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Ruben A. Mesa, MD

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Ruben A. Mesa, MD

@mpdrc

President, Advocate Health Cancer National Service Line & Executive Director AH Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center. #MPNs (Tweets-My Opinion)

Winston-Salem & Charlotte, NC

Joined September 2013

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Ruben A. Mesa, MD
@mpdrc
Jan 16, 2023
Today I join >600 Physicians & Scientists & thousands of team members of @WakeCancer & @LevineCancer joined as one @theNCI Comprehensive Cancer Center - world class cancer care, research & training decreasing cancer burden in the Carolinas & beyond @AtriumHealth @AtriumHealthWFB
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Ruben A. Mesa, MD
@mpdrc
Aug 17, 2020
I'm excited to announce that the National Cancer Institute has renewed the Mays Cancer Center @UTHealthSAMDA as an @theNCI Designated Cancer Center for the next 5 years. Together, we will decrease the burden of cancer in San Antonio, South Texas, and Beyond. @UTHealthSA @utsystem
Ruben A. Mesa, MD
@mpdrc
Jun 19, 2023
Today we lost friend & deeply valued ⁦@WakeCancer⁩ colleague Dr William Blackstock to cancer. Pioneering Chair of Rad Onc ⁦@wakeforestmed⁩, hugely impactful Interim Director ⁦@AtriumHealthWFB⁩ Comp. Cancer Ctr, #healthequity warrior ⁦@LevineCancer⁩
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Ruben A. Mesa, MD
@mpdrc
Dec 22, 2022
So honored to have attended the @WhiteHouse Christmas party last evening with my wife Kris and many members of the USA cancer community @POTUS @FLOTUS @theNCI @DrRobWinn @nes047 @DrSDNimer @AmerCancerCEO @wakeforestmed @WakeCancer @LevineCancer
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Ruben A. Mesa, MD
@mpdrc
Dec 7, 2023
#ASH23 Walking into my 27th consecutive @ASH_hematology Annual Meeting (1 virtual). #SanDiego is special place as host to #ASH97 (twitter was not a thing yet), my first one. Amazing progress against blood diseases and MPNs! #MPNSM @WakeCancer @LevineCancer @wakeforestmed
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Ruben A. Mesa, MD
@mpdrc
Feb 23, 2022
Huge Thanks to ⁦@FLOTUS⁩ and ⁦@NCIDirector⁩ for visiting Mays Cancer Center ⁦@UTHealthSAMDA⁩ to advance #CancerHealthEquity and ⁦@CancerMoonshot⁩! ⁦@POTUS⁩ ⁦@theNCI⁩ ⁦@AACI_Cancer⁩ ⁦@AACR⁩ ⁦@TheCancerLetter⁩ ⁦@LLSusa⁩
Ruben A. Mesa, MD
@mpdrc
Dec 18, 2019
My daughter sent me this, hilarious and brutal at the same time!
Ruben A. Mesa, MD
@mpdrc
Dec 9, 2022
Best ⁦@ASH_hematology⁩ picture with my friends from the blood stream! #Leukocyte #Erythrocyte #Platelet! All in the house #ASH22 ⁦@doctorpemm⁩ ⁦@DavidSteensma⁩ ⁦@UTHealthSAMDA⁩
Ruben A. Mesa, MD
@mpdrc
Jan 13, 2023
Excited to be welcomed to #NorthCarolina by the incomparable ⁦@DerekRaghavan⁩ as we raise a glass to the deep impact and excellence of ⁦@LevineCancer⁩ and the exciting future as One Integrated Cancer Center with ⁦@WakeCancer⁩ ⁦@AtriumHealth⁩ ⁦⁦
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Ruben A. Mesa, MD
@mpdrc
Mar 17, 2022
So deeply honored to have testified ⁦@EnergyCommerce⁩ committee of the US Congress on improving diversity in cancer clinical trials ⁦@LLSusa⁩ ⁦@AACI_Cancer⁩ ⁦@AACR⁩ ⁦@UTHealthSAMDA⁩ ⁦@RepAnnaEshoo⁩ ⁦@RepRaulRuizMD⁩ ⁦@ASH_hematology⁩
Ruben A. Mesa, MD
@mpdrc
Jul 16, 2020
I am in clinic today see patients at the Mays Cancer Center ⁦@UTHealthSAMDA⁩ “TX Covid19” Style! #mpnsm #COVID19
Ruben A. Mesa, MD
@mpdrc
Jun 13, 2022
Alex Parikh, MD,MPH joins Mays Cancer Center ⁦@UTHealthSAMDA⁩ as Chief of Surgical Onc & Chair of Cancer Surgery Sub-service Line. Expert in HPB /Public Health/Health Disparities Research! ⁦@AlexParikhMD⁩ ⁦⁦@SocSurgOnc⁩ ⁦@mkitano7⁩ ⁦@CariCalvoMD⁩
Ruben A. Mesa, MD
@mpdrc
Oct 21, 2022
Deeply honored to be named Outstanding Medical Researcher by the San Antonio Business Journal for 2022. So proud of the amazing impact of Mays Cancer Center for our #SATX Community!! #SABJ #HealthCareHeroes ⁦@SABizJournal⁩ ⁦@UTHealthSAMDA⁩ ⁦@UTHealthSA⁩ #mpnsm
Ruben A. Mesa, MD
@mpdrc
Nov 3, 2021
St Peters Science Fair in 1983 (you can tell from my stylish outfit). Huge shoutout to ⁦@genentech⁩, a young biotech at that time, for sharing loads of helpful information with an inquisitive 8th grader from skokie and launched me into science! ⁦@UTHealthSAMDA⁩