Today I voted in my 1st presidential election, 2 years after becoming a citizen. I voted for our democracy, justice, equity, our daughters’ future, our country’s future, our planet’s future, science, hope, tolerance, respect and the values we should all hold dear.
#vote
Dr. Giralt leading rounds on the 1st day of the new
@MSKCancerCenter
inpatient Cellular Therapy Service. All patients getting gene modified cells & other cellular immunotherapies will now receive care from single team of experts
#CARTcells
#TcellRx
Starting on
@sloan_kettering
inpatient BMT Service for 2 weeks today - 1st time in scrubs since residency.
#COVID19
doesn’t stop patients needing transplants or
#CARTcells
or our dedicated team from taking care of our patients. Proud to be here with them
#StayAtHome
"I strongly recommend that your immunocompromised patients get the covid vaccine as soon as they can" Dr Fauci being honored as
@ASTCT
Public Service Award.
#LeadershipMatters
#TCTM21
#COVID19
Back on
@sloan_kettering
inpatient BMT Service for 2 weeks. Day 1 quote selected by my daughter “The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails”
#leadership
#COVID19
#StayAtHome
In clinic
@sloan_kettering
today seeing a few of our early post transplant patients in person & getting ready for my next telemedicine visit. Trying to keep as many patients home
#StayAtHome
#COVID19
Best birthday 🎂 present today from my 2 girls. They played a game on the way to school taking turns telling me things they like about me ... it’s not a very long ride so they made it without running out of nice things to say 😅
#DaughtersAreTheBest
Soon ready for move in day. New
@sloan_kettering
outpatient facilities for Hematologic Malignancies & other cancers - redesigning the way cancer care is delivered
It’s happening. 1st ✈️ since February 2020. Heading back to Brussels for quick family trip. Have not been back to Europe since January last year, longest stretch probably since I moved to US 30 years ago. Glad
#COVIDVaccine
x3 allowing me to travel.
#SocialDistancing
is what our BMT patients practice everyday: avoid crowds, don't eat out, if you have to go to store go at odd hours, wash your hands, avoid sick contacts/friends/family, avoid public transportation, no planes
#WeGotThis
#COVID19
#coronavirus
#hcsm
Saw patient with Hodgkin Lymphoma in clinic this week, > 4 yrs post allo transplant, told me she is teaching her youngest, who is 16, how to drive. Husband & her did not think she would get to do that when she was diagnosed 10 yrs ago
@sloan_kettering
#StoriesThatMatter
#bmtsm
So happy I was there to witness Dr O’Reilly being discharged after recovering from
#COVID19
. He is one of my mentors, a colleague, friend & one of the greatest docs I know
#MSKHealthCareHeroes
This
#FeelGoodFriday
is extra special. We're happy to report
#MSKKids
Dr. Richard O'Reilly was discharged after facing COVID-19 & received a loving send off from his fellow
#MSKHealthcareHeroes
.
We can't wait to welcome you back to MSK with an even louder celebration. 💛
Last day on
@sloan_kettering
inpatient BMT Service. Last words of wisdom selected by our 10 yr old daughter “The block of granite which was an obstacle in the path of the weak becomes a stepping stone in the path of the strong” 💪
#COVID19
#NYTough
#PersonalGrowth
#StayAtHome
Throwback to 5 years ago when Tony Fauci, at 74 yo, was suiting up to treat an Ebola patient himself because he "wanted to show his staff that he wouldn't ask them to do anything he wouldn't do himself". This is what leadership looks like.
Since 2007 we have trained 29 MDs in
@sloan_kettering
Adult BMT &
@PICI
Immunotherapy Fellowships who represent United Nations 🇺🇸 🇦🇹 🇻🇪 🇮🇱 🇮🇳 🇰🇪 🇦🇺 🇮🇷 🇨🇱 🇨🇦 🇱🇧 🇨🇴 🇵🇷 🇬🇷 🇹🇭 🇨🇳 🇵🇱 Majority now in academia in US or back home. Very proud of their accomplishments
#ImmigrantScience
Meet 13 year old Abraham Olagbegi.
After a successful bone marrow transplant, he became eligible to have a wish fulfilled by the Make A Wish Foundation.
What did he ask for?
To feed the homeless every month for a whole year.
#Humanity
❤️
At the
#EBMT23
Presidential Symposium with my good friend &
@TheEBMT
counterpart
@AnnaSureda5
- 1st time both
@TheEBMT
&
@ASTCT
have Presidents from Spain. Look fwd to deeper & productive collaborations between our societies & members to promote better outcomes for our patients
You were a young mother with acute leukemia
You missed your daughter during your bone marrow transplant
Your leukemia returned after transplant & we couldn't save you
I read the book your husband wrote, recognized myself, discovered so much about you
#ShareAStoryInOneTweet
BMT Clinic today: almost every patient asking about NY
#measles
outbreak. Our patients with
#bloodcancers
are immunocompromised especially after stem cell transplant until they can get their vaccines. They rely on heard immunity
#VaccinesWork
Let me spell this out: some of our patients won’t get the life saving transplant they need & will die of their disease. ‘The impact of
#COVID19
on the provision of donor hematopoietic stem cell products worldwide: collateral damage’
@BMTjournal
Very sad new this morning as we learn passing of former
@sloan_kettering
Physician in Chief Josep Baselga - a transformational innovator & leader in oncology, & a supporter of BMT & cellular therapies at MSK. Condolences to his family & friends
“Life is a grindstone, and whether it grinds you down, or polishes you up is for you and you alone to decide” quote of the day picked by our daughter while I cover
@sloan_kettering
inpatient BMT service
#leadership
#COVID19
#StayAtHome
On my way to Orlando for
#Tandem23
. Looking forward to connecting with friends & colleagues & to a great meeting as we work to improve outcomes for patients receiving stem cell transplants & cell therapy
@ASTCT
@CIBMTR
#bmtsm
#tcellRx
Last BMT clinic at 1275 York Ave today after almost 20 years (left pic). Will be seeing patients at our brand new facility on 74th street next week (right 2 pics). Hope to combine excellent care with a healing environment for our patients
@sloan_kettering
#WorldCancerDay
Important
@CIBMTR
study out in
@BloodJournal
Better survival for MUD vs Haplo in RIC Allo. Reminds us Haplo not yet ready to take over from MUD. Gr8 job
@romeerizwan
& colleagues
#bmtsm
Rounding on
@sloan_kettering
BMT unit today as I was 18 years ago on 9/11. Several patients today with 1st hand memories. Yesterday saw 1st responder in clinic doing great for his 10 year f/u from an alloHCT for lymphoma. One of many 1st responders I have treated
#911Anniversary
Great symposium
@MSKCancerCenter
today honoring Dean Bajorin H/O Fellowship Director for almost 3 decades and who trained >500 fellows including me. We are all grateful for the excellent training environment he provided and support of fellows
#MedEd
In these challenging times, silver lining was starting off vacation in France yesterday & being recognized at baggage claim
@ParisAeroport
by one of my transplant patients here to celebrate pandemic delayed anniversary in Paris with his wife
#survivorship
#bmtsm
@MSKCancerCenter
When you’re doing weekend rounds on
@sloan_kettering
BMT Service & your team knows your weaknesses 🍫- excellent brownies courtesy of NP Rachel
#BestTeam
Negative study reported at
@ASH_hematology
#ASH20
Plenary. TXA did not help decrease thrombocytopenia. Important to not only show positive data.
#hematology
Very honored to present at
#EBMT22
Presidential Symposium today on behalf of my collaborators - OUTCOMES OF ALLOGENEIC HCT IN PATIENTS WITH HODGKIN LYMPHOMA IN THE ERA OF CHECKPOINT INHIBITORSA JOINT
@CIBMTR
@TheEBMT
ANALYSIS.
#lymsm
#bmtsm
#collaboration
We are recommending that patients post BMT (auto and allo) as well as CAR T get the vaccine. Ideal timing is still a question and how do deal with GVHD and treatment for GVHD. But vaccine should be safe.
#Covid19
#CovidVaccine
#TcellRx
#bmtsm
Excited to be on service when we open 2nd dedicated BMT floor
@sloan_kettering
tomorrow. Setting a new standard for BMT patients & their caregivers
#bmtsm
Make sure to come check out my poster today in Magnolia 13. 1st
@CIBMTR
study on post transplant immune reconstitution - Day 100 CD4 predicts OS after alloHCT
#Tandem23
#bmtsm
Ready for
@BeTheMatch
2020 Virtual Gala. Join me in supporting a great organization to save lives through stem cell transplants & cellular therapy. Thanks for the special 🎁
1st & probably last time I have 2 papers come out at the same time in
@JCO_ASCO
- Speaks to the great collaborators I get to work with at
@sloan_kettering
&
@BMTCTN
tp53 in
#CARTcells
Ph3 GVHD prevention trial
Today's
@US_FDA
approval of Abatacept for aGVHD prevention gives another option in addition to post-Cy to use mismatched donors for alloHCT. Based on
@BeTheMatch
data expanding use of MMUD can increase access for all patients & esp URM patients
#equity