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ASH ANNUAL MEETING EDITION
BACK of the BOOK
Haiku ! And You Can Too !
This year , ASH News Daily editors continued the tradition of challenging attendees to submit their best annual meeting-themed haikus and share them on Twitter using the hashtag # ASHaiku . A quick refresher : A haiku is a poem of 17 syllables in three lines of 5 , 7 , and 5 syllables .
Here are a few that were featured in ASH News Daily :
Badges of Honor
Whose badge boasted the most honorary ribbons at this year ’ s meeting ?
Rakhi Naik , MD , MHS
@ redcell _ doc
New to this tweet thang This # ASHaiku is da bomb Blood doc ’ s in the house !
Rob Dean , MD
@ drrdean
ASH News Daily author Naveen Pemmaraju , MD , (@ doctorpemm ) posted a respectable five ribbons :
Three time zones from home , Late to bed , early to rise – Coffee , you ’ re the best .
James Blachly , MD
@ jamesblachly
Response maintenance With obinutuzumab Improves PFS
Here are some more of our favorites :
Laura C . Michaelis , MD
@ lauracmichaelis
But it seems like Joseph Mikhael , MD , MEd , (@ jmikhaelmd ) won again – beating out ASH Clinical News Editor-in-Chief Mikkael A . Sekeres , MD , MS , (@ MikkaelSekeres ) – but the feud could never ruin their friendship .
Fitbit blowing up Gaslamp to Hyatt and back Bike taxi looks good
Christine Garcia , MD , MPH
@ christinemphmd
Many ASH sessions Packed full of updates and pearls Can ’ t decide on one !
And , Anupama Narla , MD , (@ anunarla ) once again took the title of rarest ribbon : “ Mohan ’ s Daughter .”
Matthew Matasar , MD
@ DrMatasar
Plenary session : So much brain power in here Inspirational !
This year , though , she was joined by Goutham Narla , MD , PhD , (@ gouthamnarla ) a . k . a “ Mohan ’ s Son .”
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