🚨 Promotion Alert!
Brad Blaser, MD, PhD, promoted to Associate Professor w/tenure 👏

🔬R01-funded hematopoiesis researcher
🐟OSUCCC Aquatic Facility founder
📊Leads data science workshops
📚Senior author: Cell Reports, JCI, Nature Comms
🎓Advisor to 7 trainees
🧬NIH reviewer

🔗 go.osu.edu/blaser

🎉 Congrats to Dr. Naresh Bumma on his promotion to Associate Professor of Medicine!
🔹 Medical Director, Amyloidosis Clinic
🔹 Strategic Growth Lead, Hematology
🔹 OSU Faculty Council rep
🔹 50+ publications
🔹 ASH committee service
Learn more: cancer.osu.edu/find-a-docto...

Excited to share that Alice Mims, MD, MSCR will be presenting for @peerview.bsky.social w/ @healthtreeorg.bsky.social ’s AML session on May 30!

Catch her live in Chicago or virtually at #ASCO25.

Don’t miss it: bit.ly/AML-T #hematology #AML

Just wrapped up our first-ever Acute Leukemia Retreat—what an inspiring day! 💪 So many brilliant minds came together to share knowledge, spark ideas, and build connections. Grateful to all our speakers and attendees! 🧠✨
📸 Swipe to see the speaker collage + group photo!

👏Congrats to Yazeed Sawalha, MD, who published "Outcomes of patients w/ relapsed/refractory lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma/waldenström macroglobulinemia treated with venetoclax: a multicenter retrospective analysis" in Blood Cancer Jnl.⭐️
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Congrats to Dr. Alice Mims on receiving an MPI NCI R01 award with/ Dr. Christopher Coss (OSU Pharmacy & UCincyMedicine) to study pharmacodynamically directed targeted therapy for leukemia using a DHODH inhibitor developed at OSU through the DDI. 🔬🧬 #AML #MDS #CancerResearch

Carrie Trojack, an OSU employee + leukemia survivor, is raising $100K for the #VisionaryOfTheYear campaign. She's proof that hope and healing can spark change.

🧡 Support her mission: pages.lls.org/voy/coh/colu...

Timothy Voorhees, MD @tvoorheesmd.bsky.social published "Outcomes in patients with classic #Hodgkinlymphoma refractory or intolerant to brentuximab vedotin and anti-PD-1 therapy: a real world analysis from 15 U.S. academic centers" in @BloodCancerJnl.

🔗https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40140364/

Uma Borate, MD, MS published "Reducing clinical trial eligibility barriers for patients with #MDS: an icMDS position statement" @BloodJournal!

🔗https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40146152/

Dr. Wall (@sarahallison10.bsky.social) published an article in the Annals of Hematology Journal.

🔗https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40119918/

Strikes, Smiles & Spring Vibes –
Hematology Hits the Lanes! 🎳

Great to relax and have some fun with colleagues and our families at the Spring Celebration last Saturday. Thanks to everyone who made it happen! 💙

Very proud to have played a role in this study with my study chair Dr. Eric Huselton from University of Rochester - please consider your patients for this study @osuhematology.bsky.social @osucccjames.bsky.social @swog.org @ash.hematology.org

Happy (belated) Doctor’s Day! 🎉 A huge thank you to our incredible Heme faculty for your dedication, compassion, and expertise. Your impact on patients and advancements in research are truly inspiring. We’re grateful for all you do! ❤️ #DoctorsDay #HematologyHeroes

Dr. Krull (@ashleyakrull.bsky.social) is looking forward to the ISCT Annual Meeting in New Orleans! 🎉 If you haven’t registered yet, don’t miss out—this is the one CGT conference not to skip! 🔬✨ #CellTherapy #GeneTherapy #ISCT2025

🎉 Congrats to Annika Chura from Dr. Bradley Blaser’s lab for winning 1st place at the Hayes Advanced Research Forum! 🏆👏

Her project highlights key insights into AML research. 🔬💡
mcdb.osu.edu/news/mcdb-st...

🔬From months in the hospital to nights at home—#bmtsm
OSU James Cancer Center.
has come a long way!
Sapp(1984) & Burnworth(2017) both beat leukemia thanks to expert care.
Drs de Lima, Vasu, & @sarahallison10.bsky.social are leading the next breakthrough: outpatient transplants. go.osu.edu/bmtsm

The 2025 @castleconnolly.bsky.social Exceptional Women in Medicine is out!🎉This honor celebrates🔝female physicians for their leadership & expertise.
👏 Congrats to the OSUCCCJames Heme honorees:
Jennifer Woyach
Uma Borate @beatalleukemia.bsky.social
Alice Mims
Ashley Rosko
Kami Maddocks
Kerry Rogers

🗞️ Dr. Devarakonda joins the @abimcert.bsky.social Hematology Item-Writing Task Force to help craft questions for Heme Certification exams, including LKA for MOC. #Hematology #MedicalEducation

⚽️👩‍⚕️History made!
Dr. Sarah Wall formed the 1st-ever US Women’s Medical Soccer Team at the Physician Soccer Summit.🇺🇸 After attending solo last year, she recruited 15 women to join, and now the team is heading to the World Medical Football Championships in Dublin, Ireland July 2025! 🇮🇪🏆

March is #MyelomaAwarenessMonth!🎗️

Dr. Naresh Bumma recently spoke w/ CitySceneColumbus about the latest advancements in #MM.
🧬🔬
Check out the article here! 👇
www.cityscenecolumbus.com/arts-and-ent...

🎉 Congrats to @akeisfeld.bsky.social ! 🎉

Dr. Eisfeld is a 2024 recipient of the $75K Real-World Data Impact Award from
@americancancersoc.bsky.social r
& @FlatironHealth

Plus, Dr. Eisfeld gains access to Flatiron AML data (valued at ~$500K) for a year! 🔬📊 #CancerResearch #PublicHealth