Provider Profile:
Craig Cole, M.D.

About

Dr. Craig Emmitt Cole received his Bachelor of Science degree in physiology at Michigan State University and the School of Lyman Briggs. Dr. Cole went on to receive his doctoral degree at the Ohio State University College of Medicine and completed his residency and fellowship at the University of Michigan. He has had an opportunity to do post-fellowship laboratory research at the Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center of Medicine at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute/Harvard Medical School. He was then an attending hematologist at Gundersen Health System in La Crosse, Wisconsin; the western campus of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. Dr. Cole then returned as a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan in the Division of Hematology/Oncology where he focused on clinical research in multiple myeloma. He then returned to Michigan State University College of Human Medicine-Karmanos Cancer Institute to continue his focus in hematology and multiple myeloma as the Director of the Clinical Cancer Research. He is a member of the American Society of Hematology, International Myeloma Society, and International Myeloma Working Group. Dr. Cole has lead multiple clinical trials in multiple myeloma and worked extensively with patient advocacy groups to empower, educate, bring equitable care to everyone, and discover new therapies for multiple myeloma.

Research Interests

• Clinical Application of Novel Biologic Therapeutics in Multiple Myeloma
• Pathobiology of myelomagenesis and Smoldering Myeloma
• Measurements Psychosocial Distress in Malignant and Non-malignant Hematology Disorders.
• Ethnic and Racial Disparities in Multiple Myeloma Education, Diagnosis, and Treatments.