If 7 years ago you would have told me that I’ll get to do my pediatric residency training at Children's National Hospital 🏥 , I wouldn’t have believed it. One thing I can say is it takes a village to achieve dreams and I am eternally grateful for mine. DC here I come!

It's #MatchDay2024 & we're welcoming 42 new pediatric interns! Celebrating education & diversity, our incoming class is from 37 institutions with 45% underrepresented races/ethnicities-- three times the national average! We’re excited for what’s to come! 👏

Wouldn’t have been possible without the support and guidance of our amazing mentors! Yesterday was a wonderful day, and we are so lucky to be a part of the pediatric oncology family at Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center !

Worlds colliding. People with NF1 are at risk for many rare cancers. Many common cancers are driven by somatic #NF1 loss. Understanding the NF1 condition and gene may unlock new potential for immunotherapy in rare and common cancers. #ImmunoOncology #Immunotherapy #MedTwitter

Learn more about 2023 CCF Giant Food NextGen Awardee Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center Yiouli Ktena, M.D. and her research on bone marrow transplants for pediatric blood cancer. childrenscancerfoundation.org/yiouli-ktena-m… Proposals due 5/5 for 2024 Grants: bit.ly/ccfgrantapplic… #CancerResearch #childhoodcancer

"Let us aim to create a future in which the seeds of cancer can be rendered infertile long before they take root. The path ahead is both daunting and hopeful, yet it is only through collective endeavor and innovation that we can aspire to maintain calm and avoid the storm."

Somatic Mutations in Normal Tissues: Calm before the Storm🌪️. "Within the seeming tranquility🍃 of normal tissues," explore the "Whispers in Silence"🧬of driver genes, why "Sometimes It Pays to Have Competitive Neighbors," and "Hit-and-Run" tactics within the microenvironment🕵️‍♂️.

Excited to be able to present my poster American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology about the use of selumetinib for hypertrophic neuropathy in a pediatric patient with mosaic KRASopathy. Many thanks to Christine Pratilas MD for the outstanding mentorship, Dr. Rita Dionysiou for the support and everyone else who helped.

Hanging out with the pediatric oncologist

This is one of the very first comments that William Kaelin (Nobel laureate and physician-scientist extraordinaire) received from one of his teachers. Never let the wrong people bring you down. Such an eye-opening keynote address at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center trainee research day.

Thrilled to see our work on how MEK inhibition enhances the anti-tumor effect of radiation therapy in GBM, published in Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. Special thanks to Dr. Schreck, Christine Pratilas MD, @AbiolaAyanlaja for their support and guidance! #NF1 #GBM #cureGBM 🧠

Last The Children's Cancer Foundation, Inc. research symposium as a research fellow! What an inspiring day listening to much needed talks about the challenges of drug discovery in pediatric oncology. A long way to go to get to where we need to; big thanks to CCF for the recognition of our RMS project!

The 10 biggest cancer papers of the last 10 years (in my opinion) 1. Blocking PD1 activates the immune response against cancer - especially if the cancer has more mutations nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.105…

We often pursue ~5 years of surveillance for liver cancer. Longer surveillance may be warranted for #fibrolamellar #HCC. Marina Baretti Elsa Hallab ⏩A Recurrence of Fibrolamellar HCC After 18 Years: cureus.com/articles/27104…

🚨🚨A must read is now out at Clinical Cancer Research Work from Dr. Antonescu of Sarcoma Service at Memorial Sloan Kettering really changes how we think about complex cytogenetic #sarcomas in patients with cancer predispositions. aacrjournals.org/clincancerres/…

Hi #MedTwitter 👋 I'm Elsa, a postdoc research fellow at Johns Hopkins Medicine Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center 🔬and University of Balamand graduate 🇱🇧 Thrilled to be applying for #InternalMedicine #Match2025! Looking forward to connect with programs and applicants 😁 #IMG #InsideTheMatch #MedX

Off to San Diego from 24h in the PICU ➡️ #ASH24 Thanks to Caner Saygin, MD ‘s mentorship, we will be presenting our work with an abstract achievement award. CH landscape and clinical correlates in AYA survivors of childhood ALL UChicagoMedPeds

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