Breast medical oncologist @UNMC and @BuffettCC. Proud alum of #AHNIMres @AHNtoday. Firm believer that kindness can change the world, one act at a time.
Mourning the loss of my collaborator & friend Dr @TarlieTownsend. The best way I can honor her phenomenal resilience and keen intellect is to share her powerful words from #ASCOQLTY21. Her talk in the #Metavivors panel outlined her strength and her message to oncologists. 🧵1/
The longest running study on happiness:
Harvard's 84 year old Study of Adult Development.
Here are 7 lessons from the study to help you live a happier life:
@UNMCHemeOnc@unmc@UNMC_IM Will always remember Shaun for her amazing smile, her passion for work and compassion for fellows she worked with. Miss her dearly ❤️
🧵 8 years ago today, my wife who was SO sick and so much pain with stage 4 melanoma with many bony mets received her first dose of the drug that was to become Keytruda. She was the last enrollee worldwide in the phase 2 trial.
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➡️Approved products/indications
1⃣Tisagenlecleucel (Kymriah): Refractory/Relapsed(>=2L) B-ALL (up to age 25yrs) & R/R Large B cell lymphoma(>=2L)
2⃣ Axicabtagene Ciloleucel (Yescarta):R/R Large B cell lymphoma(>=2L)& R/R follicular lymphoma(>=2L)
Now that I have 100K followers, I want to talk about #OvarianCancer. Specifically my gritty story. The goal is awareness. I hope you find this narrative informative.
So incredibly grateful I had @MridulaKrishnan and @prajwal_dhakal as seniors and colleagues to guide me all throughout the past 2 years ! Can’t wait to see all the great things you will do.Your patients are lucky to have you as their oncologist and hematologist (respectively) ❤️
Omaha, Nebraska is a busy place this time of year with the NCAA Baseball College World Series and US Olympic Swim Trials. Best of luck to all the teams and individuals competing! Great view inside TD Ameritrade Park and the CHI Health Center from 250 miles up.
An uninsured, housing-insecure patient experiencing ANOTHER stroke because they were discharged two weeks previous on an anti-coagulant that costs $634 a month and couldn’t afford it is *NOT* “noncompliance”
It’s us failing.
👏🏼This👏🏼is👏🏼why👏🏼social👏🏼histories👏🏼are👏🏼important👏🏼
Another interesting poster by #WiL Women In Lymphoma members! 35 year follow up of 1000+ FL patients! 10% of patients still not relapsed with 30+ years follow up.
Congratulations to @AmulyaYellala and Dr. Avy Kallam, authors on this poster #ash20
Paper: CNS Prophylaxis during Front-Line Therapy in Aggressive Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas: Real-World Outcomes and Practice Patterns from 19 US Academic Institutions https://t.co/Cwiq1PlVZp
Congratulations to @AmulyaYellala for her poster presentation #ASH20. @DrJulieVose @lymphomaphilia.
Thirty-Five Year Follow-up Analysis of Follicular Lymphoma Patients Treated through the Nebraska Lymphoma Study Group https://t.co/ZtJKyfQtFe
Attended the #Leukemia symposium @UNMCHemeOnc@unmc with my co-fellows @AmulyaYellala @DrElnair today. Great talks from our own Drs. Gundabolu, Bhatt, Al-Kadhimi, and Bociek!
Our myeloma specialist @DrSarahHolstein will be speaking with Australian hematologists about management of newly diagnosed multiple myeloma. @unmc @NebraskaMed
Nebraska Medicine and @unmc are proud to be members of the Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium. Discover what happens when competitors on the field become partners in the fight against cancer. @BigTenCRC