Leo I Gordon, MD, FACP Abby and John Friend Professor of Cancer Research Northwestern University Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center

Chicago, Ill
Joined April 2009
At the Department of Biochemistry& Molecular Genetics annual holiday event with the greatest Chair of Biochemistry Ali Shilatifard ⁦@ShilatifardLab⁩ & the incredible ⁦@yuefeng_1⁩ who just published a major article ⁦@Nature⁩! ⁦@LurieCancer⁩ ⁦⁦
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This is how we holiday party in the Division of Hematology ⁦@SylvesterCancer⁩ ⁦@UMiamiHealth⁩⁩! So grateful to work with such extraordinary people! ♥️😀🩸⁦@DrSDNimer⁩ ⁦@CraigMoskMD⁩ ⁦@DrPlatelet⁩ ⁦@drsangeetmd⁩ ⁦⁦@JustinWattsMD⁩
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I am deeply honored to receive this award surrounded by so many people who work so hard to improve the lives of cancer patients and their families. @LeonidasPlatan1, thank you for your leadership! 💜
From last evening at the State of the Lurie Cancer Center and Awards presentations event. Presenting the Nora Cooney Compassionate Care Award to @jaltmanmd, Director of our leukemia program! She is a great leader @LurieCancer and @NUFeinbergMed
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My daughter's first publication as a 1st author. So proud of her. She is only less than 6 months into her residency! A lot more to come from her in the future. Stay tuned! @NUFeinbergMed @NU_IntMed @NUIM_Chiefs @dmljmd @SusanQuaggin gh.bmj.com/content/9/12/e016…
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Replying to @drkomanduri
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It’s been a great run, but really can’t support the management any longer. I’ll be at the other place! 🦋
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Thanks to everyone who contributed to this pivotal trial. Honored to receive this award #ISHL13. Appreciate also the kind introductory words from Dr Advani. @WilmotCancer l
🏆 Super KUDOS to @WilmotCancer @DrJFriedberg in receipt of the Karl Musshoff Prize for best clinical abstract at #ISHL13. 👏 Incredibly well deserved on the heels of the seminal S1826 @NEJM paper as well as the prior mountain of work/dedication in the field of Hodgkin Lymphoma.
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Leo Gordon retweeted
Watch experts @MatthewLunning, DO, FACP, of @unmc @elizabeth_budde, MD, PhD of @cityofhope, @ligordon, MD of @LurieCancerCenter @DrFredLocke, MD of @MoffittNews discuss the current treatment landscape for bispecific antibodies and CAR T in R/R #DLBCL onclive.com/view/disparities…
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More effective, less toxic - “have your cake and eat it too” as the expression goes…
Celebrating our S1826 ⁦@NEJM⁩ paper at our ⁦@SWOG⁩ lymphoma working group meeting today!!! Thanks to all who supported this trial.
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Leo Gordon retweeted
Congratulations to Liam Hendriks on being named our 2024 Roberto Clemente Award nominee! Vote for Liam: bit.ly/3Zj8J5Q
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At the reception of the auxiliary board of ⁦@LurieCancer⁩ immediately after they presented awards to Shira Dinner for innovative clinical trial and Adam Lin for preclinical research ⁦@LurieCancer⁩. We are grateful for their support.
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⁦@LeonidasPlatan1⁩ sharing inspiring words about the legacy of Ann Lurie and importance of #BasicScience and #translational #research at the #GoombayBash supporting ⁦@LurieCancer⁩ of ⁦@NorthwesternU⁩ and ⁦@NorthwesternMed⁩. 💜
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My hot take for today 👉 Developing the future leaders of biomedical science is fundamentally the most important role that we play in academic medicine. Who’s with me? spr.ly/6011iJGhd @mdphdcon #PhysicianScientists
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Congratulations to our patients with mantle cell lymphoma, we now have a second CAR T cell therapy! Our team led this multicenter clinical trial.
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Stage IV lung cancer on hospice after failed therapies, respiratory failure on ECMO for weeks, intracardiac thrombus, 100% PRA with positive crossmatch… now 1yr- cancer free after double lung transplant. ⁦@NM_Lung⁩. Also, our best dressed patient! telemundochicago.com/videos/…
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Leo Gordon retweeted
We are #HIRING! Looking for #postdocs interested in joining the NanoBio Lab for Heme Malig (Lin lab/@ligordon lab). Focused on cross-section between #nano-immunology and #bloodcancers. @LurieCancer @NU_IntMed @NUFeinbergMed
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I have the distinct pleasure to work with the amazing @DrCarlaCasulo So well deserved
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Very excited to join this powerhouse program dedicated to patient education! Delighted to join this cohort and work with Allstar mentors to improve the way we educate patients with cancer. #cantwait @cancerGRACE @JackWestMD @AmyBickleman
We are pleased to announce the acceptance of five rising stars into the 6th year of the GRACE Patient Education Ambassadors Program for the 2024-25 Program Year! All five candidates have shown a genuine passion for patient education and innovation in connecting with the patient community. The program will encompass the participants creating content that will be featured on the GRACE website, working alongside GRACE faculty, Board, and staff, and learning the most current and effective communication skills needed to succeed at connecting and communicating with patients in their field. Click on the link for more: cancergrace.org/post/meet-20… #PatientEducationAmbassadors #PEA #CancerPatient #CancerEducationProgram #CancerEducation #CancerGRACE
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🙌 GREAT to connect w/ #lymphoma colleagues including @DanaFarber Dr Caron Jacobson, @columbiacancer @bpromd, @LurieCancer Dr Jane Winter (1 of my original mentors 20+ yrs ago!) & many more. Will be fun today to address unanswered❓in heme malignancies. #HOPLive24 @chadinabhan
🙌 It's Day 2 of #HOPLive24! We're looking forward to a bunch of sessions featuring @Ramikomrokji, @bpromd, @sanamloghavi, @mrbishop_UC_BMT, @AaronGoodman33, @szusmani, @jmikhaelmd, @DrAEvens, @GregNowakowski, @MediHumdani, and many more. buff.ly/3xNw3wF
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