Tammy Matuska, a clinical nurse coordinator in the Division of Hematology & Oncology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been named a 2019 MPN Hero by CURE magazine, a national publication for cancer patients and their caregivers.
Matuska was one of eight MPN Heroes honored Dec. 6 in Orlando in conjunction with the annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology. She was recognized for her outstanding dedication to caring for patients with a group of rare blood cancers called myelodysplastic neoplasms (MPNs), including polycythemia vera, essential thrombocythemia and myelofibrosis.
Read more and watch a video about her efforts for patients.