Maria Acevedo, MD

Future Rad Onc 👩🏻‍⚕️☢️ | @UICCOM @UChicago alumna | @Chivas de ❤️ | MEXICANA 🇲🇽

[Maria Acevedo, MD @AcevedoMaria11]

@enriqeblancas Manifestando

[FOX Sports @FOXSports]

Unbelievable scenes in Mexico City

[Alyssa Asaro, MD @AsaroAlyssa]

The amount of women I’m seeing match into radiation oncology….its absolutely incredible!! #womenwhocurie congratulations to ALL who have matched into the ~best~ specialty!! #radonc #matchday2026

[Maria Acevedo, MD @AcevedoMaria11]

@skkishawi Seven very long years… Chicago is waiting for you! Congrats!

[Maria Acevedo, MD @AcevedoMaria11]

@KarinaNietoMD @MayoClinic Felicidades Dra!

[Narjust Florez, MD, FASCO @NarjustFlorezMD]

In 2020 Dr. Rodriguez messaged me “We need a dedicated Latinas in Oncology YIA - let’s fundraise”

5 yrs later and thanks to many of you we have funded 5 Latinas YIAs

I hope changes in administration don’t kill this beautiful initiate - A grassroots fundraising effort to support the next generation of @LatinasInMed

@ConquerCancerFd @ASCO #ASCO25

[Maria Acevedo, MD @AcevedoMaria11]

@sophia_kamran Congratulations Dr. Kamran, it was a pleasure working with you ☺️

[Narjust Florez, MD, FASCO @NarjustFlorezMD]

Check out our latest publication!

Understanding the experience of Latinas in medical education: A qualitative study

Full publication here: https://t.co/KFpBcq5zIz

@DFarberThoracic @LatinasInMed @Florez_Lab @geiger_gaby @JournalCancer @LatinxOncology

[Maria Acevedo, MD @AcevedoMaria11]

@LAURA_N_ROD Yo nada más hablaba de un cambio de look!

[Conquer Cancer, the ASCO Foundation @ConquerCancerFd]

From Olympic athletes to musicians to world-renowned neurosurgeons, check out these 9 individuals who are going above and beyond to be heard, make an impact, and use their stories to support the entire cancer community. https://t.co/wWJ6zfN8xA

@shannonmiller96
@DGlaucomflecken
@LGlaucomflecken
@kaydaustin
@DoctorQMd

[Maria Acevedo, MD @AcevedoMaria11]

@DrMauricioGon Felicidades Doctor!

[Jason Ryan @jasonryanmd]

I get a lot of DMs from medical students going through tough times. Know this: There is no one in medicine—not a med student, resident, fellow or attending—who hasn’t struggled at some point. Maybe it was a bad exam, maybe a tough case, maybe their personal life, but somewhere it definitely happened. Never think you are the only one when you’re struggling. You’re not.

[Katie Coleman @kaydaustin]

Last but not least, writing my memoir “Too Young for Cancer”. Which will be released later this year that I’m donating my portion of the proceeds to research from.

I received the pre-order link for the first time today from my editor (what an impactful day for that 😊) - thanks @LCatAp

So if you’d like to support these efforts, I’ve included the link below.

Outside of battling cancer, writing this memoir was one of the most challenging things I’ve ever done. I received a mountain of rejection along the way from those who insisted “books on illness don’t sell”. But I wanted this book to exist in the world to help others, so I kept pushing.

I couldn’t be more grateful for @sussmanrachel @LCatAp and @AlcovePress who believed in me and my story.

You can help us prove that books on HOPE do sell by pre-ordering below. Reshares welcome!

I feel so insanely fortunate to still be here and to be able to give back in the way I have been blessed to. I know there are so many others who have the desire but may not be able to as they are in the thick of treatment.

So I will continue to use my voice and the time I was given to keep advocating to bring more awareness, funding and research for better treatments for those affected by cancer. #rarecancer #kidneycancer

https://t.co/V3bg1eqoJ4

[#LatinasInMedicine @LatinasInMed]

Happy National Latino Physician Day! 🥳🎉 Thank you to all the Hispanic and Latino physicians for your dedication and contributions to healthcare. Su trabajo hace una gran diferencia cada día. #DíaDelMédicoLatino #DiversityInMedicine

[Maria Acevedo, MD @AcevedoMaria11]

@IvyRadOncMD Felicidades Doctora!

[Maria Acevedo, MD @AcevedoMaria11]

Y la bandera más bonita 🇲🇽

[Paris 2024 @Paris2024]

This is Paris.
That's the tweet.
📸 #Paris2024 / Bilal Aouffen

[Katie Coleman @kaydaustin]

As a 29 year old, staring down an ultra-rare stage IV cancer diagnosis the words “we’ve never seen this before” followed me everywhere. When I finally reached my team, it also meant I had two requests— keep me alive as long as possible and write a case report one day, so if anyone finds themselves in my shoes, they will know what we tried.

I didn’t think I’d still be alive to see that second part. Words can’t possibly describe how surreal it is to see this published.

Many who may see how widely I share these days or know how much advocating it took to get here, may not know how close I came to giving up in the early days. Not just on cancer but on life.

Having an ultra-rare cancer that no one knows anything about is beyond isolating and terrifying. You are forced to become your own advocate and expert in order to find a team willing to take chances, think differently and consider alternative approaches.

If I would have had a case report like this early in my diagnosis to reference, not only would it have provided the hope that I so desperately needed but it also would have given me something to stand behind while advocating for myself in those early days.

I debated on self identifying in a post on my personal page with this report. Mostly because I didn’t want to discourage anyone from sharing it by identifying myself (even though everyone familiar with my case knows this is me). Out of everything associated with my diagnosis, this case report is the single most important thing to me that has been shared.

However, I ultimately decided to post for that very same reason.

I know case reports don’t always carry the same weight as other publications but for those of us with ultra-rare cancers, case reports are often all we have. I truly hope no one finds themselves in my shoes one day but if they do, I’m glad they’ll be armed with a better starting place than I had.

Please feel free to share and also to discuss openly. I know oncocytomas
with metastatic potential is a topic of controversy. Open decisions on this topic through #PathTwitter and #pathology actually helped me learn early in diagnosis. As a patient they don’t bother me and I’m grateful there are open places for these discussions.

I will forever be grateful for the team of doctors who’ve not only seen me through this “Exceptional Response” but who’ve also now shared the learnings from my case with others.

[ASH @ASH_hematology]

🥇Dr. Janet Rowley is remembered as one of the most renowned scientists of the 20th century for her transformative contributions to the understanding of cancer biology and the development of novel approaches to cancer treatment.

#WomensHistoryMonth #SHEmatology

[MoTaz @motazazaiza9]

Israeli army killed Hind and the PRCS rescue team Yousuf Al-Zeino and Ahmed Al-Madhoun

[JAMA Network Open @JAMANetworkOpen]

First-generation medical students experience disproportionate adversity and inadequate institutional support within medical education, forcing over-reliance on grit and resilience as survival strategies. https://t.co/KbhOrjV044 @catiehavemann