Deeply honored to be elected to the National Academy of Medicine and grateful for all of the kind notes I have been getting from colleagues! news.feinberg.northwestern.e… This recognition belongs to the extraordinary people who made this journey possible—my laboratory members, past and present, my colleagues at Northwestern, National Cancer Institute for funding my work for the past thirty-plus years, the visionary philanthropists who believed in our science, and my wife and our four children, whose love, patience, and unwavering support have made everything possible. Science is a team endeavor, and I feel enormously fortunate and grateful. I truly am one of the luckiest people alive. @NU_BMG_SQE @NUFeinbergMed @NorthwesternMed @theNASciences @theNAMedicine @NIH @theNCI

Trends in Insurance Coverage and Stage at Cancer Diagnosis Among Disaggregated Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders Excited to present this work with the @AmericanCancer today at the ASCO Quality Care Symposium. Come find us at Poster Board F2 (Abstract 204) in Hall D (Level 2): Poster Session B runs 7:20–8:20 AM EDT, and we're back for the continued session with lunch from 11:40 AM to 1:00 PM EDT. We looked at 20 years of National Cancer Database data (6.65 million adults under 65 with cancer) to ask a simple question: what happens to insurance coverage and stage at diagnosis among Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander patients when you stop treating "AANHPI" as one group? Aggregated, AANHPI patients look a lot like non-Hispanic White patients: similar uninsurance (5% vs 4%), similar late-stage diagnosis (30% vs 30%). Disaggregated into 15 groups, a different picture emerges:
• In raw numbers, 43% of Hmong, 36% of Kampuchean, and 31% of Pakistani patients with cancer rely on Medicaid alone (NHW: 10%)
• After adjustment, uninsurance fell in every group post-ACA, but Medicaid-only coverage rose or stayed high, reaching 25–28% among Pacific Islander, Chinese, and Laotian patients in 2020–23 (NHW: 12%)
• Adjusted late-stage diagnosis among privately insured patients: 49% for Laotian vs 31% for NHW patients, so insurance alone doesn't close the gap
• Male patients have a 17–26 point higher adjusted late-stage probability than female patients in nearly every subgroup The policy point is hard to miss: for several of these communities, Medicaid is the insurer, and cuts to Medicaid will land on patients who already face the highest late-stage rates. Thank you to @HanXuesong @DrRobinYabroff @jingxuan_zhao @EChrisDee, and to the @AmericanCancer for making this work possible. Stop by and say hello! #ASCOQLTY26 #HealthEquity #AANHPI #CancerDisparities #Medicaid #HealthPolicy

A juxtaposition of grief and gratitude. 💔❤️ Ran the Chicago Marathon Sunday for Rachna, with her memory engraved on my medal. She lived with such light, vivacity, and tenacity, even facing her own mortality. Ran for you, Rach. We will carry your light always. 🙏🏽❤️ #TeamShroff

On October 12, we unveiled the Michels Center for Cancer Discovery, honoring the Michels family's extraordinary $27 million gift to advance cancer research at MCW. Inspired by their daughter’s brain cancer journey, this transformational investment will accelerate discoveries, drive innovation, and bring hope to patients and families facing cancer for generations to come.

Honored to be selected as a Featured Voice for the @ASCO Quality Care Symposium coming up this weekend! With abstracts being released today, I’m excited to dive into the latest research and highlight important findings, discussions, and takeaways from the conference! Follow along here on X and LinkedIn as I share research highlights, key insights, and updates throughout the meeting! Looking forward to connecting with the oncology community and advancing conversations around improving cancer care! And make sure to follow the other featured voices @YAbdouMD @AndreaAnampaG @asfeen_ummul @crisbergerot @DarcyBurbage @RyanNipp @ZunairahShah #ASCOQLTY26 #CancerCare #Oncology

Unfortunately, the medical community has a singular view of the basis of coronary artery disease—lipids. But we keep seeing ways that heart attacks can occur independent of any lipid abnormality, like this one New @CellCellPress cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092…