terry fox sacrificed everything for people with cancer. shameful as there are now thousands without access to cancer treatments as our hospitals care for the unvaccinated.

Creating universal #Organs for #Transplant. Study from Ajmera Transplant Centre UHN shows promising results to prioritize transplant by medical urgency, independent of a patient’s blood type via STAT. Marcelo Cypel Temerty Medicine statnews.com/2022/02/16/by-…

More data…..should be very rare to let PrCa screening or diagnosis get in the way of a life-prolonging/saving solid organ transplant ⁦@gorejohn⁩ ⁦Yaw Nyame⁩ sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

For 10 years, I’ve been involved in the design of healthcare systems, spaces and products If you’re a designer, builder, clinician or user, here’s 10 insights to ensure that your healthcare product or space leads to outstanding clinical care 🧵: #design #UX #healthcare

Study fills knowledge gaps about surgery outcomes for Inuit in Canada. ⁦Donna May Kimmaliardjuk⁩ ⁦Dan McIsaac⁩ ⁦Dylan Bould⁩ ⁦Jason Nickerson⁩ ⁦@AlanaPoon⁩ ⁦Justy O’Shea⁩ medicalxpress.com/news/2022-05-k…

The The Ottawa Hospital #LivingKidneyDonation website has been launched! An awesome resource for potential kidney donors. Led by Ann Bugeja, it includes donors' stories; detailed info about the entire process from members of LD team incl. Jessica McDougall & others! tohlivingkidneydonation.com

This is easily one of the dummest and most fixable problems in the Canadian healthcare system.

New one-day testing program for #LivingKidneyDonors helps “super sister” speed to her brother’s rescue fal.cn/3tNdL Un nouveau programme d’évaluation d’un jour des donneurs de rein potentiels permet à une sœur de voler au secours de son frère fal.cn/3tNdM

"One of the most selfless things someone could do." How a special guest of Luke Richardson serves as a life lesson for Blackhawks players. trib.al/hMEjYvZ

Can’t tell if I like the musings or the .GIFs better but always appreciate people reflecting on the challenges adopting new techniques and pushing outside comfort zones.

I will be closing down my Twitter in 2 weeks. Meanwhile: My Transplanted Heart and I Will Die Soon nytimes.com/2023/04/18/opi…

One last kidney in the bag. Gonna miss the people the most. Forever grateful for the amazing mentorship of Jim Watterson Jeff Warren Brian Blew and JM. Thankful for the reps, the tips, the patience, the country playlists, the banter and your friendships. Next stop DalUrology

Being a lifelong learner isn’t about taking pride in your knowledge. It's about having the humility to know what you don’t know. My top 23 insights from 2023 🧵

That’s a wrap to 2023! We took a page from Spotify and did a wrapped for our transplants.

Seems fitting finishing off a marathon five kidney transplants in 30 hours on #GreenShirtDay here DalUrology Dalhousie HPB/Transplant Surgery

Great pickup. This guy rocks

Data suggesting more people with PrCa (current or treated) should be getting timely organ transplants. Zero evidence (to my knowledge) immunosuppression alters natural history of PrCa. Tanya Watts Kristof Aaron Dahmen Todd 〽️ Morgan, MD bjui-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bj…

Was a real treat to have Alp Sener visit us to give a masterclass on how to mitigate burnout in surgical training/practice and present exciting innovations happening across Canada in the world of renal transplant. Dalhousie HPB/Transplant Surgery

Kidneys from donors with acute kidney injury requiring dialysis (AKI-RRT) can be safely transplanted with outcomes comparable to AKI donors not on dialysis. Careful selection expands the donor pool without compromising graft survival. UC Davis #TXPforAll tinyurl.com/mr3njaf3

Gonna miss this beauty. We had some fun too in between all his incredibly hard work. Welcome Dr. Kohei Kinoshita to the team.