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Muthalagu Ramanathan, MD

Professor, Department of Medicine/Division of Hematology-Oncology; Director, Myeloma Program; Co-Director of Blood and Bone Marrow Transplant Program, UMass Chan Medical School

Muthalagu Ramanathan, MD

Research Focus - Multiple Myeloma Clinical Research

Bringing in novel treatment clinical trials in multiple myeloma such as CAR T cells and bispecific antibodies
Using maintenance daratumumab in addition to Revlimid (lenalidomide) after stem cell transplant

Representative Publication

Wang X, Vogt B, Shanahan L, et al. Elotuzumab-based maintenance therapy following autologous stem cell transplant in multiple myeloma deepens post-transplant responses. Blood Cells Mol Dis. 2020;85:102482.

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