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Pulling Back the Curtain: Brian J. Bolwell, MD who works around you with respect. That means not just physicians, but also nurses, secretaries, and the people who clean the floors. How has the field of hematology/ oncology changed since you began your career? I’m still thrilled and honored to be in this field. The science of hematology is utterly fascinating, but the diseases are terrible. So many wonderful people across the world are nobly trying to help patients afflicted with these diseases in every way possible. Today, there is so much interest in immunotherapies and gene therapies for cancer, and people involved in hematology have always been thought leaders in this space. I think the promises of genomics and chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy have come to bear in hematologic ”Have courage in your beliefs. ... [A good leader has] the resolve to stand up and say, ‘This is what I believe in. This is what we’re going to do.’”