Genevieve Boland, MD, PhD

My vibe of the day: alisonklayman.com/flower-punk

Amazing to see this work published - role of dendritic cells in melanoma ICI. Thanks to all the team @manoliskellis.bsky.social and others!

Happy International Guide Dog Day www.mass.gov/info-details...

Multimodal blood based profiling reveals insights into mechanisms of immunotherapy resistance Many cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) do not have durable treatment responses. Circulating biomarkers have the potential to identify patients with primary resistance or ea...

Our updated preprint is out using integrated plasma proteomics, PMBC analysis, and tumor data to understand #melanoma #immunotherapy response and resistance #OncSky #MedSky #MelanomaSky www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

Sticker with buffalo that says "Face the Storm"

Thanks to my friend, @tomvarghesejr.bsky.social for the much-needed reminder from his SUS Presidential address #facethestorm

Letter of love from 10 year old son to his mom

Some days I really feel seen 🥰 #boymom #surgparenting #love #gratitude

Great turnout for Harvard Surgery Research Day #surgicalscience @massgeneralbrigham.bsky.social @harvardmed.bsky.social

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We are at the @melanomaresearch.bsky.social Annual Retreat in Washington DC 🇺🇲! We are listening to @gmboland.bsky.social talk about #mucosal #melanoma

Such a great meeting! Glad you are here.

Photo of announcement in new VC of Research role MGB

Delighted to take on a new role as Vice Chair of Research for the Integrated Department of Surgery at Mass General Brigham

Catch up with friends and colleagues in the world of surgical oncology a hashtag#SSO2025. Secure your spot and join @gmboland.bsky.social in Tampa: ow.ly/BznX50UVk46

Kickstart your #SSO2025 experience with a pre-course! These sessions offer an exceptional opportunity to dive deep into specialized topics, connect with experts, and gain knowledge to advance your practice. ow.ly/kz4I50UHLBo

Picture at HMS quad

Great visit to the @harvardmed.bsky.social to give a lecture on challenges and opportunities in surgical clinical trials #OncSky #SurgSky

Thanks for highlighting our work, @atranscendedman.bsky.social!

Will share more soon on how this work came about (and how we had to challenge many conventions, such as 'there are no viral particles in blood'). Done in partnership with @gmboland.bsky.social. Extra thanks to @adarshc.bsky.social

Ultrasensitive detection of intact SARS-CoV-2 particles in complex biofluids using microfluidic affinity capture - PubMed Measuring virus in biofluids is complicated by confounding biomolecules coisolated with viral nucleic acids. To address this, we developed an affinity-based microfluidic device for specific capture of...

Excited to share our work using technology created for #cancer to detect SARS-CoV-2 in biofluids now out in Science Advances #OncSky #IDSky pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39792670/ with Shannon Stott

ER Physician Loses Everything in Pacific Palisades Fire: 'It's Just Ashes' (Exclusive) Emergency room physician and navy veteran Dr. Sara Trepanier tells PEOPLE about her experience with the Palisades Fire in an exclusive interview. "It happened so fast," she explained.

My heart goes out to everyone who has lost so much in the California fires including my sister 💔 people.com/er-physician...

Jan 4 is Louis Braille's birthday and the 200th anniversary of the tactile reading system

Cookie with braille letters B R L short for braille

Happy 200th birthday to braille - celebrating with a #braille cookie thanks to Perkins School for the Blind

Fixing pulse oximeters requires federal might and possible legal action, researchers say The devices remain unreliable in darker skinned people. Researchers say more guidance, enforcement and even legal action may be needed to spur improvement.

"We have to make harder choices for our Black patients than for our white patients, because the pulse oximeters just are not as reliable in our Black patients" says @iwashyna.bsky.social

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Opinion | The Warm-Up Hack Doctors Should Take From Pop Stars and Quarterbacks Doctors need to warm up too.

The Hack Doctors Should Take From Pop Stars and Quarterbacks: Warming up before performing (surgery). www.nytimes.com/2025/01/06/o... via @nytopinion.nytimes.com

We appreciate the support and engagement from our membership and look forward to even more success in the years ahead!

Wishing you and your family a happy holiday season and a prosperous New Year!

@dreskim.bsky.social @tomvarghesejr.bsky.social @gmboland.bsky.social

RIP Jimmy Carter, historic leader & #melanoma #immunotherapy #inspiration #OncSky

Yeti mug that says "Dr. Mom" with a stethoscope

I'm the luckiest mom ever #drmom #yeti #officeviews #surgparenting #bestpresentever

Plush toilet paper toy with smiley face

Hoping all your gift dreams come true this season. Here's my favorite gift of the holiday #jellycat #smileseverywhere #pleasedontuse #SurgSky #OncSky

Biggest congrats to surgeon scientist Beth Mittendorf for election as ASCO President @ascopost.bsky.social #shero #surgeonscientist #immunooncology #SurgSky #OncSky www.massgeneralbrigham.org/en/about/new...

A Faculty Member’s Self-Evaluation at the End of the Semester Dear Committee Members, As part of the faculty review process, I am pleased to report to you on my work. In this letter, I will offer information ...

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This is unquestionably the gold standard for faculty self evaluations. I will be taking a page from this book!

Veggie and cheese trays

Happy Thanksgiving! Snacking spread success

Study suggests more lives could be saved with expanded lung cancer tests A study suggests that expanded screening for lung cancer could save more lives, especially among Black Americans. A 70-year-old woman who participated in the study says she was saved by earlier screen...

Highlighting amazing work by Jeff Yang at MGH Surgery on improving screening for lung cancer via the INSPIRE study www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news...

Coffee art - heart shape

Sunset over the Charles River

Pics of start/end of today to spend a moment on gratitude for the small moments of beauty in everyday life #gratitude #thanksgiving #academicsky

Here is my first attempt at creating a Starter Pack — The House of Surgery!

Looking forward to having folks adding other Surgeons that have joined #BlueSky!