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Mari de la Cruz Bonilla, MD PhD

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Mari de la Cruz Bonilla, MD PhD

@DrMariSea

PRican 🇵🇷 with ADHD training as a Pediatrician Scientist in Oncology @ HTX. Tweets = my own

Puerto Rico

Joined August 2010

Mari de la Cruz Bonilla, MD PhD
@DrMariSea
Nov 18, 2023
Many of @TaniguchiMD’s trainees partake in academic tweeting because he made us sit through a 30min presentation full of GIFs that explained the benefits of having an academic account and then watched as we created them before we could leave on a Friday afternoon. (1/n)
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Mari de la Cruz Bonilla, MD PhD
@DrMariSea
Aug 8, 2019
Hey @theblondeMD, today during a consult a 5 year old patient asked me if I was aware that I looked like a barbie. I told her I was one of the many Barbie MDs she’ll meet!
Mari de la Cruz Bonilla, MD PhD
@DrMariSea
Nov 21, 2023
Today we all met for labsgiving, as he had planned, @colbertle’s house. apart from the expected grief there was science being dreamt up out loud. He would’ve been in awe of how he set us up to be able to support each others’ next steps. The kids will be ok, he made sure we would.
Lauren E. Colbert, MD MSCR
@colbertle
Nov 21, 2023
I still have too few words to express the heartbreak, but also need too many words to capture what @TaniguchiMD was to us. He was a scientist’s scientist and a doctor’s doctor - simply the best. So instead, a tweetorial of things I learned from him over the last 8 years:
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Mari de la Cruz Bonilla, MD PhD
@DrMariSea
Jul 8, 2019
At a meeting recently I met a PI that told me how she wore a red dress to her residency interview and was judged for it even years down the road. She was very inspiring and told me it was my choice as to how I presented myself. I chose to defended my thesis in a red dress.
Mari de la Cruz Bonilla, MD PhD
@DrMariSea
Apr 16, 2023
Just delivered baby to his daycare at @AACR meeting and very grateful for the organizers making it smooth for us to attend conference without worries. #AACR23
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Mari de la Cruz Bonilla, MD PhD
@DrMariSea
Aug 10, 2020
Just paged a renal fellow that turned out to be Puerto Rican. 🇵🇷♥️ That consult MADE MY DAY!
Mari de la Cruz Bonilla, MD PhD
@DrMariSea
Nov 15, 2023
I am overwhelmed by grief at the loss of a mentor whom I considered family. Cullen is a major contributor to who I’ve become as a professional and his brilliance and kindness have built a community of trainees all over the world that will carry on his legacy.
David Kirsch, MD, PhD
@DKirschMDPhD
Nov 15, 2023
Heartbroken to hear devastating news that Cullen Taniguchi died suddenly. A brilliant physician-scientist in #radonc, who made impacful discoveries, was an inspiring mentor, and elevated everyone around him. My condolences to his family & his friends & colleagues @MDAndersonNews
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Mari de la Cruz Bonilla, MD PhD
@DrMariSea
Sep 16, 2021
Anyone on #MedEdTwitter that can help? These surgery residents from San Lucas Hospital in Puerto Rico have not been payed for their work for the past three months, a delay in salary that happens yearly for them. This cannot be legal or ethical.
Mari de la Cruz Bonilla, MD PhD
@DrMariSea
Nov 18, 2023
Replying to @DrMariSea
With time he became a HUGE impact in so many of our careers. I’ve seen and heard from many that we wouldn’t be where we are today if it wasn’t for his mentorship and sponsorship. For that I will always be grateful. (13/13)
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Mari de la Cruz Bonilla, MD PhD
@DrMariSea
Nov 18, 2023
Replying to @DrMariSea
Thus it seems fit that I use this platform to pay homage, specifically today, to the work he did mentoring a whole crew of puerto ricans 🇵🇷! Here goes another #tweetorial about how great he was!
GIF
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Mari de la Cruz Bonilla, MD PhD
@DrMariSea
Nov 18, 2023
Replying to @DrMariSea
I was Cullen’s first-ish grad student (officially 50% which is why my claim to this title is weak since @carogarciax2 was his actual first graduate student). This was the start of 9 years of direct mentorship to many PR scientists.
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Mari de la Cruz Bonilla, MD PhD
@DrMariSea
Nov 21, 2023
Replying to @colbertle and @TaniguchiMD
8. Tell ‘em what you’re gonna tell ‘em. Tell ‘em. Tell ‘em what you’ve told them. I repeat this everytime I explain how to give presentations and people think i’m crazy, but I’ve never heard anything smarter.
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Mari de la Cruz Bonilla, MD PhD
@DrMariSea
Nov 18, 2023
Replying to @DrMariSea
He was there for medical emergencies, weddings, funerals, award ceremonies, graduations, oral presentations at meetings (and he tweeted about every single one-with pictures). He was present and dependable.
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Mari de la Cruz Bonilla, MD PhD
@DrMariSea
Nov 16, 2023
He was the epitome of good people.
Ramez Kouzy, MD
@RKouzyMD
Nov 16, 2023
Replying to @RKouzyMD and @JAbiJaoude
He had a quick wit and a knack for saying just the right thing. 'It's all part of the master plan,' he'd say. His humor and wisdom were his gifts to us. CT elevated everyone around him, without asking for anything in return. Above anything else he believed in "good people”
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