Thanks to Miriam Agyakomah Osei, MD Charlotte Story Kelly Schuering Maureen Achebe Brigham and Women’s Hematology Brigham and Women’s D & I Brigham and Women's Hospital and many others for helping us develop and sustain the heme team as a tangible way to address healthcare inequities!

An absolute dream to rage against systemic racism in hemophilia care with Shematologist, MD and RPTH. 🩸

We have made some progress, but we have so much left to do.

Read the commentary and associated article here! 👉sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Cheers to ⁦Brigham and Women's Medicine Residents⁩ ⁦BWH Allergy/Immunology Fellowship⁩ ⁦Dana-Farber⁩ ⁦Corey Cutler⁩ for successful development and implementation of a pipeline to address drug allergies before HSCT! Systems hematology and quality improvement at its best. 🩸 secure-web.cisco.com/1B16kGkym8NpAd…

An absolute joy to create this piece with these brilliant women and this incredible journal. Thank you all for reading and sharing!!

Come join us tomorrow afternoon for #ASH23 DEI poster walk!

I’ll be talking on re-evaluating hemoglobin reference ranges and the vicious cycle between unaddressed iron deficiency and “normal” hemoglobin for women.

Michelle Sholzberg Shematologist, MD Alexander Chaitoff Michael Fralick

So grateful for the Heme Queens of ⁦⁦Brigham and Women’s Hematology⁩ who continue to challenge and inspire me! ⁦Lauren Merz⁩ #ASH23 #shematology ⁦Johns Hopkins Hematology⁩

2.6 million Black Americans are diagnosed with “neutropenia,” perpetuating systemic racism in healthcare Lauren Merz teaches us at #ASH23

Heme queen extraordinaire, Lauren Merz and mentor Maureen Achebe on the largest stage at #ASH23 discussing the importance of thinking critically about existing “normal” neutrophil ranges!! 👸👑

Similarly endlessly impressed by Ronak H. Mistry, DO. The future is bright for hematology! #ASH23 #ASHtrainee

Great education session re DANC & resulting healthcare disparities (ie, delivery of cancer therapy & more). We need new ANC ref ranges, CTCAE ANC grading, dose adjustment guidance & clinical trials eligibility. J Mark Sloan Lauren Merz total stars #ASH23

“Top 5 educational spotlight in the last 15 yrs at ASH!”. Such an important work. We need to mobilize more resources and cross-disciplinary collaborations to better understand the biology and clinical sequela in different populations/ages/conditions. Lauren Merz

Fantastic talk on #Duffynull by Lauren Merz Do yourself a favor and watch the educational spotlight if you didn’t make it in-person. #ASH23

Excellent presentation by Lauren Merz on Duffy-null associated neutrophil count & how inappropriately calling these patients “neutropenic” is an example of systemic racism that needs to be addressed.

#ASH23 #HealthEquity Doris Duke Foundation
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Fantastic talk happening now by Lauren Merz on Duffy-null neutrophil counts - what is normal?!?! Way to go, Lauren! Brigham and Women’s Hematology #ASH23

Come to Hall A to hear ⁦⁦Lauren Merz⁩ ⁦⁦Maureen Achebe⁩ talk about Duffy null Associated Neutrophil Count. What is your hospital’s “normal” reference range for neutrophil count? #ASH23 #ASHkudos ⁦Brigham and Women’s Hematology⁩ ⁦⁦Miriam Agyakomah Osei, MD⁩

T-20 minutes!! See you all in Hall A! Can’t wait for an interactive and exciting session. #ASH23

⁦Brigham and Women’s Hematology⁩ ⁦⁦J Mark Sloan⁩ ⁦Maureen Achebe⁩ ⁦Michelle Sholzberg⁩ ⁦Shematologist, MD⁩ ⁦Nathan Connell, MD, MPH⁩ ⁦Miriam Agyakomah Osei, MD⁩ ⁦Charlotte Story⁩

Today is the day! Stop by Hall A at 2:45 for our education spotlight on “What is a Normal Neutrophil Count?”

I’m so excited to hear your thoughts and ideas as we work towards equity in hematology! #ASH23
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MINDBLOWING to me that USPSTF and ACOG recommend AGAINST treatment of iron deficiency without anemia in pregnant people.

It is so hard to get high quality data in pregnancy, but it’s clear that iron deficiency has SIGNIFICANT adverse events for mother and child. #ASH23

Excluding iron deficiency from an apparently healthy sample of individuals from NHANES data substantially narrows the sex-based Hb threshold gap for anemia. Outstanding work by brilliant Dr Lauren Merz and Alexander Chaitoff Michael Fralick Shematologist, MD ⭐️⭐️⭐️ #ASH23