Maurizio Zangari

High Impact

Professor

Last publication 2026 Last refreshed 2026-05-16

faculty

Internal Med, College of Medicine

70 h-index 514 pubs 19,316 cited

Biography and Research Information

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Maurizio Zangari is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, specializing in multiple myeloma research. His work focuses on understanding the molecular and temporal evolution of multiple myeloma from its precursor stages to relapsed and refractory disease. He investigates the role of the immune microenvironment at a single-cell level and characterizes the molecular makeup of smoldering myeloma to identify evolutionary pathways.

Dr. Zangari is actively involved in clinical trials and has published extensively on various aspects of multiple myeloma treatment and outcomes. His research includes analyzing the risk of infections associated with new therapies, such as bispecific antibodies, and evaluating the efficacy of treatments like teclistamab in real-world settings. He also examines disparities in access to advanced therapies like CAR T-cells and bispecific antibodies for multiple myeloma patients, looking at geographic and racial factors. His scholarship metrics include an h-index of 69, over 512 publications, and more than 19,000 citations, reflecting his contributions to the field.

Research Overview

Maurizio Zangari, M.D. is a Professor of Medicine with the Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy at UAMS. Dr. Zangari trained as a fellow in Bone Marrow Transplant and Hematology at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York and a resident in Internal Medicine at Wykoff Heights Medical Center, also in New York. He earned is MD from the University of Padua in Italy. Dr. Zangari was previously at the Myeloma Center from 1998-2007, then left for the University of Utah from 2007-2013. He rejoined the Myeloma Center in 2013 and continues to be greatly involved with clinical trials and research. He is an internationally recognized expert in multiple myeloma with an extensive bibliography of peer-reviewed articles and invited presentations. Dr. Zangari is board certified in Hematology and Internal Medicine. He is a member of the American Society of Hematology.

Metrics

  • h-index: 70
  • Publications: 514
  • Citations: 19,316

Selected Publications

  • Clinical outcomes and risk factors of cytomegalovirus reactivation in teclistamab-treated multiple myeloma patients (2026)
  • Peripheral blood immune cell profiling and response to BCMA CAR-T cell therapy in relapsed refractory multiple myeloma (2026)
  • Talquetamab in relapsed refractory multiple myeloma: multi-institutional real-world study (2025)
    3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Effect of Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIG) Supplementation on infection-free survival in recipients of BCMA-directed bispecific antibody therapy for multiple myeloma (2025)
    18 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Prior exposure to belantamab mafodotin influences outcomes with idecabtagene vicleucel in patients with multiple myeloma (2025)
    4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Long-term follow-up of Total Therapy IV: a phase 3 clinical trial for standard-risk multiple myeloma (2024)
    5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Effects of Intravenous Immunoglobulin Supplementation (IVIG) on Infections in Recipients of Teclistamab Therapy for Multiple Myeloma (MM): A Multi-Institutional Study (2024)
    7 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Multi-omics reveal immune microenvironment alterations in multiple myeloma and its precursor stages (2024)
    24 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Psychological Impact in Individuals with Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance and Smoldering Multiple Myeloma (2024)
    9 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Weight loss and dysgeusia in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma patients treated with talquetamab (2024)
    7 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • A Risk Stratification System in Myeloma Patients with Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation (2024)
    4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Teclistamab in relapsed refractory multiple myeloma: multi-institutional real-world study (2024)
    88 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Autologous stem cell boost improves persistent immune effector cell associated hematotoxicity following BCMA directed chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR T) cell therapy in multiple myeloma (2024)
    22 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Prognostic value of ferritin in ASCT MM patients: integration with GEP models and ISS series systems (2024)
    7 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Bispecific BCMA/CD24 CAR-T cells control multiple myeloma growth (2024)
    35 citations DOI OpenAlex

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Research Interests

Hypercoagulability in Cancer Patients. The role of activated protein C in thrombotic manifestation of patients with multiple myeloma. Since the start at the University of Utah I have initiated retrospective and prospective studies of the protein C system function in patients with paraproteinemias and myeloproliferative disorder. I have also continued to test the effect of proteosome inhibition on platelet function. After establishing 5GTM1 C57BL/KaLwRij sub-strain in a pre-clinical model I have tested the function of a proteasome inhibitor through the PTH-PTHR axis. In the last 22 months I focused the research to confirm the hypothesis of the PTH essential role in anti-myeloma proteasome activity testing the effect of PTHR antibodies and the effects of parathyroidectomy. The C57 BLACK MOUSE MODEL will be measured in the presence of different proteasome inhibitors MLN 9708, carfilzomib and CEP 18770. I am the principal investigator in three open investigator-initiated trials (Phase I Exploratory Study of Panobinostat IV in Combination with Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma Patients; Effect of Low Dose Bortezomib on Bone Formation in Smoldering Myeloma Patients; Bone Effect of Bortezomib in Patients with relapsed/refractory Multiple Myeloma), which focus on the bone anabolic activity of proteasome inhibition to determine the minimal proteosome inhibition associated with the anabolic bone effect in multiple myeloma and to evaluate the effect of proteasome inhibition in smoldering myeloma patients. A phase I study, a combination of two bone anabolic drugs panabinostat (a histone deacetylase inhibitor HDAC) and bortezomib in relapse/refractory multiple myeloma patients.

Grants & Funding

  • No FP attached Celgene Principal Investigator
  • No FP attached Ichnos Sciences - Pass Through: Covance Principal Investigator
  • 2005-02 (The CAFÉ Study): CAncer-related Fracture Evaluation - A Multicenter, Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Study to Compare Balloon Kyphoplasty Kyphon, Inc Principal Investigator
  • UARK 2002-09 Protocol F7SCT-1485, A Multicenter, Randomized, Double Blind, Parallel Groups, Placebo Controlled Trial on Efficacy and Safety of Activat Novo Nordisk Principal Investigator
  • No FP attached Amgen, Inc. Principal Investigator
  • MLN 9708 Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Principal Investigator
  • No FP attached Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation - Pass Through: Dana-Farber/Partners CancerCare, Inc. Principal Investigator
  • No FP attached Ichnos Sciences - Pass Through: Covance Principal Investigator

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