David Gritsch, MD, PhD, MPH

Excited to be presenting at #AANAM in Chicago on April 21! Join me for Course C129 on outpatient neurological consultations in cancer patients. See you there! @AANmember

Excited to share our new #VirtualTumorBoard in @CACancerJournal. We walk through multimodal management of BRAF V600E+ melanoma brain metastasis. Proud to be part of the team @MGHNeuroOnc @MassGenBrigham. Hope this will be a useful resource for clinicians.

@MrugalaMaciej @EANOassociation @AuthorDanBrown Have a good flight and see you there!!

On my way to @EANOassociation #EANO2025 in Prague. Excited to meet colleagues from all over the world 🌎, talk science 🧪 and in free time explore the beautiful city of Prague and its secrets…equipped with hot of the press @AuthorDanBrown 📕! Professor Langdon, here I come!

@nobiscum4 @Rothmus Well said, South Tyrol was indeed annexed by Italy after centuries under Austrian rule. Our homeland was divided, not by choice, but by geopolitics and the post-war assimilation policies had a lasting impact. Yet we endured and were able to preserve our culture and traditions.

@GritschDavid @Rothmus You could also add, that Süd-Tirol was never Italian before 1920 because a German-speaking People was living there for many centuries. It was given to Italy because they switched sides during World War I. To the great detriment of the local population, whose homeland was divided.

@DannyconlaA @Shanahan81526 @Rothmus It’s true that many South Tyroleans haven’t traditionally identified as Italian, and for good reason. Growing up, I saw myself as South Tyrolean first and foremost. Some of us now embrace both identities, but we’ve always preserved our distinct culture and language identity.

@Shanahan81526 @Rothmus Since the end of WW1 (1920) South Tyrol has been part of Italy and many of us now identify as Italian, though we maintain our own linguistic, cultural and ethnic identity.

@GritschDavid @Rothmus I knew some Tyrolians who emigrated to America. They identified as Italians.

@TRlBVNVS_PLEBIS @Rothmus True, Northern Italy led early emigration, still most Italian-Americans on the East Coast today (~80%) trace their roots to the South. Northern Italians were more likely to end up in rural regions in the Midwest and on the West Coast. Thank you for the clarification!

@GritschDavid @Rothmus non esattamente

@MaralSassouni @Rothmus Not in big waves! Tyroleans have traditionally been very attached to their region. Emigration did happen, but nowhere near the scale seen in southern Italy. Most preferred to stay rooted in their valleys… with some exceptions (like me 😉).

@GritschDavid @Rothmus Did any Tyroleans emigrate to the USA in big waves?

Welcome @GritschDavid to the Division of Neuro-Oncology and the faculty at MGB Neurology beginning in July! @MGHNeurology

@MrugalaMaciej @MassGenBrigham @Harvard Thank you so much, Maciej, it truly means the world coming from you. I’m deeply grateful for your mentorship and friendship over the years, and proud to follow in your footsteps. Here’s to the next chapter, and hopefully to crossing paths again soon!

Heartfelt congratulations to @GritschDavid, mentee, friend and colleague for becoming a freshly minted Neuro-Oncologist! So proud of you David!!! Reflection about time and legacy - honored to have graduated from the same fellowship program 19 years ago @MassGenBrigham @Harvard

Important contribution from an international collaboration. Our meta-analysis in @Annals_Oncology shows that while ctDNA clearance after neoadjuvant immunotherapy is highly sensitive for predicting pCR, its limited specificity underscores the need for refined biomarkers before guiding clinical decisions. #Neoadjuvant #ctDNA #Immunotherapy #PrecisionOncology #CancerResearch

@MarioNawfal It’s a very old and cherished tradition in the alpine countries of Europe, including in the Italian Alps where I grew up. As other people have explained this has nothing to do with Satanism or demon worship. It’s quite the opposite and part of our Christmas traditions.

@mimosa_fiore @kirawontmiss Grazie per aver condiviso! Ha ragione, il Ladino è una parte preziosa della nostra identità culturale, e rispetto profondamente chi preserva questa ricchezza. Le Dolomiti del Brenta sono davvero uniche e rappresentano al meglio la diversità della nostra regione.

@GritschDavid @kirawontmiss Caro David, ci sono anche le Dolomiti del Brenta in Trentino dove si parla l’Italiano, quando Lei dice siamo più vicini dell’identità Austria, non è vero, la valle vicina a casa mia parlano il Ladino, lingua e cultura protetta.

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@AngelicaAttana4 @kirawontmiss Assolutamente d’accordo, il Veneto è altrettanto spettacolare! La bellezza dell’Italia è davvero un patrimonio che tutti noi apprezziamo profondamente.

@GritschDavid @kirawontmiss Non abbiamo bisogno di voi per avere il nostro bioma alpino, scendete dal piedistallo che l'autonomia fiscale che avete sotto l'Italia non l'avreste mai avuta sotto l'Austria. Ecco alcuni paesaggi dal Veneto:

Excited to share our latest review in Trends in Molecular Medicine on the molecular evolution of CNS metastasis and its therapeutic implications! #CNSMetastasis #CancerResearch #PrecisionMedicine secure-web.cisco.com/1fdEIB_bPvgazc…

Today, @NEJM published our clinical study of a novel #CARTCell in patients with #Glioblastoma. Early results with CARv3-TEAM-E suggest safety and bioactivity. Special thanks to all collaborators @MGHNeurosurg and @MGHCancerCenter! nej.md/3VnjUIq

@caseyalbin @AaronLBerkowitz @neurona_critica @aszelikovich @drdangayach @HuttoSpencer @mayoneurores @interneurona @EricLawson90 Yes, got to see two cases during residency @MayoAZneurores! See our case report pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33901970/

Has anyone ever diagnosed this?? It has been on my neurology BINGO card ever since @AaronLBerkowitz taught me about it. (jk, but if I had one it would be) What is you ask?? Check out @neurona_critica on insta for more on this rare disease! 🧗(emoji for Cliff hanger!)