to seeing you!
Audrey Burton-Bethke
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.
Amandeep Godara, MBBS
Dr. Amandeep Godara completed his hematology-oncology fellowship at Tufts Medical Center with a clinical and research interest in plasma cell disorders. His research focuses on developing new therapeutic targets and tools for assessment of treatment response in multiple myeloma, amyloidosis and other monoclonal gammopathies. His work has been presented at national and international scientific meetings. He was the recipient of Amyloidosis Foundation David Seldin, MD, PhD Memorial Research Grant in 2019. He also received training in blood and marrow transplantation at Stanford University. He completed his medical school at Government Medical College, Aurangabad, India, and his internal medicine residency at Wayne State University. Dr. Godara treats patients with Multiple Myeloma, Amyloidosis, Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia, and other plasma cell disorders.
Nico Cheek-O'Donnell
Nico joined the Multiple Myeloma Program at Huntsman Cancer Institute in 2016, as its licensed clinical social worker. Before that, he was a social worker with Intermountain, primarily at LDS Hospital on their inpatient behavioral unit. He earned his Master of Social Work degree at the University of Utah. Originally from New York & Boston, Nico earned undergraduate degrees in Psychology & Theatre from Carleton College in Minnesota. He earned most of his very modest living as a stage actor in Minneapolis and Seattle for eight years, before moving to Utah in 2006. More recently, Nico has used role-play to help train physicians how to navigate especially difficult patient conversations – and to entertain his 13 & 9-year-old kids.