Shernan Holtan, MD (she/her)
@sghmd.bsky.social
BMT, cell therapy, GVHD and immune-mediated diseases, cost and barrier reduction, strength training, introspection, simplicity, deep work + teamwork. Personal views.
Not today, sarcopenia. #MondayMotivation
August 25, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Not today, sarcopenia. #MondayMotivation
If you need any mountains moved, these are the women to do it. 💪Proud to work alongside them! www.roswellpark.org/cancertalk/2...
Getting patients home sooner helps speed healing after stem cell transplant
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August 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
If you need any mountains moved, these are the women to do it. 💪Proud to work alongside them! www.roswellpark.org/cancertalk/2...
100% 6-month survival for our allos. Never thought such a statistic was possible. So very proud of this team! ❤️
www.roswellpark.org/newsroom/202...
www.roswellpark.org/newsroom/202...
Roswell Park’s Stem Cell Transplant Program Recognized by Optum as Center of Excellence
Health services company recognizes quality of care through cancer center’s Transplant & Cellular Therapy Center
www.roswellpark.org
July 26, 2025 at 3:12 AM
100% 6-month survival for our allos. Never thought such a statistic was possible. So very proud of this team! ❤️
www.roswellpark.org/newsroom/202...
www.roswellpark.org/newsroom/202...
Growing up, I thought I’d be working in the music industry. Music was my first love. Ending up in transplant and cell therapy was the last thing I would have expected, but I have no regrets.This job is amazing. ❤️
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The Music of Medicine: Dr. Shernan Holtan — Traffic East
Dr. Shernan Holtan of Roswell Park on immunology, music, and her passion for both.
www.trafficeast.com
July 25, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Growing up, I thought I’d be working in the music industry. Music was my first love. Ending up in transplant and cell therapy was the last thing I would have expected, but I have no regrets.This job is amazing. ❤️
www.trafficeast.com/inside-the-a...
www.trafficeast.com/inside-the-a...
☢️ #Radiation Emergency Assistance Center Training (REAC/TS) in full swing at @roswellpark.bsky.social Melinda is demonstrating proper protective clothing donning and doffing. 😷
July 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
☢️ #Radiation Emergency Assistance Center Training (REAC/TS) in full swing at @roswellpark.bsky.social Melinda is demonstrating proper protective clothing donning and doffing. 😷
🗣️Say it with me:
If I do a good job taking care of myself, I can do a better job taking care of others. ❤️
If I do a good job taking care of myself, I can do a better job taking care of others. ❤️
July 16, 2025 at 12:03 AM
🗣️Say it with me:
If I do a good job taking care of myself, I can do a better job taking care of others. ❤️
If I do a good job taking care of myself, I can do a better job taking care of others. ❤️
🏇 Join us in Saratoga Springs, NY on Friday, 7/25 for TCT at the Track! 🏇
If you are a hematologist/oncologist in upstate NY, you have a horse in this race!
If you are a hematologist/oncologist in upstate NY, you have a horse in this race!
TCT at the Track
Join our Roswell Park physicians and leaders in the field of Transplant and Cellular Therapy for a day at the Saratoga Race Track!The purpose of this event is to provide updates in the field ............
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July 8, 2025 at 1:29 PM
🏇 Join us in Saratoga Springs, NY on Friday, 7/25 for TCT at the Track! 🏇
If you are a hematologist/oncologist in upstate NY, you have a horse in this race!
If you are a hematologist/oncologist in upstate NY, you have a horse in this race!
Reposted by Shernan Holtan, MD (she/her)
#Modulen-IBD for the prevention of #malnutrition and maybe #GVHD in #alloHSCT and promising effects on #microbiota
Ready to start recruitment for the multicenter #RCT (NCT07010068).
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lNYT8Yy15...
@sghmd.bsky.social
Ready to start recruitment for the multicenter #RCT (NCT07010068).
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lNYT8Yy15...
@sghmd.bsky.social
authors.elsevier.com
July 5, 2025 at 9:30 AM
#Modulen-IBD for the prevention of #malnutrition and maybe #GVHD in #alloHSCT and promising effects on #microbiota
Ready to start recruitment for the multicenter #RCT (NCT07010068).
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lNYT8Yy15...
@sghmd.bsky.social
Ready to start recruitment for the multicenter #RCT (NCT07010068).
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lNYT8Yy15...
@sghmd.bsky.social
🖥️ Tune in NOW to the FDA Roundtable on Cell and Gene Therapy: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qDh...
FDA Roundtable on Cell and Gene Therapy
YouTube video by U.S. Food and Drug Administration
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June 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
🖥️ Tune in NOW to the FDA Roundtable on Cell and Gene Therapy: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qDh...
What started with a curious finding—elevated placental growth factor (PlGF) in patients with graft-versus-host disease (#GVHD)—led to this collaboration showing that PlGF ramps up inflammation in placental cells, too. Amazing work, Dr. Newell!!! 🥳 Read more: doi.org/10.1016/j.pl...
Redirecting
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June 2, 2025 at 2:20 AM
What started with a curious finding—elevated placental growth factor (PlGF) in patients with graft-versus-host disease (#GVHD)—led to this collaboration showing that PlGF ramps up inflammation in placental cells, too. Amazing work, Dr. Newell!!! 🥳 Read more: doi.org/10.1016/j.pl...
I love this band so much. Glow On was one of the best albums of all time. Now they do this.👇 🤯 Pure beauty!!! 💙
Definitely #AltCitizen behavior right here! Raised over $35,000 for Health Care for the Homeless.
Baltimore’s Turnstile unleashes joyful riot in the park — and raises $35k for a cause
In celebrating the band’s new album release, Turnstile put on a free concert at Baltimore’s Wyman Park Dell over the weekend to raise money for Health Care for the Homeless.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com
May 14, 2025 at 1:05 AM
I love this band so much. Glow On was one of the best albums of all time. Now they do this.👇 🤯 Pure beauty!!! 💙
We are hiring a Chief of Adoptive Cell Therapy at @roswellpark.bsky.social! Apply here! 👇
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Clinical Chief - Cellular Therapy (ACT) - Medical Oncology
Title: Clinical Chief - Cellular Therapy (ACT) - Medical Oncology Job Type: Regular Company: Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Department: Department of Medicine - Lymphoma Time Type: Full time...
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April 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
We are hiring a Chief of Adoptive Cell Therapy at @roswellpark.bsky.social! Apply here! 👇
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☢️ The origins of hematopoietic cell transplantation trace back to a critical need—finding ways to restore bone marrow function after acute radiation exposure. Today, that legacy continues as we prepare healthcare professionals to manage radiation emergencies.
RITN-sponsored REAC/TS Management of Radiation Illnesses and Injuries Registration SurveySurveyMonkey logo with text in primary
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April 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
☢️ The origins of hematopoietic cell transplantation trace back to a critical need—finding ways to restore bone marrow function after acute radiation exposure. Today, that legacy continues as we prepare healthcare professionals to manage radiation emergencies.
Punk rock running. Lace up your shoes and give my playlist a spin! open.spotify.com/playlist/5Xw...
April 21, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Punk rock running. Lace up your shoes and give my playlist a spin! open.spotify.com/playlist/5Xw...
This was great to see when I landed 🛬 today! 👋 My dedicated colleagues at @roswellpark.bsky.social are what make it #exceptional! 🥰 We are moving mountains to make transplant and cell therapy safer, more effective, and more accessible here.
April 15, 2025 at 2:02 AM
This was great to see when I landed 🛬 today! 👋 My dedicated colleagues at @roswellpark.bsky.social are what make it #exceptional! 🥰 We are moving mountains to make transplant and cell therapy safer, more effective, and more accessible here.
Thank you for the hospitality today, Mt. Sinai Tisch Cancer Institute! Great conversations with your faculty and trainees! ❤️
April 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Thank you for the hospitality today, Mt. Sinai Tisch Cancer Institute! Great conversations with your faculty and trainees! ❤️
Reposted by Shernan Holtan, MD (she/her)
Doctors have a big role to play on social media! 🗣️💡
“It’s on us to do a better job of communicating,” says Dr. @sghmd.bsky.social, Chief of BMT at Roswell Park.
Learn why social media matters in medicine: www.healio.com/news/hematol...
Thanks for the feature, @gohealio.bsky.social!
“It’s on us to do a better job of communicating,” says Dr. @sghmd.bsky.social, Chief of BMT at Roswell Park.
Learn why social media matters in medicine: www.healio.com/news/hematol...
Thanks for the feature, @gohealio.bsky.social!
‘It's on us to do a better job of communicating’ on social media, physician says
Physicians should embrace connection and sharing on social media, thoughtfully develop and grow their communities over time and always be a voice of truth, transparency and honesty, according to Shern...
www.healio.com
April 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Doctors have a big role to play on social media! 🗣️💡
“It’s on us to do a better job of communicating,” says Dr. @sghmd.bsky.social, Chief of BMT at Roswell Park.
Learn why social media matters in medicine: www.healio.com/news/hematol...
Thanks for the feature, @gohealio.bsky.social!
“It’s on us to do a better job of communicating,” says Dr. @sghmd.bsky.social, Chief of BMT at Roswell Park.
Learn why social media matters in medicine: www.healio.com/news/hematol...
Thanks for the feature, @gohealio.bsky.social!
We live in a society exquisitely dependent on #science and #technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.
- Carl Sagan
Agree or disagree? As scientists, do we have some ownership here?
- Carl Sagan
Agree or disagree? As scientists, do we have some ownership here?
April 3, 2025 at 2:00 AM
We live in a society exquisitely dependent on #science and #technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.
- Carl Sagan
Agree or disagree? As scientists, do we have some ownership here?
- Carl Sagan
Agree or disagree? As scientists, do we have some ownership here?
Reposted by Shernan Holtan, MD (she/her)
📢 Breaking new ground in pain management!
A Roswell Park-led study shows that advanced brain imaging and virtual reality (VR) can effectively relieve cancer pain—without opioids.
Read more about this exciting breakthrough: www.roswellpark.org/newsroom/202...
A Roswell Park-led study shows that advanced brain imaging and virtual reality (VR) can effectively relieve cancer pain—without opioids.
Read more about this exciting breakthrough: www.roswellpark.org/newsroom/202...
Brain Imaging Plus Virtual Reality Shows Promise for Effectively Managing Cancer Pain
A clinical research study led by Roswell Park experts outlines a new way to measure pain in cancer patients and treat it effectively without opioids. The new study advances the goal of better managing...
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March 26, 2025 at 8:22 PM
📢 Breaking new ground in pain management!
A Roswell Park-led study shows that advanced brain imaging and virtual reality (VR) can effectively relieve cancer pain—without opioids.
Read more about this exciting breakthrough: www.roswellpark.org/newsroom/202...
A Roswell Park-led study shows that advanced brain imaging and virtual reality (VR) can effectively relieve cancer pain—without opioids.
Read more about this exciting breakthrough: www.roswellpark.org/newsroom/202...
Reposted by Shernan Holtan, MD (she/her)
3-year follow-up of ZUMA-3 (brexu-cel in R/R B-ALL)
-median OS ~2 years
-median OS ~3 years in responders
-subsequent allo-HCT in respondersnot associated with survival benefit when compared to responders without allo-HCT
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
-median OS ~2 years
-median OS ~3 years in responders
-subsequent allo-HCT in respondersnot associated with survival benefit when compared to responders without allo-HCT
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
March 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
3-year follow-up of ZUMA-3 (brexu-cel in R/R B-ALL)
-median OS ~2 years
-median OS ~3 years in responders
-subsequent allo-HCT in respondersnot associated with survival benefit when compared to responders without allo-HCT
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
-median OS ~2 years
-median OS ~3 years in responders
-subsequent allo-HCT in respondersnot associated with survival benefit when compared to responders without allo-HCT
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Shernan Holtan, MD (she/her)
Sobering statistic! From Gallup: ~31 million Americans report they had to borrow an estimated total of $74 billion in the past 12 months to pay for healthcare for themselves/household member. Timely data since Medicaid/Affordable Care Act cuts are being discussed.
news.gallup.com/poll/657041/...
news.gallup.com/poll/657041/...
Americans Borrow Estimated $74 Billion for Medical Bills in 2024
Twelve percent of Americans report borrowing an estimated $74 billion to pay for healthcare expenses last year. More than one-quarter (28%) report being "very concerned" that a major health event coul...
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March 9, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Sobering statistic! From Gallup: ~31 million Americans report they had to borrow an estimated total of $74 billion in the past 12 months to pay for healthcare for themselves/household member. Timely data since Medicaid/Affordable Care Act cuts are being discussed.
news.gallup.com/poll/657041/...
news.gallup.com/poll/657041/...
Join our team at Roswell Park! We're seeking a Clinical Pathologist for our Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine Service. 🩸 Work in a cutting-edge cancer center with top experts & innovative therapies! Competitive salary & great quality of life in Buffalo. Apply: careerlink.aabb.org/jobs/2111481...
Clinical Pathologist, Blood Banking and Transfusion Medicine Service in Buffalo, NY for Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Exciting opportunity in Buffalo, NY for Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center as a Clinical P...
careerlink.aabb.org
March 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Join our team at Roswell Park! We're seeking a Clinical Pathologist for our Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine Service. 🩸 Work in a cutting-edge cancer center with top experts & innovative therapies! Competitive salary & great quality of life in Buffalo. Apply: careerlink.aabb.org/jobs/2111481...
Here you go, @cd-mpls.bsky.social ! 😂📺 www.wgrz.com/video/entert...
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
WNY Living - March 8th - Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center - (THIS VIDEO IS SPONSERED BY ROSWELL PARK COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER)
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March 9, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Here you go, @cd-mpls.bsky.social ! 😂📺 www.wgrz.com/video/entert...