
Shannon MacDonald, MD, MSc 🌻
@pmrdocmacdonald
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation specialist @SinaiHealth @UofT_DoM. Tweets are my own.
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https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5022-4449 06-08-2018 23:39:36
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“Many treatments recommended for women and men have been generated from research trials that had less than 30% women in them." - Mark Bayley. We need more women in clinical trials. ➡️ Dr. Bayley is working to make that a reality: bit.ly/3ojS5TD. #StrokeMonth KITE Research Institute

📢 New Publication 📢 Presentations to the ED/hospital for #stroke broadly similar across sexes in Canada but... higher rates in younger females and older males warrants future attention Miranda Wan Amy Yu, MD Michael D Hill Patrice Lindsay Heart & Stroke Science cambridge.org/core/journals/…

cnn.com/2023/10/17/hea… Amy Yu, MD - next time @cnn should interview you! ;) Jocelyn Solis-Moreira


Read the latest from the Neurology® Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion section, "Considering Social Determinants of Brain Health," by Steven Shafeek and Joshua Budhu, MD, MS, MPH: bit.ly/45y0bHs #Neurology #NeuroTwitter Joshua Budhu


Congratulations to my colleagues Sinai Health Hennick Bridgepoint campus for achieving Accreditation Canada’s Stroke Distinction!


Check out this great infographic published by Women's Brain Foundation on #WorldStrokeDay We need to continue to examine sex and gender differences in stroke



New important study by Amy Yu, MD looks at associations between SES and receiving acute stroke treatments. For those admitted to stroke rehab, we previously found that patients had similar discharge destinations and LOS regardless of their SES. ➡️ cmajopen.ca/content/10/1/E…

🚨New publication led by Dr. Michelle Nelson Dr. Michelle LA Nelson (she/her) 🚨 Stroke rehabilitation RCTs help inform clinical practice guidelines, but do the characteristics of trial participants reflect those of stroke rehab inpatients? Ross Upshur Mark Bayley journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/26…

🎉 Congratulations to all of the awardees! A special congratulations to Juliana Nunes !! 🎉

Most women who experience a stroke do not participate in the exercise-based rehab programming they need. University Health Network clinician-scientist Dr Susan Marzolini 🇨🇦, is determined to change that. Her work at KITE Research Institute and aims to increase participation. Learn more ➡️kite-uhn.com/news


#StrokeGoRed: we are incredibly grateful to receive $5M over 5 yrs to create a 🇨🇦 national research network of excellence on #stroke in women 🙏🧠💃 Heart & Stroke Brain Canada CIHR heartandstroke.ca/what-we-do/med… #MoreMoments

Just learned about a great FREE resource for individuals involved in clinical trials. Check it out: cantaptalent.ca/echo Andrea D. Furlan MD PhD PM&R Angela M. Cheung


📢 New funding! #StrokeGoRed is thrilled to support 2 post-doctoal fellows (MD/PhD) advancing sex- and gender-based research in #Stroke 👉 Details here: canadianstroke.ca/strokegored/ 🙏 to education lead Alexandre Poppe #StrokeGoRed is funded by Heart & Stroke Brain Canada CIHR Institute of Gender & Health
