{"id":3716,"date":"2023-03-01T10:56:17","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T15:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/hematology\/?post_type=ud_entry&#038;p=3716"},"modified":"2025-12-05T15:15:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T20:15:16","slug":"sascha-tuchman","status":"publish","type":"ud_entry","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/hematology\/people\/sascha-tuchman\/","title":{"rendered":"Sascha Alexander Tuchman, MD, MHS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"349\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UBEG1EbiVus?html5=1\" title=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Dr. Tuchman is a board-certified medical oncologist and divides his time between clinical care and clinical research. He studies and treats all forms of plasma cell disorders but has a special research interest in amyloidosis, and in managing older, frail patients with multiple myeloma. 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