Never imagined when I first left home and got on a ✈️ to come to the US as a student that this day would come ! Got promoted to Associate Professor in the Division of Hematology/Oncology
@OHSUKnight
@OHSUKnight
Congratulations fellow Associates
@DrLaraDavis
Sending love, light & happiness from from our family to yours ! Happy Diwali ! To quote Amanda Gorman:There is always light, if only we're brave enough to see it. If only we're brave enough to be it.❤️🪔
@DGlaucomflecken
Ophthalmologists everywhere once they know their patient is also a physician. ‘No I do NOT know
@DGlaucomflecken
personally.Yes I have seen his awesome videos. Yes, I do agree with his message of not sleeping with contacts. No I am not half as cool as him.Yes I do have a scribe.’
Our high risk CCUS study to prevent progression to MDS/AML is enrolling! Based on a large body of evidence,we target the Inflammasome via IL-1b.First trial of its kind, led by HALT program .See details👇🏾.DM me for questions!
@OSUCCC_James
@OSUHematology
As I see all the wonderful posts about the NRMP match announcements, I can’t help but reflect on my remarkable residency Match experience and the crazy journey since then - a 🧵 I am sure many IMGs (or FMGs are we are called), will relate to.
#ThrowbackTuesday
Received an email from ABIM informing me that I passed my 10 yr Hematology MOC recertification. Huge sigh of relief given how painful that process was. This is me on the ski slopes NOT doing MOC ! Happy New Year ! I credit
@CarrawayHetty
hospitality in making this bearable!
Incredibly excited by this leadership opportunity in partnership with my colleague & friend Dr. Alice Mims . We are a dynamic section with smart, kind & collaborative colleagues & are always looking for folks passionate about leukemia research!
@OSUCCC_James
@OSUWexMed
Today
@OHSUKnight
my 90 yr old MDS patient on Rx doing well asked if she could go to Costco to buy her fav almonds and vitamins. I told her I would get them for her cause when you are 90,have cancer& in the midst of the
#COVID19
pandemic,COSTCO almonds should come to you !
Unusual but exciting occurrence in our family when my husband & I get all dressed up with out kids in tow - fortunate to celebrate wonderful Harvest of Hope fundraiser to support research
@OSUCCC_James
@OSUWexMed
Pic credit : daughter Aarna
Honoured to tell my story in Pulling Back the Curtain Spotlight in
@ASHClinicalNews
thanks to
@bsamuelson_md
. We are all able to do the work we do because of the village that supports us.
Today is memorable day in life’s journey as I become an 🇺🇸 citizen. As we just celebrated Mother’s Day, I pay tribute to my birth country of 🇮🇳 that give me my identity, values & my work ethic while I embrace my adopted country of 🇺🇸 that gave me opportunity, encouragement, my
So.. my daughter won first place in the 25m butterfly heat at a local swim meet and I have literally never felt as happy and proud over anything I have ever achieved -personally or professionally.I am still smiling from ear to ear. Kids are the best.
Have to brag about my significant other
@dbaccus
who is not only a supportive husband but a fantastic father & was awarded the Best Recreational Soccer Coach of 2022 by
@theohiosoccer
for coaching our daughters who play for
@DublinSoccerOH
❤️❤️
Such a privilege to have
@MrinalPatnaik
share his expertise & leadership in CMML comprehensive pt care
@MayoClinic
with us
@OSUHematology
Symposium
@OSUCCC_James
. So fitting in light of recent MPN Awareness Day with tremendous progress in this rare disease! 🙏🏽🙏🏽
As I complete one more trip around the sun & start the next one, I am fortunate to share some amazing adventures with my daughters. Ziplining over the Zambezi river at Victoria Falls with was the best bday gift ever!
Team work makes the dream work! These paradigm changing studies are not possible without our statisticians, study coordinators, study project managers & of course our patients. All of these folks seen👇🏾from
@LLSResearch
for the Opti-AML study
#ASH23
@OSUCCC_James
@OSUHematology
6 yr old daughter: Mom, you and I look exactly the same- our hair, our skin, our smile.
Me: Smiling & thinking -what a sweet observation .
Her next comment: It’s a good thing we look alike because I totally have Dad’s personality! 😳😳 My Mini-me minus personality
I ❤️ my patients and their caregivers. They are the most amazing, brave & kind people I know. What a privilege to take care of
#leusm
&
#mdssm
patients.
@OSUCCC_James
Not everyday does one meet a Nobel laureate who revolutionised the field of cancer immunology resulting in long term survival & cures in many cancers. Today was my lucky day to meet
@JimAllisonPhD
at the Herbert & Maxine Memorial Lectureship Award
@OSUCCC_James
@OSUWexMed
Only positive aspect of taking the dreaded ABIM MOC exam was getting to hang out with my fellow OHIOian friend,colleague & amazing leukemia doc
@CarrawayHetty
with her wonderful family & very friendly dog Solo. Thank you for hosting me ❤️❤️
👇🏾Our Paper from the
@LLSusa
Beat AML Master Trial showing that AML patient Samples Show High Concordance in mutation detection by NGS at Local Institutions versus Central Laboratories paving the way for easier clinical trial access for our AML patients
For
#DoctorsDay2023
I want to acknowledge our patients who place their trust in us in their most vulnerable time & our families esp our significant others who support us. From a third generation doctor, a huge 🙏🏽 for this privilege
@OSUCCC_James
@OSUWexMed
@ZahavaStadler
You can do some of these things all of the time and all of these things some of the time but you can’t do all of these things all of the time
Today was‘ Wear your Color for a Cause ‘ Day at my kids school which I was blissfully unaware of.They come down wearing orange so I asked them why?Their answer: ‘Mom you help leukemia patients & this is the color for leukemia research support so we picked orange’❤️
#beatalleukemia
Honored to discuss our HALT program for detection & some day prevention of leukemia development with superstars
@Ashley_Rosko1
Oncogeriatrics program leader
@sumi_vasu
leading novel triple CAR-T &BMT trials & Jen Woyach ,our LRP leader
@OSUCCC_James
State of Cancer Program.🙏🏽
Happy Mother’s Day ! I am celebrating with breakfast tacos & pancakes made by my 8 & 11 yr olds ALL BY THEMSELVES (hot stove, egg cracking all of it)! I know college is important etc but this is EPIC! Also for the detail oriented moms - yup they cleaned up after !
Great minds think alike
@DrPinkalDesai
! With our shared passion for Clonal hematopoiesis, MDS & AML research as well as conference dress codes
#BermudaHeme23
@DAVAOnc
Feeling fortunate to spend this bday with my med school BFFs.Pic at graduation 20+ yrs ago:young doctors, excited + uncertain of the future vs older w/ experience, confidence & maturity.Newly minted physicians ➡️ ➡️ vascular neurologist , hematologist in 🇺🇸 & oncosurgeon in 🇮🇳
As I reflect after a busy clinic. I realized today along with the amazing recovery of our leukemia patients ,it is the joy & hope in the eyes of their caregivers that I have learned to appreciate ss they see their loved one gain strength & quality of life.
#leusm
#HappyDiwali
When the moon 🌕 covers the 🌞 in the middle of the day & your backyard is in the path of totality! Enjoying the 1 min & few secs of this amazing celestial event in Ohio after 200 years! The birds were definitely confused & the street lights came on !
Does anyone else feel convinced that their
@ASH_hematology
abstract submission may not have been REALLY received? Despite multiple refresh page/ confirmation email etc ? No? Just me ?
#ASH22
abstract submission D-Day anxiety 😂😂😂
Fantastic
#EHA2023
meeting with cutting edge science, exciting therapeutic advances in MDS & AML, meeting old colleagues & friends while making some new ones. Kudos to
@EHA_Hematology
for a great meeting , really enjoyed experiencing Frankfurt 🇩🇪
My advice for loved ones of patients with a blood cancer diagnosis wanting to help.1.Donate blood & platelets,ask others to do the same. 2.Sign up to be a donor
@BeTheMatch
ASAP. Both will help your loved ones & others as well.
@MDSFoundation
@LLSusa
@OSUHematology
@OSUCCC_James
Learning about nutritional interventions in MM with the amazing
@UrviShahMD
while eating a delicious plant based meal .Every patient asks how they can help their therapy with nutrition & our data is severely lacking . Appreciate folks like her who do these challenging trials.
Thank you for the opportunity to discuss clonal hematopoesis
@MedicalCollege
@Froedtert
Controversies in Hematologic Malignancies with Ehab Attalah , Sumana Devata & Guru Murthy.Privileged to meet someone I have admired for a while !
@SoniSmithMD
.Missed you
@lauracmichaelis
!
Myeloid malignancy celebrity sighting ! So fortunate to have
@AbdelWahablab
talking to us about immunotherapy approaches for myeloid malignancies!
@OSUCCC_James
#mdssm
What is best frontline Rx for IDH2 mutated AML- read more in
@ASHClinicalNews
about the Enasidenib Plus Azacitidine Combo Improved Response Rates in Newly Diagnosed IDH2-mutated AML & my commentary.
We are getting better at defining what is ‘ high risk CCUS’ when we do a comprehensive evaluation of patients with unexplained cytopenias. Efforts by several groups
@Lachelle_Dawn
@sangerinstitute
@CRUKresearch
@AlexBickMDPhD
Luca Malcovati & paper 👇🏾 are invaluable in
ICYMI: a cohort study on CCUS suggests high-risk mutations and their number are predictive of survival warranting clinical surveillance & advises mutation analysis in patients with available bone marrow samples
#cytopenias
On
#MDSWorldAwarenessDay
I would emphasize that MDS is a hematologic neoplasm aka blood cancer. Survival for high risk MDS poor with novel therapies needed.Educating patients about this is important for understanding of the natural history of the disease.
#mdssm
@OSUHematology
I dedicate
#InternationalWomensDay2022
to my grandmother Dr. Kanitkar, (1923-2010) OB/GYN, pioneer in women’s health,physician & leader,who forged her path against all odds & whose shoulders I stand on today.Aaji, your struggles & lessons will never be forgotten
#BreakTheBias
Who is getting excited for ASH-a-Palooza? 🙋🏾🙋♀️🙋🏽
Check out
@AaronGoodman33
's ASH News Daily article below to get all the details you need for this
#ASHTrainee
event at
#ASH21
!
#When
on service
@OSUCCC_James
it is always an honour & privilege to care for our Leukemia kind neighbour took the traditional back to school pic
@DublinSchools
so I wouldn’t miss .Feeling all the still my ❤️
I remember standing in line
@Starbucks
for my coffee before a busy clinic 5 & 1/2 weeks after giving birth to my baby. I started crying uncontrollably because I missed my baby, I was sleep deprived & so sad. My baby is 9 now but I still get emotional about that time.
As we approach the anniversary of the start of the
#COVID19
pandemic lockdowns, I found this sweet note from my daughter that perfectly describes the nightmare we all experienced especially working parents as we juggled sick kids, quarantine & endless Zoom meetings
6 am conversation in our house:5 yr old :Mom I can’t believe I’m 5 YRS OLD! Time Flies ! Where have these yrs gone ? Me: Thanks for starting my day in an existential crisis mode. 5 yr old: What does that mean ? 8 yr old: It means she’s old and wondering what happened to her life.
My thoughts on why it’s important to let girls & young women know that STEM fields especially oncology are wonderful career options- having 2 young daughters myself, I know these decisions involve many factors that young women consider.
#InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience
Team work makes the dream work
#2
- the Borate leukemia clinic team at the Acute Leukemia Research Disease Group Holiday celebration
@OSUCCC_James
@OSUHematology
. We are proud of the work we do caring for our patients & hope for more novel leukemia therapies in 2024 !
Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
#SpringBreak2024
On
#InternationalClinicalTrialsDay
as a clinical trialist I hope we can remove barriers for patients to access clinical trials. We need to simplify access to trials. All patients should have the option to participate in a trial regardless of socioeconomic status.
#healthequity
Thank you
@BloodCancerTalk
for this opportunity to discuss the alphabet soup of early myeloid precursor conditions.Highly encourage folks to listen to the carefully curated discussions on blood cancers by
@rajshekharucms
@AshKishtagari
. Fantastic resource for all esp fellows !
CCUS, CHIP, ICUS, CMUS-we covered it all in this new episode with Dr. Borate
@beatalleukemia
! You won't want to miss it! Here is a clip on what is CMUS and its clinical significance.
@AshKishtagari
In this month's Pulling Back the Curtain,
@beatalleukemia
speaks about growing up in a household with extended family, including her “living legend” grandmother, and trying to re-create that experience for her own daughters
Beautiful work by Scott Armstrong and colleagues discussing MEN1-mutations that induce resistance after menin inhibitor therapy. Such important work as we understand this critical therapeutic pathway!
#EHA2023
🔥 session on CH,Aging & Inflammation.Key takeaways:Need better risk scores for CH
@Lachelle_Dawn
leads the charge with CHRS score-Chemo accelerates CH esp PPM1D/TP53 to cause t-MN-IDH1 mutations in preLSCs can drive CCUS/AML-Canakinumab improves CHIP related anemia
@WJanghee
As we remember and mourn the notorious
#RBG
let’s share her awesomeness. For me, her ability to state the obvious :’When I am asked how many women should be on the Supreme Court, I say 9. When people look shocked, I say there have been 9 men and no one said anything about that !’
Great ppt by
@garciamanero
about the safety & efficacy of IL-1b antibody canakinumab in LR-MDS. 💯 agree with him about exploring this agent in CCUS. To that end our study of canakinumab in High risk CCUS is now open.
#ASH22
@OSUHematology
@OSUCCC_James
In response to Bozeman’s death aka Black Panther hero to my kids , my 7 yr old asks ‘Mom is it hard being an oncologist? I respond:I love my job but sometimes it’s hard.Wisely she asks: is the work hard or are the feelings hard ? Yup definitely the feelings...
#thekidsarealright
Phase Ib study of sabatolimab (MBG453),targeting TIM‐3 antibody, in combination with decitabine or azacitidine in high & very high‐risk MDS is out! 🙏🏽
@andrewbrunner
@DavidSteensma
& team. Awaiting results of Phase 3 STIMULUS-MDS2
#mdssm
Thanks to
@aditishasMD
&
@Amitvermamds
I had the most wonderful experience giving Grand Rounds on clonal hematopoesis & possible interventions
@MontefioreNYC
.They are such friendly collegial group of amazing physician scientists . Look fwd to more collaborations in the future !
@Alexis_Verger
@pedsmd2b
Meyers- Briggs Personality Indicator - Meyers and Briggs were mother daughter , not sure if they were technically scientists but huge impact
Extremely relevant article about the interplay between auto- immunity and MDS. Curious how many MDS clinics have a multidisciplinary component with Rheumatology vs having your favourite aRheumatologist on speed dial.
#mdssm
On
#InternationalWomensDay
I remember with ❤️my grandmother Dr. Sumati Kanitkar ,graduate of the prestigious KEM med college just as India was emerging from British rule & the first head of the Ob/ Gyn Dept of LTMG Sion Medical College. She dedicated her life to women’s health.