Why I love infectious diseases - name another area of medicine that can affect the global economy so rapidly? This is why we will always need infectious disease specialists! nyti.ms/32sHGp7

In addition to appropriate hand hygiene, I will also be engaged in stress-eating as our lab MD Anderson Cancer Center prepares for #COVID19 Thanks to Dawn Donuts for this mornings breakfast. #HoustonStrong

Here are my answers to common questions about COVID-19 testing. Thanks to MD Anderson Cancer Center for this opportunity to keep our patients and community informed with accurate information.

Good bit from CNN Health on the limitations of COVID-19 antibody tests and how prevalence affects the reliability of these assays. cnn.com/2020/05/26/hea…

Excited to see Emily Landon, a wonderful colleague and ID doc, given the opportunity to adress a common question about COVID-19 testing. NPR: Coronavirus Testing: Should I Go For It Even If I Have No Symptoms? : Goats and Soda. npr.org/sections/goats… via Google News

I personally felt the weight of every quote in this article during the #COVID19 pandemic. Thanks to NYT Science and Katherine J. Wu, Ph.D. for giving a much needed voice to our nation's clinical micro labs and the technicians, technologists, and directors that keep them functioning.

In eight days, we converted our Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory to provide COVID-19 testing, starting in March. Read about innovative in-house solutions we’ve used to ensure the safety of our patients and employees: bit.ly/2WNkXSK Micah Bhatti, MD, PhD Welela Tereffe, MD, MPH #EndCancer

It has been an incredible journey over the last 9 months, working with so many talented individuals, to provide COVID-19 testing to our patients and employees MD Anderson Cancer Center. Big thanks to the swab team, specimen couriers, lab techs, LIS/EHR team, and so many more!

Thank you MD Anderson Cancer Center for the opportunity to discuss the pros & cons of the different types of tests currently available for detecting #COVID19.

Thank you MD Anderson Cancer Center for ending my week on a big positive with my second #CovidVaccine. Shout out to Welela Tereffe, MD, MPH, Ryan K. Roux, PharmD, MS, FASHP, and everyone else who made this all possible!

Thank you @melmillerphd for sharing this and @DrJAshton for providing much needed recognition to our clinical labs. I am so proud of the techs in our micro labs. Without them, there is no pandemic response. #COVID19

Getting ready to celebrate #LabWeek2021!!!

Starting #LabWeek2021 MD Anderson Cancer Center by recognizing Specimen Processing w/31 employees working 24/7 thru hurricanes and power outages, ensuring specimens meet acceptance criteria, process & send them to various testing labs. Reliable results begin w/quality specimens!

Use of automation in clinical labs MD Anderson Cancer Center allows for seamless integration between our Specimen Processing Area and our Clinical Hematology and Chemistry Labs allowing us to process and analyzed over 40k specimens a week! #labweek2021

The Transfusion Medicine Lab MD Anderson Cancer Center processed >180k blood products last year. Our patients safely received 34,674 platelets, 44,120 red cells, and 6,871 units of plasma starting with the testing performed in their labs. #labweek2021 #donatebloodsavelives

This is huge news.