Head, Department of Surgery, Women's College Hospital. Reimagining surgical care for the future of Canadian hospitals. he/him
Toronto, Ontario
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Thanks Christal Malcolm for being such a great mentor, role model and advocate for Black women with alopecia! breakfasttelevision.ca/video…
Investor-owned surgical facilities in Alberta are draining staff and resources from hospitals, increasing wait times and throwing public hospital operations into crisis. Is this really what we want in Ontario?
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Surgeons already know we can work together in teams to reduce surgical waits for our patients (and also create a more resilient work force in the process). Nothing is preventing us. #Leadership @CAGS_ACCG @CMA_Docs @OntarioHealthOH cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/o…
“…there will always be those that stand ideologically opposed to innovation in the health care system…” apple.news/AclLzBc1VRbavQ_7r…
My thoughts on “innovation in the health care system”:
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There are many innovative ways to reduce surgical wait times and reduce the cost of surgical care that don’t require privatization, and don’t even require more spending. We implemented many at @WCHospital
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Our latest: why some people wait far too long for surgery in Canada while others wait very little (and the simple solution we could implement today) @OntarioHealthOH @CMA_Docs @UofTSurgery @CAGS_ACCG journals.plos.org/plosone/ar…
Like so many Canadian surgeons, I am profoundly grateful for all that Dr. Robin McLeod taught me—about surgery, clinical epidemiology, and to constantly strive to make our health system better. I can think of no finer role model. We lost her too soon.
Turns out Ontario public hospitals are amazingly efficient, and provide outstanding value for money to the public. Why not fund our hospitals to perform additional surgeries like joint replacements, rather than overpay at out of hospital facilities? cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/o…
Congratulations @uOttawaGenSurg for blazing this trail and showing all of us how team-based models of care benefit patients and surgeons alike!
Shared-care model for whipple
📝@uOttawaGenSurg model with multiple surgeons sharing care is safe and feasible. Outcomes align with peer hospitals.
➡️Suggests improved system efficiency without compromising safety
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Lots of ideas about how to fix the surgical backlog and wait times without breaking our struggling health system
[The CHIP Episode 19] How can Canada reduce the huge backlog of surgeries? Find out with @Avis_Favaro and @DavidUrbachMD @WCHospital @UofT
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Compared with Canadian hospitals, private for-profit surgical clinics: (1) are more expensive, (2) increase wait times, and (3) result in poorer quality of care. Remind me why we need them or want them? cbc.ca/news/health/private-h…
Somehow, often missed in the debate about “private” care is that surgery in not-for-profit Canadian hospitals is actually cheaper AND better than in private for-profit clinics cbc.ca/player/play/217677881…
The pointlessness of public payment for surgery in private-for-profit facilities in Ontario thestar.com/opinion/contribu…
Private delivery is only one way to do more surgeries (and may not be ideal for surgery other than cataracts??) Much can still be done within public system: why not increase capacity in our hospitals and centralize wait lists? thestar.com/opinion/contribu… via @torontostar
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Is COVID-19 associated with major adverse cardiovascular events after elective major noncardiac surgery?
Our study in @JAMANetworkOpen: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
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The pandemic backlog exacerbated #waittimes What we can do right now to improve the public health system: cbchls.akamaized.net/deliver…