Dr. Adeel Khan is a Hematologist/Oncologist and Epidemiologist at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UT Southwestern) where he serves as an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Public Health. He is the Director of Myeloma Epidemiology Research and the Clinical Director of Monoclonal Gammopathy Precursor Clinic. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan Medical School, Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health, and Columbia Mailman School of Public Health. He completed a residency in Internal Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic & Lerner College of Medicine and a fellowship in Hematology/Oncology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center & Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Khan’s Links:

Twitter/X @khancology

www.khancology.com

Learn More about Dr. Darian:

Website: https://doctordarianparker.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/darianparker/

Dr. Darian’s Partnerships:

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Time Stamps:

00:00 Podcast Welcome and Guest Intro

01:52 Blood as a Liquid Organ

04:31 Hemoglobin and Oxygen Basics

05:28 Why Blood Comes in Colors

07:23 Blood Volume and Cell Turnover

09:15 A Brief History of Hematology

12:31 Benign vs Malignant Hematology

13:41 Exercise Effects on Blood Volume

16:09 Limits and Viscosity in Disease

19:53 Bone Marrow Mystery Explained

25:00 Why Hematology Links to Cancer

26:00 Leukemia Defined and Classified

28:49 Blood Cancer Basics

29:16 Myeloid vs Lymphoid

30:29 Acute Myeloid Leukemia

31:50 CML and Targeted Therapy

33:45 Symptoms and CBC Clues

35:14 Genetics and Risk Factors

37:51 Age and Exposure Effects

41:52 Nutrition and Modern Toxins

45:14 Progress in Myeloma Care

47:05 Blood as a Superpower

49:17 Closing and Where to Connect

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