Episode 053: Breast Cancer Series, Pt. 2-Fundamentals of Radiation Oncology in Breast Cancer

A critical part of breast cancer management is often the incorporation of radiation therapy. This week, we sat down with our special guest, Dr. Ryan Miller, who is a radiation oncology resident at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia who shared some super high yield points about how he approaches radiation planning in his patients with breast cancer. Fun fact, you may remember Dr. Miller from Episode 012 when he joined us to talk about the role of radiation in heme/onc emergencies!

Episode 052: Breast Cancer Series, Pt. 1-Fundamentals of Diagnostic Radiology in Breast Cancer

The workup and management of breast cancer is complex! In this next series, we will dissect this topic inside and out. We will are so excited to be kicking off this series with special guest, Dr. Yasha Gupta to shed light on the role of our friendly breast radiologists and the very important role they/their team plays in the initial diagnosis and workup for a patient with a breast mass.

Episode 051: Heme Consults Series - Approach to Inpatient Leukocytosis

We are kicking off our intermittent “Heme Consults Series” with a great overview of the approach to leukocytosis, a common question we get on the wards. In this episode, we talk about the initial steps we should take to triage these cases and what we should be thinking about in regards to next steps.

Also - a huge shoutout to one of our listeners who had emailed us and said this is a common question that puzzles them in their work as a hospitalist! If there is something that you’d like to hear us cover in this series, definitely reach out!

Episode 050: #NephMadness Onconephrology - ICI-Associated AKI and Chemotherapy-Related Hypomagnesemia

The Fellow on Call is thrilled to partner with so many of our podcasting friends be a part of #NephMadness 2023 this year. In today’s episode, we welcome three incredible guests to our show, Dr. Matthew Abramson, Dr. Timothy Yau, and Dr. Scott Stockholm, to talk about the two very critical topics in hematology/oncology. The first is a discussion about immune checkpoint inhibitor-related AKIs. The second is a discussion about hypomagnesia in our patients. To learn more about NephMadness and to cast your votes, be sure to check out: https://ajkdblog.org/tag/nephmadness2023/. We’d love to see Onconephrology snag that #1 spot!

Episode 049: Myeloma Series, Pt.10- Multiple Myeloma Capstone

It’s been a long road, but incredibly educational journey, through our Myeloma Series. We finish off our series with a bang by sitting down with Multiple Myeloma Superstar, Dr. Manni Mohyuddin. In this episode, Dr. Mohyuddin takes us through his approach to complex decisions in the care of patients with myeloma, highlighting that myeloma treatment is an art in which we take imperfect data and try to make the best decisions for our patients. Trust us, folks, you do NOT want to miss this episode!

Episode 048: Myeloma Series, Pt.9- Transplant in Myeloma Capstone

In episode 046, we discussed the fundamentals of transplant in the treatment of patients with multiple myeloma. This week, we sit down with two incredible hematologists who specialize in transplant to discuss the real-life decision-making that goes into evaluating each patient. We are so excited to welcome two special guests this week, Dr. Shonali Midha and Dr. Amar Kelkar, joining us from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston!

Episode 047: Myeloma Series, Pt. 8 – Myeloma Maintenance Therapies

We continue our myeloma series, transitioning our discussion from autologous stem cell transplant to maintenance therapy for myeloma.

Episode 046: Myeloma Series, Pt. 7 – Autologous Transplant in Multiple Myeloma

In this continuation of our myeloma series, we discuss all the key principles and data surrounding autologous stem cell transplant in myeloma. We provide a succinct summary of key trials in this space that will give you a deep understanding of the field.

Episode 045: Myeloma Series, Pt.6 - Myeloma Treatment in Transplant Ineligible Patients

In this episode, we start with a little bit of story time about the history of myeloma treatments and how we got to the present day. We then finish off the episode with how this information helped us treat transplant ineligible patients.

Episode 044: Myeloma Series, Pt.5 - Myeloma Treatment

In this continuation of our myeloma series, we build on our prior discussion about myeloma pharmacology, this time discussing how to select the optimal regimen for treatment of our patients.

Episode 043: Myeloma Series, Pt.4 - Myeloma Pharmacology

In this continuation of our myeloma series, we begin our discussion about treatment options for multiple myeloma, focusing first on pharmacology. We are so thrilled to have a special guest, Kathryn Maples, PharmD, BCOP who is a clinical pharmacy specialist in Multiple Myeloma at the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory Healthcare in Atlanta, Georgia!