UofT Surgical Oncology (@uoftsurgonc) 's Twitter Profile
UofT Surgical Oncology

@uoftsurgonc

Official account of @UofT complex general #SurgicalOncology fellowship
2-year CGSO and CGSO/HPB tracks accredited by RCPSC, ACGME and AHPBA

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linkhttps://surgery.utoronto.ca/complex-general-surgical-oncology-program calendar_today12-06-2022 02:23:18

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CSSO (@_csso) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Pelvic soft tissue sarcomas: Challenging Dx leading to treatment delay - Biggest delay source: diagnosis and referral (system factors) - Initial mgmt @ referral center: ⬆️ biopsy, pre-op therapy - ⬆️ awareness needed! Consider referral if dx suspected Catherine Sarre UofT Surgical Oncology

Pelvic soft tissue sarcomas: Challenging Dx leading to treatment delay

- Biggest delay source: diagnosis and referral (system factors)
- Initial mgmt @ referral center: ⬆️ biopsy, pre-op therapy
- ⬆️ awareness needed! Consider referral if dx suspected

<a href="/sarresurgeon/">Catherine Sarre</a> <a href="/UofTSurgOnc/">UofT Surgical Oncology</a>
Julie Hallet (@halletjulie) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Symptoms & quality of life are key in #NETs care New tools🧰 from @asco for symtpom management in well-diff GEP-NETs ☑️carcinoid syndrome, carcinoid heart disease, carcinoid crisis & functional PNETs ☑️surgrery, liver-directed therapy & systemic 🔗📝ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/OP…

Symptoms &amp; quality of life are key in #NETs care 

New tools🧰 from @asco for symtpom management in well-diff GEP-NETs
☑️carcinoid syndrome, carcinoid heart disease, carcinoid crisis &amp; functional PNETs
☑️surgrery, liver-directed therapy &amp; systemic 

🔗📝ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/OP…
Catherine Sarre (@sarresurgeon) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Thrilled to share our latest publication in Annals of Surgical Oncology Practice Guideline Series: Multidisciplinary management of #retroperitoneal #sarcoma Full text 🔗: rdcu.be/elqzw Thank you Ken Cardona Dario Callegaro for your incredible partnership and expertise

Thrilled to share our latest publication in <a href="/AnnSurgOncol/">Annals of Surgical Oncology</a> Practice Guideline Series: Multidisciplinary management of #retroperitoneal #sarcoma 

Full text 🔗: rdcu.be/elqzw

Thank you <a href="/kencardonaMD/">Ken Cardona</a> <a href="/DCalleMD/">Dario Callegaro</a> for your incredible partnership and expertise
Julie Hallet (@halletjulie) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Stable OR teams contribute to better outcomes🤝✨ Each additional case done by same anesthesiologist-surgeon team 👉 ⬇️ major morbidity 🔓‼Opportunity is knocking: ⬆️outcomes by re-organizing teams How to do it? 🆕📝JAMA Surgery tinyurl.com/yx44pm96

Stable OR teams contribute to better outcomes🤝✨

Each additional case done by same anesthesiologist-surgeon team 👉 ⬇️ major morbidity

🔓‼Opportunity is knocking: ⬆️outcomes by re-organizing teams
 
How to do it?

🆕📝<a href="/JAMASurgery/">JAMA Surgery</a> tinyurl.com/yx44pm96
Julie Hallet (@halletjulie) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Sub-typing to select NAT in #PDAC? NeoPancONE 🇨🇦 #ASCO25 Canadian Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association 👥84 resectable PDAC 💉mFOLFIRINOX NAT Median OS 34 months😀 🔬Classical vs basal sub-type main predictor EFS & OS What next🤔: sub-type all PDAC prior to chemo? wait for more data? ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JC…

Sub-typing to select NAT in #PDAC?

NeoPancONE 🇨🇦 #ASCO25 <a href="/CHPBAsurg/">Canadian Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association</a>
👥84 resectable PDAC
💉mFOLFIRINOX NAT
Median OS 34 months😀
🔬Classical vs basal sub-type main predictor EFS &amp; OS 

What next🤔: sub-type all PDAC prior to chemo? wait for more data?

ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JC…
Julie Hallet (@halletjulie) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Congrats Lev Bubis on this NET research grant! 🎉👏🏻 Great work to define priorities in NET surgical care research with CUTNETs Group Thanks CNETS for supporting early career investigators in NETs research 🙏🏻🦓

Congrats <a href="/LevBubis/">Lev Bubis</a> on this NET research grant! 🎉👏🏻 Great work to define priorities in NET surgical care research with <a href="/CUTNETs_/">CUTNETs Group</a> 

Thanks <a href="/CNETSCanada/">CNETS</a> for supporting early career investigators in NETs research 🙏🏻🦓
Julie Hallet (@halletjulie) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🇨🇦 in #eahpba2025 champions league 🏆 HELIX RCT of TXA vs placebo for hepatectomy by Paul Karanicolas No change in 🩸transfusion but ⬆️ morbidity with TXA ⚠️ don’t use TXA for hepatectomy See 📝 JAMA 👉🏻 jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

🇨🇦 in #eahpba2025 champions league 🏆

HELIX RCT of TXA vs placebo for hepatectomy by <a href="/PaulKaranicolas/">Paul Karanicolas</a> 

No change in 🩸transfusion but ⬆️ morbidity with TXA
⚠️ don’t use TXA for hepatectomy 

See 📝 <a href="/JAMA_current/">JAMA</a> 👉🏻 jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…
UofT Surgical Oncology (@uoftsurgonc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We’re proud to announce the 2026 match results for the U of T Surgical Oncology Fellowship! Congratulations to our incoming fellows👏 We look forward to welcoming you to our program!

We’re proud to announce the 2026 match results for the U of T Surgical Oncology Fellowship! 
Congratulations to our incoming fellows👏
We look forward to welcoming you to our program!
Julie Hallet (@halletjulie) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Class of 2025, 2026 & 2027 in complex surgical oncology/HPB fellowship UofT Surgical Oncology ⭐️ from around 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇲🇽 It’s a true privilege to train clinical fellows and learn from them every single day 🙏🏻 Paul Karanicolas Natalie Coburn 📸 Dr Alberto Riojas, Dr Sasha Acher, Dr Faisal Naqib

Class of 2025, 2026 &amp; 2027 in complex surgical oncology/HPB fellowship <a href="/UofTSurgOnc/">UofT Surgical Oncology</a> ⭐️ from around  🇺🇸🇨🇦🇲🇽

It’s a true privilege to train clinical fellows and learn from them every single day 🙏🏻 <a href="/PaulKaranicolas/">Paul Karanicolas</a> <a href="/DrNCoburn/">Natalie Coburn</a> 

📸 Dr Alberto Riojas, Dr Sasha Acher, Dr <a href="/F_Naqib/">Faisal Naqib</a>
UofT Surgical Oncology (@uoftsurgonc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🎓Congratulations Joshua Bleicher on graduating from #surgonc fellowship! Dr Bleicher is now heading towards a new exciting surgical oncology practice 👏 ✨Bright new chapter ahead! U of T Department of Surgery Society of Surgical Oncology CSSO

🎓Congratulations Joshua Bleicher on graduating from #surgonc fellowship!
Dr Bleicher is now heading towards a new exciting surgical oncology practice 👏
✨Bright new chapter ahead!
<a href="/UofTSurgery/">U of T Department of Surgery</a> <a href="/SocSurgOnc/">Society of Surgical Oncology</a> <a href="/_CSSO/">CSSO</a>
UofT Surgical Oncology (@uoftsurgonc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🎓Congratulations Alexandra Acher on graduating from #surgonc/HPB fellowship! Dr Acher will soon start at UW-Madison Department of Surgery to in Madison as a staff HPB surgical oncologist 👏 ✨We can't wait to see the impact you will have in the field! U of T Department of Surgery CSSO Society of Surgical Oncology AHPBA

🎓Congratulations Alexandra Acher on graduating from #surgonc/HPB fellowship!
Dr Acher will soon start at <a href="/WiscSurgery/">UW-Madison Department of Surgery</a>  to in Madison as a staff HPB surgical oncologist 👏
✨We can't wait to see the impact you will have in the field!
<a href="/UofTSurgery/">U of T Department of Surgery</a> <a href="/_CSSO/">CSSO</a> <a href="/SocSurgOnc/">Society of Surgical Oncology</a> <a href="/AHPBA/">AHPBA</a>
Julie Hallet (@halletjulie) 's Twitter Profile Photo

That was the last OR day with Dr Acher! Always bittersweet to see fellows go🥹 So proud of the highly skilled, brilliant, whip-smart surgeon she is 🌟 UW-Madison Department of Surgery, you're lucky to have her! Now, we can always dream of getting her on social media 😅

That was the last OR day with Dr Acher! Always bittersweet to see fellows go🥹

So proud of the highly skilled, brilliant, whip-smart surgeon she is 🌟 
<a href="/WiscSurgery/">UW-Madison Department of Surgery</a>, you're lucky to have her! 
Now, we can always dream of getting her on social media 😅
Temerty Medicine (@uoftmedicine) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Surgical teams with more experience working together are associated with fewer post-op complications for patients, study by #TemertyMed researchers shows. bit.ly/3ZZ6i7W