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How can we bring time between consult & diagnostic biopsy down to ZERO?
This obsessive question/goal led to a pilot & then scaling up to full fledged #POCUS biopsy program that has led to ⬇️wait times, ⬇️invasive biopsies, faster treatment initiation,🔝resource management #LCSM
This obsessive question/goal led to a pilot & then scaling up to full fledged #POCUS biopsy program that has led to ⬇️wait times, ⬇️invasive biopsies, faster treatment initiation,🔝resource management #LCSM
Excited to share work that was born from a need to accelerate care of #patients with #LungCancer & ⬇️wait times. It has become 🔑 in era of neoadjuvant ChemoIO #tssmn @LungCancer_Can
Surgeon-Led Point-Of-Care UltraSound-guided THORacic (POCUS-THOR) Biopsy link.sosido.com/bj1AW3
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Wholesome talk at @mygutfeelingca by Dr. Lora Park on her experience as a patient with early gastric cancer with a special lens given her work as a psychology professor at @UB_Psychology - sharing keys to staying well and coping throughout the patient journey.
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Dr Vabhav Gupta presented at @WTSA_Surgery #WTSA2024 on Surgeon-Led Point-Of-Care UltraSound-guided THORacic (POCUS THOR) Biopsy. Will this be a future paradigm for providing care efficiently and resourcefully? @biniamkidaneMD
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1/How can we reduce wait times for biopsies & get patients with #lungcancer to treatment faster, especially in this era of #precision therapy?
@VGupta_MD presenting at the Samson Award session on practice-changing QI work we have been doing @hsc_winnipeg @UM_RadyFHS #WTSA2024
@VGupta_MD presenting at the Samson Award session on practice-changing QI work we have been doing @hsc_winnipeg @UM_RadyFHS #WTSA2024
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Friendly reminder 🙂
Lung transplants being done via robot
Lungs 🫁 4 L in volume being transplanted through 6 cm incision. Amazing advancement in transplant surgery
Lung transplants being done via robot
Lungs 🫁 4 L in volume being transplanted through 6 cm incision. Amazing advancement in transplant surgery
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@VGupta_MD @AATSHQ @AATSJournals @ThoracicsCanada @TOutcomes @umanitoba @ISME_MRCoM_UM I am incredibly honoured to be part of this illustrious organization & to be able to join the ranks of mentors and heroes. I am indebted and grateful to my sponsors Dr Darling, Dr Murthy & Dr Rocco. Thanks to all my mentors @UHN_Surgery @WesternThoracic @SchulichMedDent @mcgillu
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Team Thoracic from LHSC running for #esophagealcancer. #Murraysmiles @thoracik @VGupta_MD @mehdi Qiabi
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It was so rewarding to help make this happen. 🙂
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Thoracik 2023 Farewell (Michel Menassa and Amer Alzahrani) and Welcome (Srinivas Gopinath) BBQ at Thoracik Park London.
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Congratulations to our graduating fellow @3amerMD on completing thoracic surgery training! 👏🏽
Wishing you the best in further training @UPMC_CTSurgery and subsequent practice in Saudi Arabia!
@ThoracicsCanada @WesternThoracic
Wishing you the best in further training @UPMC_CTSurgery and subsequent practice in Saudi Arabia!
@ThoracicsCanada @WesternThoracic
Dr. Amer Alzahrani erasing on his last day in OR 17 @ThoracicLondon @WesternThoracic @westernuSurgery
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Dr. Amer Alzahrani erasing on his last day in OR 17 @ThoracicLondon @WesternThoracic @westernuSurgery
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Congratulations to our graduating fellow Dr. Michel Menassa! Best of luck in your super-fellowship in Paris and practice in Quebec!
@ThoracicsCanada @thoracic #thoracics #tssmn
@ThoracicsCanada @thoracic #thoracics #tssmn
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Congratulations to Dr. Amer Alzahrani and Dr. Michel Menassa our Thoracic graduation fellows for 2023!
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Very honoured to win the student teaching award @WesternU
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Dr. Qiabi presenting our prospective study of same-day discharge for lung wedge resection at @westernuSurgery Research Day!
#lung #thoracics @SchulichMedDent @ThoracicsCanada @thoracik
#lung #thoracics @SchulichMedDent @ThoracicsCanada @thoracik
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What are the pros/cons of neoadjuvant, adjuvant, or combined strategies of perioperative #Immunotherapy in #NSCLC? Find out from @DoctorJSpicer, @sara_najmeh, and @paugalde20 in this educational activity from #AATS2023 bit.ly/40AkhiU
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Canada🇨🇦to become first country in the world to require health warnings on individual cigarettes. canada.ca/en/health-cana… via @GovCanHealth #smoking #WorldNoTobaccoDay
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May 31 is World No Tobacco Day! Find out how quitting smoking can help with your health and medical treatments, including surgery, for cancer.
@CTS_SCT @CMA_Docs @ThoracicsCanada @CDNCancerTrials @cancersociety
@CTS_SCT @CMA_Docs @ThoracicsCanada @CDNCancerTrials @cancersociety
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