Who to follow at #ASH12 American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting in Atlanta
I’m not a great fan of Twitter lists, especially those that imply you are a “Top Cat,” because they can end up being divisive and generate resentment in those not included.
That said, without wishing to offend anyone, here’s my initial starting point of those I will be following at the 2012 annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology in Atlanta from December 8 – 11 (#ASH12):
American Society of Hematology
- ASH @ASH_hematology
Publications
- ASCO Post @ASCOpost
- The Myeloma Beacon @myelomabeacon
- Pharma Strategy Blog / Sally Church, PhD @MaverickNY
Patient Advocacy
- Leukemia & Lymphoma Society @llsusa
- Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation @theMMRF
- International Myeloma Foundation @IMFmyeloma
- Cynthia Chmielewski @MyelomaTeacher
Companies /Industry Execs
- Takeda/Millennium @Millennium_US
- Boehringer @Boehringer (added Dec 3)
- Infinity IR & Corp Comm (unofficial) @JarenM
Physicians/Researchers & Institutions
- James Berenson, MD @myelomadoc
- Sam Blackman, MD @drsam (added Dec 6)
- Duane Hassane, PhD @DrDuaneHassane
- Scott Merville @smerv (Communications Manager Basic/Translational Research, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center)(added Dec 6)
- Oleg Kolupaev @okolupaev
- Robert Z. Orlowski, MD @Myeloma_Doc
- Mike Thompson, MD @mtmdphd (will not be at ASH but worth following for commentary)
- Michael Tomasson, MD @mtomasson
- Anas Younes, MD @DrAnasYounes
This is not intended to be a definitive list, so I encourage you to watch the #ASH12 Twitter stream for additional people to follow depending on your interests. I have intentionally not included PR folks, investors, journalists who are usually too busy writing their own stuff and exhibitors who just want to tweet their own news. However, if I have missed anyone who has a burning desire to be included, please contact me.
Wifi permitting (always a big IF since many conference venues have not invested sufficiently in infrastructure to cope with demand) I’m hoping there will be a good Twitter conversation in Atlanta.
One of the hot topics this year is Multiple Myeloma, for which there are four “Super Friday” satellite symposia and over 700+ abstracts.
Earlier this year, the FDA approved Onyx’s carfilzomib (Kyprolis) and approval for Celgene’s pomalidomide (Actimid) is expected by year-end. Several other new agents are on the horizon including Millennium’s new proteasome inhibitor ixazomib/MLN9708 that Dr Sundar Jagannath discussed at the recent Chemotherapy Foundation Symposium in New York. The availability of new treatment options is certainly good news for patients.
I am looking forward to attending the ASH education session on Keeping Pace with Advances in Myeloma. Hope to see you there if you have plans to be in Atlanta next week.
2 Responses to “Who to follow at #ASH12 American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting in Atlanta”
According to the venue’s website they have upgraded the infrastructure this summer.
http://www.gwcc.com/about/news/Default.aspx?syear=2012&sid=51
Oleg, many thanks for your comment. The news release from GWCC only says wifi access has been upgraded in the public areas, this typically means the lobby areas and not the session rooms. If you want to live tweet a presentation, then functional wifi in the actual meeting room is required and that may or may not be available in Atlanta.
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