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Attention:

If you are a newly diagnosed patient or caregiver please contact us prior to our regular monthly meeting for a private conversation and/or zoom meeting at Laura Mooney 917-715-9665 or E-Mail: [email protected], or Elissa Anticev 917-885-6947 or E-Mail: [email protected]

For more information, please contact

Laura Mooney 917-715-9665

E-Mail: [email protected]

Elissa Anticev 917-885-6947

E-Mail: [email protected]

Alternate months we will meet via Zoom from 7-9 pm, contact Elissa Anticev for details @917-885-6947

If you wish to be on our mailing list for meeting reminders etc. please email us @ [email protected]

Meeting time2nd Tuesday of every other month from 3:00 – 5:00 PM Eastern

Meeting Location The Jewish Community Center, President’s Room, 2nd Floor
1466 Manor Road
Staten Island, NY 10314

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40.5949041, -74.1263817

Staten Island Award

Staten Island MMSG receives $1500 from The Lois & Richard Nicotra Foundation

Upcoming events

IMF Events

Oct 03

IMF Patient and Family Seminar 2025 — Chicago, IL

October 3, 2025 12:00 pm CST

Support Group Events

Mar 11

Staten Island In Person Monthly Meeting

March 11, 2025 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm EST

May 13

Staten Island In Person Monthly Meeting

May 13, 2025 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm EST

Jul 08

Staten Island In Person Monthly Meeting

July 8, 2025 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm EST

Sep 09

Staten Island In Person Monthly Meeting

September 9, 2025 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm EST

Nov 11

Staten Island In Person Monthly Meeting

November 11, 2025 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm EST

Jan 13

Staten Island In Person Monthly Meeting

January 13, 2026 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm EST

Past events

Jan 14, 2025

Staten Island In Person Monthly Meeting

January 14, 2025 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm EST

Nov 12, 2024

Staten Island In Person Monthly Meeting

November 12, 2024 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm EST

Sep 10, 2024

Staten Island In Person Monthly Meeting

September 10, 2024 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm EST

Jul 09, 2024

Staten Island In Person Monthly Meeting

July 9, 2024 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm EST

May 08, 2024

Meet The Mt. Sinai Multiple Myeloma Experts

May 8, 2024 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm EST

Mar 10, 2021

March is Myeloma Action Month! Special Speaker: Susie Durie

March 10, 2021 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Oct 14, 2020

Monthly Meeting

October 14, 2020 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm

What Is Multiple Myeloma?

Multiple myeloma is a cancer of the bone marrow plasma cells. It is synonymous with "myeloma" and "plasma cell myeloma." Plasma cells make antibodies against infectious agents such as viruses and bacteria. A cancerous or malignant plasma cell is called a myeloma cell. Myeloma is called “multiple” because there are frequently multiple patches or areas in bone marrow where it grows.

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Ask Dr. Durie Videos

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Week in Review by Dr. Brian G.M. Durie

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imf multiple myeloma informational publications

IMF Publications

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Research

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Support

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Advocacy

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Stories

Charlie’s Story

Charlie and I were married in April 1971. The interesting thing about Charlie is that he has never been sick….and when I say that I mean, all these years, rarely a sniffle, cold, or flu. Even when our children were small, I was always the one who got sick with germs they brought home from school. We used to joke about his being so healthy.

Staten Island MMSG receives $1500 from The Lois & Richard Nicotra Foundation

The Staten Island Multiple Myeloma Support Group was one of the seventeen recipients of a $1,500 award from the The Lois & Richard Nicotra Foundation. Since the foundation’s inception in 2011, it has awarded a total of $161,310 to non-profit organizations and scholarship recipients. Laura Mooney, SIMMSG co-founder, said that the award money would be used for the groups participation in an upcoming health fair to spread awareness of this rare cancer.