Love, Support & Myeloma: The Key to Thriving Together Through Treatment

Cynthia is a newborn ICU nurse by trade that has spent the last six years in the medical device industry educating nurses and doctors about devices that are new to their facility. In her spare time she enjoys hiking, traveling the world with her family, and creating Halloween animatronics for her annual front yard display. She has a passion for life-long learning and enjoys sharing what she learns with the people around her.

Dr. Ashley Rosko is a hematologist at the OSUCCC – James, specializing in multiple myeloma and plasma cell disorders, with a focus on aging patients with cancer. As the medical director of the Oncogeriatrics Program and co-director of the Cancer and Aging Resiliency Clinic (CARE),Dr. Rosko is recognized among the top 10% of physicians for patient satisfaction and has been named to the Castle Connolly Top Doctor and Exceptional Woman in Medicine lists. Her research centers on improving outcomes for older adults with hematologic malignancies, incorporating aging biomarkers and standardized assessment tools into clinical trial design. Dr. Rosko has presented at institutions such as the American Society of Hematology, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. She serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Geriatric Oncology, and contributes to the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Older Adult Oncology standing panel. In addition to clinical and research work, Dr. Rosko is dedicated to training future physicians as a professor of Internal Medicine in the Division of Hematology at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.