Alan Skarbnik @ASkarbnik Twitter profile

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

1 year

Hey @Cigna , what’s the deal with denying R-CHOP for a patient with DLBCL?? Are you guys insane? What do you suggest we treat with? Ginger? Prayer? The practice of medicine just keeps getting more ridiculous by the day.

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Alan Skarbnik

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3 years

@DiogodaLuzBR Não se preocupe, que a Internet não esquece. Parece que além de oxigênio, ignorância também é um elemento abundante nessa Terra, exemplificado pelo seu argumento. Não politize e não minimize o esforço que hospitais e profissionais da saúde estão fazendo nessa crise.

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

11 months

I just finished my Oncology @ABIMcert MOC questions. Out of 30 questions, 11 were “pre-test” questions that won’t count for any score and I wasted my time doing. Of the other 19, only 2 were malignant hematology and the other 17 were solid Onc. I haven’t managed a single patient

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

3 years

Cleaning my car today I found the black hole that held all my missing pens. Another medical mystery solved.

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

11 months

If you are a physician and you are supporting and cheering Hamas’ actions, you should rethink if Medicine is the right thing for you, as their abhorrent actions are the complete antithesis of what we as doctors should stand for. No matter what you think of Israel, nothing

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

2 years

My 7 year old son is supposed to dress up as a modern Jewish hero for school tomorrow. He chose to dress up as me because I’m “a Jewish doctor who helps people with bad diseases” and my heart is just bursting. 🥲🥲❤️❤️

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

1 year

I’m happy to announce that today @NovantHealth performed its first allogeneic stem cell transplantation!! Congrats to the amazing team that made this happen! (*Photos posted with patient permission) @rizzi003 @KCWardRN @patricia_kropf

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

2 years

I’m happy to share that iNTEGRATE was published today. An important study, showing NO difference between ibrutinib vs placebo added to steroids as first line treatment for cGVHD. One of very few RCTs in cGVHD, I’m honored to have participated in it.

Ibrutinib for First-Line Treatment of Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease: Results From the Randomi...

PURPOSE To present primary and final analyses from the randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase III iNTEGRATE study, which evaluated the safety and efficacy of ibrutinib with prednisone in...

ascopubs.org

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

3 years

Finally met @AaronGoodman33 in real life, and we haven’t debated at all so far! @chadinabhan where are you? #ASH21

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

11 months

@AaronGoodman33 @ThatEricAlper Won’t get fooled again. Come on…

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

1 year

@AaronGoodman33 @Cigna Yeah, I get that issue, but they didn’t even give a reason, just flat out denied it and now we have to do a peer-to-peer, which is an insane time consuming process. If they just ask for a different rituximab brand off the bat, we can easily change it.

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

2 years

After over 2 long years we are visiting my family in Brazil, to celebrate Passover together! Chag Sameach y’all!!

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

1 year

TNB-486, a CD19xCD3 Bispecific antibody, leading to 91% CR in R/R FL!!!!! Incredible data. Congrats @RyanWJacobs on a great presentation! #EHA23 #lymsm

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

4 years

Today we infused our first CAR-T cell product at @NovantHealth . It took a lot of hard work from a large team to accomplish this. I couldn’t be prouder of our team and institution. Providing remarkable care for our patients with hematologic malignancies!

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

3 years

ZUMA7 Axi-cel vs Salvage chemo/ASCT in primary refractory/relapse <12 mos DLBCL. Increased ORR and EFS. No OS benefit yet. 50% ORR in SOC but only 36% pts received ASCT. I’d like to see curves comparing only pts who received ASCT vs Axi-cel.

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

2 years

In real life we’re friends 😉 @AaronGoodman33 @GuiperiniMD @matthew_mei @smalveira23 @chadinabhan where are you?

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

3 years

My 8 year old daughter: “There must be a lot of Sodium in this, because it says the Sodium level is Oh My God” 🤦‍♂️

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

3 months

I’m very happy to share the results of TRANSCEND-FL, which studied liso-cel for follicular lymphoma. 96% CR in 2L POD24 with 12-mos PFS of 91% , 94% CR for 3L or later with 12-mos PFS of 80%. A big thank you to the participating patients and to the sponsor for believing in our

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

3 years

Saw an Elderly patient with a history of AITL > 4 years ago, who presented CR (and still in remission) after a single course of prednisone!!🤯🤯🤯🤯 This disease never ceases to amaze me.

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

4 years

My kids gave me this as a Father’s day gift, showing all places we’ve lived in the US. In all of these places I was accepted and welcomed as an immigrant. I’ve always found a sense of community. I hope this country continues to accept immigrants as an integral part of its core.

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

3 years

@VPrasadMDMPH Yes, because triple boosted healthy docs and nurses and everyone who has close contact with a pt with COVID-19 can all still get Omicron and pass it on to: other patients (esp immunossuppressed) and staff. Your lack of concern for actual patients is astounding.

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

2 years

I did not go to ASCO this year, so I could watch this young lady’s dance recital and to spend some extra time with these 2 crazy boys. And I don’t regret it for a second. Hope everyone is having an awesome time in Chicago!

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

10 months

Brazilians know how to throw a proper conference party! #Hemo2023 @GuiperiniMD @KrishPatelMD @DalfeorRuddy

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

1 year

On our way to EHA!

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

3 months

Came to Madrid to learn some Hematology and learned that the Boss was in town. Couldn’t miss it!! #EHA2024

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

4 years

Today, the @NovantHealth Cellular Therapy and Clinical Research Teams performed our first CAR-T cell infusion in the outpatient setting. An important step in making therapy more comfortable and accessible to patients. There are plenty of smiles under these masks 😊 #lymphoma

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

4 months

Building myeloma peace bridges in Chicago 😝 #HOPLive24 @AaronGoodman33 @VincentRK @szusmani @chadinabhan

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

2 years

I’m happy to share that our Immune Effector Cell Therapy Program @NovantHealth just received it’s FACT accreditation. Awesome results from a great team effort! #lymsm

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

3 years

#ASH21 off to a good start, meeting friends in real life after such a long break! @anthonymatomd @calliecoombsmd

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

2 years

Dear Pharma companies: If you are running a RTC of your new cancer drug against a SOC that is an expensive oral drug, please also provide the SOC to patients for free. It’s only fair to patients and it improves accountability and compliance in the control arm. Thanks!

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

2 years

My boys asked mom to go to a Van Halen concert (proud moment #1 ). She told them they couldn’t because EVH died of cancer. That sparked their interest so they asked me to tell them “all about cancer” (proud #2 ) and we had a great conversation and that was the best part of my day.

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

3 years

Awesome presentation by @mana1981 ! TRANSFORM trial: DLBCL primary refractory/relapsed <12 mos; Liso-cel vs salvage chemo + ASCT. Notable EFS and PFS differences. And are we starting to see an OS curve separation there? #ASH21

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

4 years

Today we are celebrating our 50th stem cell transplantation @NovantHealth !!! There are smiles under the masks, I promise! @TayoFasan @KCWardRN @LimentaniPhoto

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

3 months

Honored to have shared the stage with my friend and colleague @NGhoshMD in the Visionaries of the Year campaign tonight. Jointly, we raised over $550,000 in support of @LLSusa the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s mission to support research, advocacy and education to patients

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

2 years

My 7-year old son to me: “Papa, I have kidneys, so you must have adultneys”. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

4 years

I am happy to inform that, as of today, our program @NovantHealth is accredited to deliver Tecartus CAR-T cell therapy to patients with relapsed Mantle Cell Lymphoma! Improving access to advanced care for patients in @CLTgov Charlotte and North Carolina!

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

1 year

Great closing of @DAVAOnc day 2! Awesome sessions on MCL and ADCs in Lymphomas today. @KrishPatelMD @RyanWJacobs @DanilovLab @pedalsquares @paulsinghPharmD

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

2 years

Best way to end #ASH22 by being impromptu asked to play guitar on Bourbon Street. Bucket list item crossed 😁. ⁦ @GuiperiniMD ⁩

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

3 years

Skarbiejuice, Skarbiejuice, Skarbiejuice! Happy Halloween y’all!!

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

5 years

Acalabrutinib approved for CLL!! Happy for our patients and proud ro have contributed to the frontline Phase III trial that led to this approval. More data to be presented at ASH! #CLLsm @NovantHealth

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

2 years

I’m happy to share that Two sites within @NovantHealth Cancer Institute (Charlotte and Winston-Salem) can now offer CAR-T cell therapies for Lymphomas. The ability to expand our CAR-T footprint will allow patients to get the care they need closer to home #teameffort #lymsm

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

4 months

Chicago. Lymphoma. Friends. The Piano. Great meeting ⁦ @chadinabhan ⁩ ! ⁦ @AaronGoodman33 ⁩ ⁦ @bpromd ⁩ ⁦ @SedaToluMD ⁩

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

4 months

@NYPDDaughtry Thank you for your moral clarity and service.

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

5 years

In Seville, I finally found those damn CYP3A inhibiting oranges!

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

2 years

Best of #ASH22 : meeting friends, old and new. For a number of them, this is the only time of the year we see each other. And it’s better than any abstract. @fabiopss @GuiperiniMD @AaronGoodman33 @smalveira23 @KrishPatelMD @DanilovLab @AdamKittai @drjoannarhodes1

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

2 years

I had a busy start of the day, but then in the afternoon I had this super cute neutrophil legit smile at me 🥰

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

4 years

Got #mycovidvax ! Do it as soon as it’s offered to you. Thank you science and all the thousands of people who volunteered for the trials!

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

1 year

We’re on a boat! @KrishPatelMD @calliecoombsmd @RyanWJacobs

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

10 months

Hanging with the Brazilian master of Lymphomas ⁦ @GuiperiniMD ⁩ !

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

2 years

❤️❤️❤️

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

2 years

@AaronGoodman33 Not a big fan of generalizations. In a lot of situations I’d agree with you, there are some where there’s benefit. Like Rituximab maintenance post ASCT for MCL, for instance, where it improves overall survival. But I know you know that.

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

2 years

A patient just called me Dr Sharkbite today. I think it ties with Dr Skarbiedoodles as one of the best names I’ve been called so far.

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

1 year

Enjoying a cool breezy night in Bermuda with a great crew prior to a lot of learning tomorrow! @DAVAOnc #lymsm @KrishPatelMD @christa_gott @allydprice @RyanWJacobs

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

3 years

Brazilian sausage + sirloin flap + Wagyu flat iron. Merry Xmas!

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

2 years

Anyone else with #ASH22 withdrawal?

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

4 months

Having the best time at #HOPLive24 Thanks @chadinabhan for putting together such a great meeting! @AaronGoodman33 @VincentRK @DrAEvens @sanamloghavi @doctorpemm

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

3 years

Saturday morning in the lymphoma inpatient service: - PMBCL -PMBCL -PCNSL -PCNSL - Double-Hit - Burkitt (CNS+) - tFL to DHL And - Primary Cardiac Lymphoma (!!) Makes it rounding on the weekend interesting and fulfilling!

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

5 months

🌟 Calling all friends, family, and supporters! 🌟 I'm excited to announce that I've been nominated as a Visionary of the Year for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society! This incredible opportunity allows me to make a meaningful impact in the fight against blood cancers. In my work

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

9 months

Happy Chanukah y’all!!!

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

2 years

Oh no! Now I can’t keep myself informed on how everyone else is wrong and there’s just one person who’s right all the time! How will I know when something that wasn’t a RCT has no value for science? Bummer… #blockedbyprasad

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

2 years

@AaronGoodman33 Stage IE. RCHOPx3 -> PET3 -> if neg (89% of pts) RCHOP x1. If pos (~11%), then XRT. S1001 added ibritumomab tiuxetan, I’m not sure that’s really necessary. MYC/BCL2 rearrangements don’t seem to significantly alter prognosis in early stage disease.

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

2 years

Eating our way through Rome! And the force is strong with my 7-year old son who went straight for the anchovies pizza. #proudmoment

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

2 years

It was a long process, but it allowed for several hours of bonding with my son. Tonkotsu ramen with soy-marinated egg and pork belly chashu.

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

1 year

Continuing my “MedTwitter Peace through Food Campaign” with yesterday’s pies at the Skarbs’: - Confit Leeks + Mozzarella di Bufala + Potatoes + Pancetta - Ezzo’s Pepperoni - Pesto + Pistacchio + Fior di Latte + Mortadella - Prosciutto + Truffle Burrata

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

1 year

A Brazilian bakery opened near my house and now my life is automatically 1000% better!

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

2 years

In my opinion, the reason for this is that we, as a society, put more value into work than into our own health. The only explanation I see is that people feel sick during the week, but hold off on going to the ED until Friday night to not lose work days.

Ajay Major, MD, MBA

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2 years

IT'S REAL. THE FRIDAY ACUTE LEUK IS REAL. (But not prognostic!) HT @PallawiTorkaMD cc @HemOncFellows #leusm #ASH22

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

5 years

Our Stem Cell Transplantation Program @NovantHealth received its initial FACT accreditation today!!!

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

4 years

Italian pizza baked by a Brazilian Jewish immigrant. Happy Birthday America!!!

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

3 years

The Skarbie kids are wishing everyone a Happy and cozy Hanukkah!

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

3 months

@ManniMD1 Manni, you are certainly entitled to your opinion, but your comment is not debating the merits of the study (ies) it is simply virtue signaling. It implies that the investigators in poor countries are either colluding with or are vassals of Pharma, who only wants a drug approved

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

3 years

Happy Trick or Treating!

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

2 years

Throwback to the Brazilian dueling pianos/drums takeover at ASH. Will we do it again this year? ⁦ @GuiperiniMD ⁩

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

1 year

An extremely accurate gift from a patient. And yes, I’m a nerd 😎.

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

2 years

After a long inpatient service week, some NY Strip, Saffron-Lemon Risotto and a great Malbec. Cheers! 😋

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

2 years

Here he is!

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

6 years

The telltale sign of a CLL doctor: every time I type the letter “i” on my cell phone the autocorrect suggests ibrutinib.

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

3 years

Had a great time recording an episode for @chadinabhan podcast talking about music with these wonderful colleagues! @sghmd @TaraRajendran @AaronGoodman33 @VincentRK

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

10 months

Hematologists’ kids better be drinking some yummy blood on Halloween

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

7 months

Today my 8-year old boy asked me to play Bohemian Rhapsody during our car ride. And then he asked if he could grill with me. My role in his education is dutifully fulfilled 😎

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

3 years

And now, back to our regular programming 😉. Good Shabbes!

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

1 year

Papa-daughter trip to Buenos Aires starting with a midnight feast at Don Julio and I’m in meat heaven 😊😊

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

2 years

Trying out my new toy. Happy Sunday y’all!

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

2 years

48-h levain fermented dough # Truffle-pistachio pesto + mortadella and mozz # Crispy Prosciutto + Mozz # Pepperoni # Caramelized onions + anchovies + Gorgonzola 😍😍😍

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

2 years

@GuiperiniMD just received the Skarbs treatment of beers, home smoked drinks and a lot of steak. And Wagyu. Thanks for the visit my friend!

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

2 years

In NOLA and it feels great to see old friends! @GuiperiniMD @fabiopss

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

1 year

Starting Brazil trip the right way! (After @AmericanAir delaying my flight for hours AND not getting my bags to Brazil…). A good Caipirinha does soothe the soul 😊

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

2 years

My daughter asked me to make pizza for her friends for her birthday party. I had an army of 10 year old girls tell me it was the best pizza they’ve ever had and I can’t name a better validation for my cooking than that!

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

4 years

In non-COVID news, happy to have helped bring this treatment option for frontline CLL patients, now finally published 😊 @jeff_sharman

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

1 year

To end the @LymphomaEx week, an amazing Chilean Asado with the maestro @iHematologo on the parrilla! @cytohance @matthew_mei @GuiperiniMD

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

5 years

Today I stayed in the office until 9 PM finishing the first draft of a manuscript, and I couldn’t be happier with the sense of accomplishment that results of a trial we’ve been working on for the past 4 and a half years will soon be submitted for publication. #bmtsm #lymsm

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

2 years

@VPrasadMDMPH @Plenary_Session I agree with the open-label bias and the sample size change issues, but have some things to point out (in >1 reply) 1) 17p/TP53 status is dynamic. Patients may have had abnormalities at relapse, but not at previous lines of therapy. Saying that previous Rx was poor isn’t accurate

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

1 year

After an afternoon of discussing the future of Lymphoma education in Latin America, we are checking out Valparaiso! #lymsm @LymphomaEx @iHematologo @GuiperiniMD @nico30f @cytohance

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

1 year

As an update: after a completely unnecessary peer-to-peer meeting that consumed too much of our time, we got it approved 😊.

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

10 months

The traditional Piano Bar karaoke takeover, now in São Paulo! @GuiperiniMD @KrishPatelMD @DalfeorRuddy

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

4 months

Thanks @chadinabhan for putting together such an engaging meeting asking the unanswered questions in hematologic malignancies. The panels were challenged with intriguing questions and definitely rose to the occasion. And thanks for bringing together such a wonderful group of

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

2 years

Working remote today allowed me to have this important lunch where I educated the young generation on the benefits of dipping French fries in chocolate milk shake.

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

10 months

Getting ready!

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Alan Skarbnik

@ASkarbnik

3 years

Now this is a great break fast! G’mar Chatima Tova y’all!

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