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![Daratumumab](https://www.leukaemia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Daratumumab-1.jpg)
![Dr Noemi Horvath with Dr Simon Gibbs, Assoc. Prof. Peter Mollee, the evening’s entertainer, Dr Fiona Kwok, Noemi Horvath, and Pat Neely](https://www.leukaemia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Screenshot-2021-10-27-at-2.02.22-PM.jpg)
![Sue McConaghey at the Chicago Art Gallery](https://www.leukaemia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Sue-McConaghey_Chicago-Art-Gallery-before-diagnosis_4-1.jpg)
![David and Kathy Boyle with Sam](https://www.leukaemia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/David-and-Kathy-Boyle_with-Sam-1.jpg)
![Illustration of various treatments, pills, medicines](https://www.leukaemia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/1180713662006750.P7LPPrPxTyEA960DQwQz_height640.png)
![Dr Simon Gibbs at an international haematology conference in Boston, in 2019](https://www.leukaemia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Dr-Simon-Gibbs_International-Myeloma-Workshop-in-Boston-2019_crop-1024x740.jpeg)
![Dr Gibbs, out and about in Nice](https://www.leukaemia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Dr-Simon-Gibbs_Nice-meeting-1024x768.jpg)
![Keith and Felicity Moore](https://www.leukaemia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Keith-Moore_Felicity-Czech-1024x683.jpg)
![Joe Mulaahmetovics and his family](https://www.leukaemia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Jozef-Mulaahmetovics-and-family-e1597802591747.jpg)
![Delaine Smith, CEO of the ALLG](https://www.leukaemia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Delaine-Smith_CEO_ALLG-1024x576.jpg)
![Dr Peter Mollee](https://www.leukaemia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Peter-Mollee-photo.jpg)
![Fahimeh and Carole](https://www.leukaemia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/fahimeh-and-carole.jpg)
![Professor Peter Mollee](https://www.leukaemia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Peter-Mollee-photo-1.png)
![Vince O'Donnell](https://www.leukaemia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Vince-ODonnell-63-Amyloidosis-8-e1592196506561-2.jpg)
![Vince O'Donnell](https://www.leukaemia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Vince-ODonnell-63-Amyloidosis-8-e1592196506561-2.jpg)
![Dr Hasib Sidiqi, right, with one of his “Mayo mentors” and amyloidosis specialist, Dr Morie Gertz, at the American Society of Hematology 2018 annual meeting.](https://www.leukaemia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Hasib-Sidiqi-mentor-Dr-Morie-Gertz_ASH-2018-1024x768.jpg)
![Cath Armstrong, right, and her eldest daughter, Rebecca.](https://www.leukaemia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Bec-Family-51-of-68-e1592195472764.png)
Last updated on February 9th, 2023
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