Jacob Elkon

Tufts Medical Center - GI Oncology. Fellowship PD. MedEd. Opinions are my own.

[Jacob Elkon @JElkonMD]

Excited to start my new job today @TuftsMedicalCtr in #gioncology. Honored to be joining an amazing group and make my own impact in the field. #crcsm #pansm #meded #gioncology

[Jacob Elkon @JElkonMD]

First time giving grand rounds! #crcsm #ctdna #forgotthetuftsslidetemplate

[Jacob Elkon @JElkonMD]

Cancer therapeutics in 1970 vs cancer therapeutics now.

[Jacob Elkon @JElkonMD]

@guptaarjun90 @ASCO @rachnatshroff @mkatzmd @TimothyJBrownMD @MariaDiab101 Great to hear everyone’s insights!

[Jacob Elkon @JElkonMD]

First @ASCO #GI21, excited to learn new advances in GI cancers!

[Jacob Elkon @JElkonMD]

@docDavar

[Jacob Elkon @JElkonMD]

The oncologist’s autocorrect...

[Jacob Elkon @JElkonMD]

Get screened! 4️⃣5️⃣🐍

[Colorectal Cancer Alliance @CCAlliance]

Together w/ @FightCRC and @GYRIG we celebrate United States Preventive Services Task Force's plans to lower the recommended #screening age for #colorectalcancer to 45 for average risk individuals!
Share this news & your message to the USPSTF at https://t.co/ZoZfnXK6cL #ScreenAt45

[Esther Choo, MD MPH @choo_ek]

Doctors Have Been Working Hard In This Pandemic And Do Not Appreciate Being Slandered: A Thread

[Axel Grothey @agrothey]

To assess the relative contributions of surgery and adj chemo for DFS in stage 3 colon cancer - check it out! @OncoAlert https://t.co/ZUi6xXlu5J

[Mark Lewis, MD, FASCO @marklewismd]

When we were learning to be doctors in medical school nobody told us the hardest part of our job would become convincing people of our good intentions

[xkcd @xkcd_rss]

COVID Risk Chart https://t.co/R0a776bW3S

[Jacob Elkon @JElkonMD]

#TipsForNewDocs Nothing you do is as good or as bad as you think it is.

[Rosny Daniel @rosnydaniel]

An intern's hierarchy of needs from my med ed perspective. #MedTwitter #MedEd #medicaleducation #hierarchyofneeds #adultlearningtheory #internyear

[Jacob Elkon @JElkonMD]

When you lose a perfect game in the 9th inning.

[Jacob Elkon @JElkonMD]

@beakerdan Seems like programs have to either 1. Be very realistic about who will want to come there and only interview those people or 2. Also increase the number of candidates they interview with assumed reduction in cancellations.

[Jacob Elkon @JElkonMD]

Flight attendant: Is there a doctor on this flight?

Dad: *nudging me* that is you

Me: Not now Dad

Dad: Not asking for an Oncologist to help, are they?

Me: Dad, there's a medical emergency happening right now

Dad: Go and see if “pembrolizumab improves PFS” helps

[Jacob Elkon @JElkonMD]

Went from a 6 month medical student to heme/onc attending
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[Jacob Elkon @JElkonMD]

@HarshaNair27 One step closer to the bionic man...