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Bridgeport CT - Blood Cancer In-Person Event

Name: Bridgeport CT - Blood Cancer In-Person Event
Start: 2026-11-07T10:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-11-07T14:00:00-05:00

This event won’t be recorded
Only live participants will have access to the information discussed during the event.

Nov 07, 2026

10:00AM - 02:00PM EST

TBD — we'll email you and update this page with the address when available.

Overview

Join us for HealthTree Connect to Cures in Bridgeport, CT, on Saturday, November 7th, and connect with other blood cancer patients, caregivers, and local resources in your community.

The event venue is currently being finalized. Once the location is confirmed, all registered attendees will receive an email with the venue information and additional event details. Please check back on this page for the latest updates.

This free, in-person event offers a meaningful opportunity to:

Learn From Academic and Community Doctors Through Interactive Panels: Join conversations with local doctors and fellow patients, ask questions, and gain valuable insights.
Connect with Other Blood Cancer Patients and Caregivers: Share your experience and hear from others who understand what you’re going through. You’ll meet people in your community navigating similar diagnoses and challenges.
Discover Key Resources at the HealthTree Fair: Explore local and essential resources, tools, and support services available to you.
Take Home Personalized Materials to Support Your Journey: Leave with financial guidance, educational handouts, and information about clinical trials—all tailored to help you navigate your care with confidence.

Lunch, parking, and beverages will be provided, and you’ll leave with practical tools—and stronger community connections—to support your care journey.

Please note: This is an in-person event and will not be recorded.

Agenda

9:30 AM

Registration and Resource Fair

10:00 AM

Welcome & Introductions

Mary Arnett

10:15 AM

Connect to Knowledge: Doctor Panel with Q&A

Dr. Natalia Neparidze

Big Decisions in Blood Cancer: A conversation with specialists about key decision points in blood cancer care, helping patients and families better understand their options and make informed choices. Panelists will also share insights they wish they had known earlier, followed by an open Q&A for attendee questions and discussion.

10:55 AM

Connect to Resources

Hands-on help with HealthTree Solutions: An interactive session focused on practical solutions—helping patients and families access the right care team, explore clinical trials, navigate financial resources, and use HealthTree tools to support informed decision-making.

11:15 AM

Connect to Community

Visit the resource fair & eat lunch with others with similar blood cancers

12:15 PM

Connect to Experience: Patient & Caregiver Panel

Patients and caregivers share real-life experiences, key turning points, and the actions that made a difference in their care. Through honest stories and reflections, this panel highlights how decisions were made, challenges were faced, and support was found along the way.

1:15 PM

Community Conversations + Financial Advocacy Session

Diahanna Vallentine

A guided breakout session where attendees can connect in smaller groups around shared experiences. Attendees can also join Diahanna for a dedicated Financial Advocacy session to learn about resources and support for navigating the financial impact of cancer care.

1:40 PM

Connect to HealthTree

How To Get Involved

1:50 PM

Closing, Survey, Raffle

A final moment to bring the day together, reflect on what stood out, and identify one meaningful next step you can take after today. This is about leaving with clarity—not doing everything, just what makes sense for you.

Speakers & Moderators

Mary Arnett

Mary joined HealthTree in 2022 as a part of HealthTree's team to help expand into all blood cancers. She now works as HealthTree's Volunteer & Community Outreach Manager, helping to engage and involve community members in HealthTree's mission. When she isn't working, she loves being the fun aunt to her 13 nieces and nephews, attending concerts, experimenting with new recipes in the kitchen, and traveling to explore new cities.

Diahanna Vallentine

Diahanna is the Financial Program Manager for the HealthTree Foundation. She specializes in providing financial help, resources and education for blood cancer patients. As a professional financial consultant and former caregiver of her husband who was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, Diahanna perfectly understands the financial issues facing blood cancer patients.

Dr. Natalia Neparidze

Dr. Natalia Neparidze obtained her medical degree from Aieti Medical School in Tbilisi, Georgia in 2000. She subsequently completed Postdoctoral Research Fellowships at Emory, Northwestern and Yale Universities, followed by Internal Medicine Residency and Hematology/Medical Oncology Fellowship at Yale University. She has served as an assistant professor at Yale University School of Medicine, Medical Oncology/Hematology since 2012. She specializes in multiple myeloma, monoclonal gammopathies, AL amyloidosis, & Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia. Dr. Neparidze has developed multiple research projects in myeloma, including a number of investigator-initiated therapeutic clinical trials. She collaborates with other researchers nationally and internationally, serves as a PI and co-PI on multiple therapeutic clinical trials and leads several clinical outcomes studies in patients with myeloma.