Inspiring @asco advocacy day with Dr. Kristina Novick rad onc @pennmedicine Chester County +other colleagues from our region-we met with PA lawmakers to improve care for our patients with cancer. And we ran into Dr. Kimryn Rathmell Dr Rathmell who was doing the same! Penn Medicine - Abramson Cancer Center.

On Capitol Hill with @ASCOCancer thank you to Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon and Emily Kastenberg for meeting us during #ASCO Advocacy Summit. We are advocating for action to mitigate drug shortages, continuation of telehealth, robust cancer research funding. PA strong Marilyn Heine Penn Medicine

Congrats to Dr. Steve Rosenberg who was awarded #AACR24 Lifetime Achievement Award (intro by Dr. Vonderheide). SO after his lecture. Decades of inquiry to harness the power of T cells to improve the lives patients with melanoma + other cancers Penn Medicine Penn Medicine - Abramson Cancer Center #melanoma

Penn proud as John Maris and John Wherry inducted into the 2024 Class of AACR fellows which recognizes distinguished scientists who have made major scientific innovations. Congrats AACR Penn Medicine Penn Medicine - Abramson Cancer Center E. John Wherry

We celebrated the amazing career of Barbara Zolick last night- GU Nurse practitioner extraordinaire.What a legacy. Meticulous and dedicated clinician, teacher, colleague. 25 + yr career. We thank you and wish you continued fulfillment in “retirement” Penn Medicine Penn Medicine - Abramson Cancer Center

#Drugshortages are impacting thousands of individuals w/ cancer, including individuals with cancer in your state @senfettermanpa. Time is not on our side. Please work with your colleagues to mitigate these shortages. #ASCOAdvocacy

Cancer drug shortages should not be a political issue. @repdwightevans Please join your colleagues in the House and Senate to swiftly mitigate widespread cancer #drugshortages . Patients’ lives are at stake. #ASCOAdvocacy

Last night Tara Miller Melanoma Center we celebrated with the Tara Miller Melanoma Foundation. Their generous support over 10 years has helped advance #melanoma research Penn Medicine and around the world. We look forward to continuing to further Tara’s incredible legacy. Toasting Tara!

Great Society Melanoma Res #SMR23 in Philadelphia. Left inspired Congrats to SMR Pres Mike Davies, award winners & Program Planning committee including Ravi Amaravadi Penn Medicine - Abramson Cancer Center Jessie Villanueva The Wistar Institute Andrew Aplin Thomas Jefferson University #phillyproud #melanoma Tara Miller Melanoma Center

Excited to see so many new melanoma investigators awarded travel awards at #SMRconquer . They are ready to take on all the new opportunities in melanoma research #melanoma Tara Miller Melanoma Center

Great for J Kirkwood & I to continue our honest conversations on toxicity of adjuvant therapy for patients with melanoma for over 30 years Society Melanoma Res. From IFN to PD-1 therapy. More nuanced conversations now. Jill Feldman captures side effects though different Rx. Powerful

At #SMR 2023, great talk by our beloved colleague Meenhard Herlyn The Wistar Institute on modeling human melanoma. He received the SMR Founders Award. He began SMR 20 years ago right here in Philly!Congrats. Penn Medicine - Abramson Cancer Center.

Have to travel to Senegal to meet/see Penn colleagues who are at AORTIC. Just heard an amazing talk by Penn Faculty member Dr. Dako on AI in radiology in LMIC countries and his collaboration in Nigeria. Penn Medicine Penn Medicine - Abramson Cancer Center Penn Radiology Penn Radiation Oncology Residency Yehoda Martei MD, MSCE

Our 18th Annual Wallace Clark Lecture Penn Medicine Penn Medicine - Abramson Cancer Center Tara Miller Melanoma Center delivered by Dr. Vernon Sondak Moffitt Cancer Center who truly exemplifies Dr. Clark’s early vision for multidisciplinary cancer care and research. TY Vern and we are still inspired by Wallace.

We celebrated Penn Medicine Penn Medicine - Abramson Cancer Center the extraordinary career of our beloved Dr. Kevin Fox. Doctor, teacher, mentor-truly shaped hundreds of medical oncologists across the globe. He practiced and modeled
the art +humanity of medicine with great humor and humility. The GOAT.

Wonderful to see so many melanoma colleagues at ASCO Breakthrough meeting. Professor Georgina Long AO Helen Rizos, Patrick Ott, L Eggermont covering microbiome, vaccines and liquid bx #ASCOBT23 #Melanoma .

Fantastic talk by @AbboshChris ASCO Breakthrough Meeting on use of ctDNA for MRD in lung cancer to detect early recurrences. Potential future role for RX intensification & hopefully eventually deescalation. 2nd generation ctDNA MRD assays getting better and better. #ASCOBT23

Great practical discussion on use of TKIs in lung cancer by panel and the audience applying results of clinical trials into the clinic ASCO Breakthrough 23. Dana-Farber Tony Mok #ASCOBT23

Biked today to get in shape for Breakthrough Challenge to raise $ for cancer research Penn Medicine - Abramson Cancer Center Penn Medicine and our team #missionmelanoma . Join us! Got to keep up with Toni Choueiri, MD Charu Aggarwal, MD, MPH, FASCO. Misty morning in Maine.

What a night-10th #maketheofitbash for Tara Miller Melanoma Foundation. >$1Million raised to #curemelanoma and fund research Penn Medicine - Abramson Cancer Center &MRA. Tara’s legacy lives on-we are truly changing the lives of patients with melanoma. And Tara’s voice propels us to do more! Lauren Miller