PGY6 Hem/Onc fellow @BCMHouston. Postdoc alumnus @MDandersonnews. Creator of “🩸 Heme for the Non-Hematologist/Onc for the Non-Oncologist🎗️”. Views are my own.
Sep 16 • 23 tweets • 11 min read
🎗️Oncology for The Non-Oncologist🎗️
(A practical educational series for internal medicine trainees and physicians)
Episode 11: When you hear “small cell carcinoma”, think urgency 🚨. Here’s what you need to do…
Listen up - 🧵
Disclaimer: This thread is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. Always consult hematology and medical oncology or appropriate specialists for patient-specific decisions.
Sep 14 • 24 tweets • 2 min read
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🩸Hematology for The Non-Hematologist🩸
🎗️Oncology for The Non-Oncologist🎗️
This series reached +1.5M views, +12k likes, & +3k new followers in under 8 weeks. Very Grateful for the support.
I put together a collection of all 20 episodes so far in the links below 👇🏻
For those of you who are new to this series
These two series: 🩸 Hematology for the Non-Hematologist 🩸 / 🎗️ Oncology for the Non-Oncologist 🎗️ aim to simplify and detail real-world topics in hematology/oncology you won’t find neatly in textbooks but see every day on the wards. I usually post about oncology on Tuesdays and Hematology on Fridays.
If you’ve found them useful, like & repost this thread, it shows me support and directly encourages me to keep working on and expanding this series.
Sep 9 • 26 tweets • 17 min read
🎗️Oncology for The Non-Oncologist🎗️
(A practical educational series for internal medicine trainees and physicians)
Episode 10: Prostate cancer is very common.. here’s what to do if they get admitted?
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Disclaimer: This thread is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. Always consult hematology and medical oncology or appropriate specialists for patient-specific decisions.
Sep 2 • 22 tweets • 13 min read
🎗️Oncology for The Non-Oncologist🎗️
(A practical educational series for internal medicine trainees and physicians)
Episode 9: Face swelling, neck veins popping 🥵… Don’t forget about SVC syndrome!
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Disclaimer: This thread is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. Always consult hematology and medical oncology or appropriate specialists for patient-specific decisions.
Aug 29 • 25 tweets • 16 min read
🩸Hematology for The Non-Hematologist🩸
(A practical educational series for internal medicine trainees and physicians)
Episode 9: Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL): the leukemia that looks like AML, but isn’t 🤔
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Disclaimer: This thread is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. Always consult hematology and medical oncology or appropriate specialists for patient-specific decisions.
Aug 22 • 25 tweets • 16 min read
🩸Hematology for The Non-Hematologist🩸
(A practical educational series for internal medicine trainees and physicians)
Episode 8: 📞 “Doc, patient’s WBC just came back at 150,000 with majority blasts…”
👉🏻 here’s what you need to know about acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
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Disclaimer: This thread is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. Always consult hematology and medical oncology or appropriate specialists for patient-specific decisions.
Aug 15 • 23 tweets • 12 min read
🩸Hematology for The Non-Hematologist🩸
(A practical educational series for internal medicine trainees and physicians)
Episode 7: Leukemia and Lymphoma Alphabet Soups: AML, CLL, CML, ALL, acute vs chronic - myeloid vs lymphoid. Let’s decode all this.
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Disclaimer: This thread is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. Always consult hematology and medical oncology or appropriate specialists for patient-specific decisions.
Aug 8 • 24 tweets • 9 min read
🩸Hematology for The Non-Hematologist🩸
(A practical educational series for internal medicine trainees and physicians)
Episode 6: Is DIC on your differential? Here’s what you should know 📑
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Disclaimer: This thread is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. Always consult hematology and medical oncology or appropriate specialists for patient-specific decisions.
Aug 5 • 22 tweets • 8 min read
🎗️Oncology for The Non-Oncologist🎗️
(A practical educational series for internal medicine trainees and physicians)
Episode 5: Hypercalcemia of Malignancy… A Fact or a Myth? 🤔💭
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Disclaimer: This thread is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. Always consult hematology and medical oncology or appropriate specialists for patient-specific decisions.
Aug 1 • 26 tweets • 9 min read
🩸Hematology for The Non-Hematology🩸
(A practical educational series for internal medicine trainees and physicians)
Episode 5: Profuse bleeding? Which blood product to grab: PLT, Cryo, FFP, or PCC? 😱 The answer’s easier than you think
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Disclaimer: This thread is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. Always consult hematology or appropriate specialists for patient-specific decisions.
Jul 15 • 20 tweets • 5 min read
🎗️Oncology for The Non-Oncologist🎗️
Episode 2: How to Approach an Incidental Mass
Listen up - 🧵
1/ Patient gets scanned for something else
Hold on, no need to panic. Here’s how to approach an incidental mass in a calm, organized way.
Jul 8 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
🎗️ Oncology for the Non-Oncologist 🎗️
Thread: Oncology Emergencies You Can’t Miss
Interns listen up - 🧵
1/ Oncology emergencies are rare until they’re not.
Recognizing them early prevents irreversible harm.
Save this for your next call.
Jul 20, 2020 • 23 tweets • 9 min read
Been trying to get back to the #AskAnIMG threads for a while & I finally found the time to tackle this one. So here goes!
Preparing your list of programs as an IMG..
A thread/ #match2021#medtwitter1/n Preparing my list was undoubtedly the most time-consuming task for the #myEras app. Going through a list of 500+ IM prog. in the US wasn’t a walk in the park & I was definitely glad that I started preparing early, thus, my number 1 tip is: the sooner you start the better
Jun 19, 2020 • 19 tweets • 9 min read
Let’s talk about the personal statement (PS)
Writing the PS might seem like one of the most daunting tasks for the ERAS application, & believe me it is. But here are a few tips & thoughts to facilitate the process
