Karen Effinger, MD, MS

Pediatric oncologist, Cancer survivorship researcher, She/her/hers. Tweets are my own

[Karen Effinger, MD, MS @DrEffinger]

More great science from @ATLPedsHemOnc to support female childhood survivors in understanding their fertility status. @BrookeCherven with @lillian_meacham moderating

[Karen Effinger, MD, MS @DrEffinger]

Great science from @ATLPedsHemOnc at ISLCCC to support childhood cancer survivors from @JordanGMarchak and @tpmiller12.

[Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center @ATLPedsHemOnc]

Pediatric cancer survivors will soon be able to more easily store, share and understand their treatment records and health risks, thanks to the integration of @PassportForCare and our Cancer @Survivor_Link. Learn more: https://t.co/lt6rUc88qx.

[Karen Effinger, MD, MS @DrEffinger]

Proud of Zahra Jiwani and her poster evaluating the impact of SDoH and psychosocial support on initiation of survivor care. #ASPHO2025 @ATLPedsHemOnc

[Karen Effinger, MD, MS @DrEffinger]

Excited to hear @WayneLiangMD discuss ways to technology to help in peds hem onc! #aspho2025 @ATLPedsHemOnc

[Karen Effinger, MD, MS @DrEffinger]

So proud of @LibStrange. Amazing session on the impact of rurality on pediatric cancer care. #aspho2025 @ATLPedsHemOnc @ASPHO_hq

[Karen Effinger, MD, MS @DrEffinger]

Childhood cancer is not a red or blue issue… it’s gold. 💛 Excited I had the chance last week to lobby to pass the Childhood Cancer Package, preserve Medicaid and protect NIH funding. #actiondays2025 @AtlPedsResearch @ASPHO_hq @SenatorWarnock @SenOssoff @RepNikema @repdavidscott

[Karen Effinger, MD, MS @DrEffinger]

#Lucerne was an amazing site for #ISLCCC2024. Great representation from @ATLPedsHemOnc with a wonderful talk by James Klosky and póster highlight by @LibStrange and multiple other posters. Wish this was may walk to work every day!

[Karen Effinger, MD, MS @DrEffinger]

@VitanzaNick @NIH @Lawlorlab @michelle_monje @seattlechildren @fredhutch @UW Congrats! Great job!!👏

[Karen Effinger, MD, MS @DrEffinger]

So proud of our team! It was amazing to our honor survivors and their families yesterday!

[Jordan Gilleland Marchak, PhD, ABPP @JordanGMarchak]

June is #NationalCancerSurvivorMonth. Survivors of #childhoodcancer & their families face a host of challenges with awe-inspiring resilience. We are so excited to celebrate families from the Aflac Survivor Program at Survivor Day! 🎗️🏈🙌
@ATLPedsHemOnc @WinshipAtEmory @aflac

[Karen Effinger, MD, MS @DrEffinger]

Great science from @ATLPedsHemOnc to start the last day of #ASPHO2024. Jeanne Boudreaux discussing Thalassemia and Shan Chandrakasan discussing immune causes of LL.

[Karen Effinger, MD, MS @DrEffinger]

So proud of @LibStrange! She’s done amazing work and found rural survivors of childhood cancer are less likely to receive survivor care. #ASPHO2024 @ATLPedsHemOnc

[Karen Effinger, MD, MS @DrEffinger]

A thought-provoking Presidential Symposium about barriers to ethical care in children with sickle cell disease. Patient/Parent perspectives are so important. #ASPHO2024

[Karen Effinger, MD, MS @DrEffinger]

Congratulations to Katie Greenzang for a much deserved award! ASPHO NW Mutual Award for Excellence in Childhood Cancer Survivorship #ASPHO2024

[Karen Effinger, MD, MS @DrEffinger]

So great to share the stage with @SmitaBhatia10 and Monica Gramatges for a wonderful discussion on Survivors of Childhood Cancer at #ASPHO2024

[Karen Effinger, MD, MS @DrEffinger]

Kicking off Day 3 of #ASPHO2024 with an awesome luminary presentation by Maryam Fouladi followed by a great oral presentation by Frank Chien from @ATLPedsHemOnc

[Karen Effinger, MD, MS @DrEffinger]

AI is coming to medicine! Great to see my colleague @WayneLiangMD talking about this at #ASPHO2024

[Karen Effinger, MD, MS @DrEffinger]

Learning about treatment of ALK+ neuroblastoma patients from Kelly Goldsmith from @ATLPedsHemOnc #ASPHO2024

[Karen Effinger, MD, MS @DrEffinger]

@VitanzaNick @ASPHO_hq @seattlechildren @leowanglab @cityofhope Great talk! Gotta zoom in but you were there 😊

[Karen Effinger, MD, MS @DrEffinger]

Another great presentation by @thewaitman #ASPHO2024