Mark Kacar

Consultant in Clinical Immunology & Allergy.
PhD candidate at the UoL.
A bit of a potato.

[Mark Kacar @allergy_catcher]

Proud to chair a group of such devoted, friendly and outright awesome people!

[EAACI JM @EAACI_JM]

🌟 Meet NAS-JM member Isabel Fernández de Alba! Allergy specialist from Spain, focusing on food allergies, asthma, & immunotherapy. #NASJM #JMs #EAACI #AllergySpecialist

[Mark Kacar @allergy_catcher]

Interesting read and another stone in the mosaic that is food allergy.

[Dr. Douglas Mack @DrDougMackMD]

Our recent systematic review on BAKED MILK AND EGG -This analysis can't differentiate if these safely and effectively hasten tolerance or if tolerance is simply inevitable in most patients possessing baseline baked tolerance regardless of baked use. Free! https://t.co/NVI3DdERdD

[Mark Kacar @allergy_catcher]

Today's allergy consultation - man with occasional brain fog independent of any obvious trigger. Me: But why do you think this is Allergy? Him: I don't, it's just the best term for it. Me:...

[Mark Kacar @allergy_catcher]

Welcome to the dark side - we have optimised workflows.

[Vanessa King @VanessaKingFSA]

With thanks to @allergy_catcher I have just tried out AI and have a title for a course on the barbarians ‘From Goths to Mongols: A Horde-able History’. It’s mind-blowing and rather scary!

[Mark Kacar @allergy_catcher]

Coming into work 45 min early to work on triage, only to wait 35min for the computer to boot up. #NHS

[Mark Kacar @allergy_catcher]

Can't recommend this enough - either as specialist exam prep or an excellent refresher.

[EAACI @EAACI_HQ]

📢 Attention Future Examinees! 📢

Don't miss the chance to enhance your skills and knowledge in general and pediatric allergy with the 16th EAACI/UEMS Knowledge Exam! 🌟 The application deadline is fast approaching!

🗓️ Exam Date: Monday, 14 October 2024
🌐 Format: Virtual
⏰ Application Deadline: 3rd July 2024, 24:00 CET

📝 Exam Details:

-120 multiple-choice questions (MCQs) in 3 hours
-Type A (one correct answer) and Type K (multiple correct answers) questions
-Covers clinical allergy, immunology, and basic immunology aspects following UEMS European standards

Apply now and take your knowledge in Allergology/Clinical Immunology to the next level! Remember, applications are processed on a first-come, first-served basis, so act fast! 🚀: https://t.co/wR4QBIsrld

#EAACI #EAACIKnowledgeExam

[Mark Kacar @allergy_catcher]

Add to that the heady mix of resignation and despair... *chef's kiss*

[Mark Kacar @allergy_catcher]

As an allergist (i.e. Pulmonology-adjacent ignoramus), GINA is invaluable and I urge all my junior colleagues to learn the algorithm by heart.

[Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) @ginasthma]

GINA 2024 key changes, based on evidence (where available) and consensus, include recommendations on the choice of initial treatment step for adults and adolescents. The GINA cycle of asthma management - asthma treatment is not just about medications. https://t.co/Cm9ADXlUYD

[Mark Kacar @allergy_catcher]

So... A score will make me tell my patients what I'm already telling them?

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

It is high time that people know their polygenic risk score for actionable medical conditions that have been well validated across ancestries. Here's what a report should look like for Type 2 diabetes. https://t.co/rDfIlJAUhC

[ImmunoTea: Your Immunology Podcast @immunotea]

Our latest episode is out today! We spoke to @_hilarylonghurs all about #HereditaryAngioedema and the amazing new treatments coming down the line! Download now wherever you get your podcasts by searching ImmunoTea!

[Mark Kacar @allergy_catcher]

Yours truly can't go but YOU CAN! Don't miss out on this stellar opportunity!

[EAACI JM @EAACI_JM]

🚨 Abstract Submission Deadline Extension! 🚨
Now due 24 June at 23:59 CET 🗓✨
Join us at the #EAACIAS24 on Insect Venom Hypersensitivity and Mastocytosis📍Bilbao, Spain, 19-21 September 2024. Register now! 🔗https://t.co/9ewkowtUkl
🐝📚 #InsectVenom #Mastocytosis #Science

[Mark Kacar @allergy_catcher]

@Aller_MD I saw this and thought to my self 'cool, but why?'

[Mark Kacar @allergy_catcher]

I for one have no special attachment to eligibility checks - go for it, robot friends!

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

Use of LLM #AI to improve efficiency, accuracy, reliability, and reduce costs for screening individuals that fit criteria a clinical trial (performance as good or better than human "study staff")
https://t.co/u5b2ujYr71 @OzanUnluMD @MassGenBrigham @NEJM_AI

[Mark Kacar @allergy_catcher]

That's a controversial article to discuss 3 years down the line after so many phenotypes had been linked to HAT...

[Global Asthma & Allergy Excellence Network @ga2lenetwork]

https://t.co/CWoJmgT7PL your register link

[Mark Kacar @allergy_catcher]

Join the team! We have cookies!

[Siniša Savić @sinisauksav]

Great opprtunity for a prospective post-doc to join my lab in Leeds and get involved in exciting world of VEXAS syndrome research. Please share https://t.co/iNQ73gTnWb

[Mark Kacar @allergy_catcher]

That's tomorrow's gym soundtrack sorted. I'm grimacing because of the weights, not because of trying to understand advanced Immunology.

[Stuart Tangye @stutangye]

Thanks to Lara & Vyanka @immunotea for inviting me to be part of their Immuno podcast. It was a lot of fun!
Isn't immunology great - we could talk about it for hours....
https://t.co/3OX0ix7D62

[Mark Kacar @allergy_catcher]

Sorry, sir, but all true Pratchett fans have known that one since The Amazing Maurice was published...

[Vincent Martella @vince_martella]

i taught everyone what an aglet is

[Mark Kacar @allergy_catcher]

Who said you couldn't teach an old dog new tricks?

[Dr Katherine Anagnostou @PedAllergyDoc]

Exciting news for food allergy!

FDA approves Xolair as first and only medicine for children and adults with one or more food allergies https://t.co/BhSsjqcXji

[Mark Kacar @allergy_catcher]

#ClinicalImmunology is fascinating. Today, I was presenting a patient with haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis to the national MDT before initiating experimental treatment but also arguing with a referring doctor that isolated flatulence is not a sign of #allergy.

[Mark Kacar @allergy_catcher]

Oh look, the 30-somethingth grading system for anaphylaxis!

[World Allergy Organization @worldallergy]

#WAOJournal: New update on grading system for allergic reactions! The World Allergy Organization #Anaphylaxis Committee and #Allergen #Immunotherapy Committee have released a joint statement. Check it out here: https://t.co/m9UpqXf0A7 #WAO #allergicreactions