I am the chief of surgery at SMH Unity Health Toronto - with a thriving practice in trauma & emergency surgery. I am the Vice Chair Edu, U of T Department of Surgery I am a national figure in gun violence prevention. I am a Mom & that is my favourite job. Any questions?

Lessons from 395 deaths with an opportunity for improvement in trauma: centers continue to focus on improving people, not systems. System-level strategies (standardization, automation, etc.) could help prevent recurrent errors & patient harm Doulia Hamad MD journals.lww.com/jtrauma/Fullte…

I spent most of today caring for geriatric trauma patients. Innovative curriculum is needed to address residents’ attitudes toward older adults: the case of geriatric trauma ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

Great new BehindTheKnife episode highlighting EGS in older adults! 1️⃣ Older EGS patients have unique needs 2️⃣ EGS can have long term impact on older adults - must think beyond 30 day outcomes 3️⃣ Outcomes can be excellent - don't withhold treatment based on age alone

Can't adequately express my appreciation to Barbara Haas @injurydr @sebskill & Refik Saskin for their mentorship and support over the past 4 years. Honoured to have such positive feedback from Vanessa Ho, MD, MPH (she/her) Jill Tinmouth and Dr. Herridge. PhD ✅, PGY-5 here I come 😬!

Watch an overview of "Not all is lost: Functional recovery in older adults following emergency general surgery" presented by Matt Guttman 🎬 Read the article here: journals.lww.com/jtrauma/Fullte… #JoTACS #SurgTwitter #MedTwitter #MedEd #MedStudent

Yaass!! Well done AnotherICUdoc on winning the Eugene Goh award at APICS you can read more about Dr. Goh here - he sounded like a wonderful person sg-apics.com/awards/ #APICS2022 #MedTwitter

JTACS's Hottest 22 Articles of 2022🔥1️⃣0️⃣: "Not all is lost: Functional recovery in older adults following emergency general surgery" Matt Guttman AnotherICUdoc @injurydr @sebskill Barbara Haas #JoTACS #TraumaSurg #SurgTwitter #MedEd #SoMe4Surgery journals.lww.com/jtrauma/Fullte…

What is the purpose of an NG tube in bowel obstruction?

FOMO is real when there are concurrent sessions at #CGS2023 (I missed out on Joanne Ho this morning). For anyone who missed the Perioperative Geriatrics session, this thread is for you! Canadian Geriatrics Canadian RGIG

Excellent article. "If the government wishes to improve education, it can spend more on teachers and reduce class sizes. That’s a fine way to make space for learning that will pay all sorts of dividends to a free and democratic society." #onpoli tvo.org/article/educat…

You’re called to a 78 yo who’s POD 2 after a Whipple for pancreatic Ca. She’s hypoxic & has a SBP in the 90s. Her family says they’re not sure if she would want to go to ICU because they’ve heard even those who survive end up debilitated. How do you respond to this statement? 🧵

Couldn't agree more!

Congratulations to Dr Bourke Tillmann AnotherICUdoc for successfully defending his PhD! A masterful summary of an amazing amount of work. Valuable feedback from @StelfoxTom and Russell MacDonald. Damon Scales Petros Pechlivanoglou Jill Tinmouth IHPME Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Toronto Western Hospital Critical Care

Had a great time making this episode with @JordanNotta and Dr. Marika Sevigny! Graham Skelhorne-Gross you were missed but highly praised in the episode!

📣 Older EGS patients benefit from early primary care follow-up! 13% ⬇️ in institutionalization & death within 1st year post-discharge Matt Guttman Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Barbara Haas AnotherICUdoc #AAST2023

Our new paper in #injury continues to ask the question, how do we improve access to trauma centre care? sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Barbara Haas Matt Guttman Damon Scales Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre ICES

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Barbara Haas to the de Souza Chair in Trauma Clinical Research. Dr. Haas’ overarching focus will be on improving patient long-term outcomes after injury and improving equity in trauma care. Read more: bit.ly/44l8qYE

Very excited to see the final paper from my PhD thesis IHPME in JAMA Network Open shorturl.at/j0FU5 Could not have gotten here without the support of amazing mentors & colleagues Barbara Haas Matt Guttman Damon Scales #Avery_Nathens So what did we do?