Mark Lewis, MD, FASCO
@marklewismd
Director, GI Oncology, @Intermountain. Interests: neuroendocrine tumors, cancer syndromes, empathy (even had a Whipple myself). Tweets my own.
A patient who never smoked, never drank, and was fastidious about his diet died of cancer at 49 That patient was my father He went to his grave not knowing he actually carried a genetic mutation that caused his fatal tumor Virtue doesn't necessarily guarantee health RIP Dad
We do the same thing in internal medicine except the aquarium’s a hospital
How to keep your fish in shape
Gotta be honest, I feel like mitochondria have been aura farming in every science class as the “powerhouse of the cell” while ribosomes are literally all about that protein
Ok but is the horse available to round at 5am on the adult ward to inquire loudly about GAS AND BOWEL MOVEMENTS
Losing it over this therapy horse that vigorously plays the piano to wake kids up from anesthesia
Remember that checking IGF-1 will give you more reliable results than measuring growth hormone
Margot Robbie will star in Tim Burton’s remake of ‘ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT WOMAN’ (Source: theinsneider.com/p/margot-robbi…)
Me trying to preserve the sterile field as a med student in the OR
It’s the PPIs for me Omeprazole sounding like a pasta dish? 👨🏻🍳 🇮🇹 🤌🏻
You can tell everything you need to know about a person by the way they pronounce Metoprolol
Man what a historic week to be on the internet. Can’t wait to see what’s next for concert-based corporate sleuthing: Imagine Dragons uncovering insider trading? Nickelback exposing embezzlement? Benson Boone whistleblowing tax evasion on capital gains?
POV: you’re new to the American South and someone sweetly says “bless your heart”
It’s admittedly a very late comeback but a Brit spilling this much tea in Boston officially ties the score at 1-1
Chris’ reaction 😅
Was very grateful to @chadinabhan for sharing his platform with me I’m a patient-physician but always live on the front part of that hyphenate and can’t avoid seeing new oncology data through the lens of embodied experience #asco25 cc: @ErikaHamilton9 @ASCO @ConquerCancerFd
THE @marklewismd spent 11 quick minutes on #HUExpress #HealthcareUnfiltered Express sharing the patient/doctor perspective on this past @ASCO #ASCO25 meeting. How can we assure patients' engagement and how to make the data interpretable & digestible. Join the conversation.
The formidable @marklewismd joins #HUExpress this week sharing his reflections on the recent @ASCO #ASCO25 data from a “patient perspective.” Mark wears the patient hat here as he analyzes the data just as he did on the podium this past June. Full video shortly.
“When you hear hoofbeats, think 🐴 🐴🐴 …” The 🦓 has long been the symbol of rare tumors & for those patients who stand out from the “herd” of common diagnoses But in my family we’ve also adopted the 🦚 as the symbol for hereditary conditions (in our case MEN1 syndrome)
