MMRF Patient
Navigation
Center
We're here to help. Our MMRF Patient Navigation Center can offer support throughout your treatment journey.
What Is the MMRF
Patient Navigation Center?
The MMRF Patient Navigation Center is a space for multiple myeloma patients and caregivers to connect with patient navigators for support. Connect via phone, email, or online web form. Whenever you have a question, our patient navigators are here to help.
Information & Resources
Patient navigators can pinpoint and share resources, make useful connections and provide up-to-date information. We’ve seen evidence that the more knowledgeable you are about multiple myeloma, the more empowered you are to make the decisions and choices that lead to improved care.
Perspective on Treatments
You can talk to a patient navigator about your diagnosis, discuss options for doctors you could see, talk through testing, find clinical trials, and get a perspective on treatment options. Have questions about MMRF programs? Patient navigators have the answers.
Support
If you’re ever feeling overwhelmed, our patient navigators are here to lend an ear, be a grounding presence, and offer emotional support. They can also help you find a community to connect with fellow patients, caregivers, and other experts.
Get on the Right Path for You
There are three critical steps you can take to get on the right path to the best results for you.
Right Team
Access experts and centers that have extensive experience treating multiple myeloma
Right Tests
Get the information, tests, and precise diagnoses to make the right treatment decisions
Right Treatment
Work with your team to decide on the best treatment plan and identify clinical trials that are right for you
Meet Our Patient Navigators
Erin Mensching
RN, BSN, BA, OCN
Patient Navigation Center Manager
Erin is the Manager of the Patient Navigation Center. She is passionate about helping to guide myeloma patients and to further research for the myeloma community. She has been a registered oncology nurse for eleven years. She served on the Patient Council Committee at the Norwalk Hospital and is a member of the Oncology Nursing Society. Erin is a graduate of Fairfield University’s School of Nursing and earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Prior to becoming an oncology nurse, Erin was a healthcare representative for Pfizer and Sanofi-Aventis.
Grace Allison
RN, BSN, OCN, RN-BC
Patient Navigation Center
Grace has been a registered nurse for more than 30 years. She spent the last 28 years working at one of the largest myeloma programs in the US, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). She was fortunate to have spent her career at UAMS under the tutelage of one of the most well-known myeloma physicians, Dr. Bart Barlogie. She received her nursing education in Ireland, and completed a bachelor of nursing degree at the University of Arkansas. She is a member of the Oncology Nursing Society and a nationally Oncology Certified Nurse. She is also a board certified medical-surgical registered nurse (RN-BC). She started at the MMRF in summer of 2020.
Brittany Hartmann
RN, BSN
Patient Navigation Center
Brittany Hartmann, RN-BSN, previously worked as a Myeloma Clinical Coordinator in a high-volume call center at the Ruttenberg Treatment Center at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. There, she supported myeloma patients in a variety of ways from triaging calls, to educating patients on their myeloma, labs and test results. She coordinated with clinical, research and management team members to implement integral changes and streamline processes within the Myeloma Center of Excellence. She worked as an oncology nurse at Sain Barnabas Medical Center in New Jersey to start her nursing career. Brittany earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at the University of Delaware, where she had an oncology-focused preceptorship, along with her other nursing studies. She joined the MMRF as a Patient Navigator in June 2021 and has been committed to empowering patients through education ever since.
Erin Mensching
RN, BSN, BA, OCN
Patient Navigation Center Manager
Erin is the Manager of the Patient Navigation Center. She is passionate about helping to guide myeloma patients and to further research for the myeloma community. She has been a registered oncology nurse for eleven years. She served on the Patient Council Committee at the Norwalk Hospital and is a member of the Oncology Nursing Society. Erin is a graduate of Fairfield University’s School of Nursing and earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Prior to becoming an oncology nurse, Erin was a healthcare representative for Pfizer and Sanofi-Aventis.
Grace Allison
RN, BSN, OCN, RN-BC
Patient Navigation Center
Grace has been a registered nurse for more than 30 years. She spent the last 28 years working at one of the largest myeloma programs in the US, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). She was fortunate to have spent her career at UAMS under the tutelage of one of the most well-known myeloma physicians, Dr. Bart Barlogie. She received her nursing education in Ireland, and completed a bachelor of nursing degree at the University of Arkansas. She is a member of the Oncology Nursing Society and a nationally Oncology Certified Nurse. She is also a board certified medical-surgical registered nurse (RN-BC). She started at the MMRF in summer of 2020.
Brittany Hartmann
RN, BSN
Patient Navigation Center
Brittany Hartmann, RN-BSN, previously worked as a Myeloma Clinical Coordinator in a high-volume call center at the Ruttenberg Treatment Center at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. There, she supported myeloma patients in a variety of ways from triaging calls, to educating patients on their myeloma, labs and test results. She coordinated with clinical, research and management team members to implement integral changes and streamline processes within the Myeloma Center of Excellence. She worked as an oncology nurse at Sain Barnabas Medical Center in New Jersey to start her nursing career. Brittany earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at the University of Delaware, where she had an oncology-focused preceptorship, along with her other nursing studies. She joined the MMRF as a Patient Navigator in June 2021 and has been committed to empowering patients through education ever since.