I'm a physician, scientist, teacher, YouTuber and author. I try to help the person that has chronic pain, not just the pain they have (opinions my own)🇨🇦🇧🇷

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Joined August 2009
Starting my journey to World Congress of Pain #WC2026 @IASPpain Toronto -> Vancouver -> Bangkok, Thailand
Airports, train stations and final packing are all part of the journey to #WC2026. Share a photo or update, tag IASP and use #WC2026 so the global pain community can follow along.
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Stuck in the chronic pain loop? #chronicpain
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I just arrived in Aalborg Denmark 🇩🇰 For my sabbatical at the Center for Neuroplasticity and Pain CNAP.
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We had an internacional audience at our Workshop at #ISPRM2026 on #Opioids for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain: Poland 🇵🇱, Australia 🇦🇺, United States 🇺🇸 and Canada 🇨🇦 @ISPRM @CAPM_R @UofT_Physiatry @UHN
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We are also tackling complex healthcare challenges head-on in today's specialized workshops. Attendees are actively discussing how to strengthen academic leadership, manage opioids for chronic non-cancer pain, and develop scalable interventions to address disability worldwide.
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Come to our Booth #252 at Pri-MED #PriMEDcanada2026 to learn about our updated Opioid Self-Assessment Program (SAP) Visit our website opioidassessment.ca #opioid #chronicpain #online
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I am happy to announce that I recruited a Bright Mind from China for the @UHN’s Canada Leads Program. Thank you to the @uhnfoundation for this bold move to position Canada as the ultimate destination for bright minds.
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Dr. Ziru Wang has a PhD in Sports Medicine And Rehabilitation from Beijing Sport University (2025) jointly trained at the First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University and Center for Health, Exercise and Sports Medicine (CHEM) at the University of Melbourne. #CanadaLeads
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Ziru’s project at KITE Research Institute is to develop and test an AI-enabled, clinician-supervised Brain Rewiring Application for people with #ChronicPain Join me in welcoming Dr. Ziru Wang to Canada!🇨🇦 #CanadaLeads #UHN #AI #PainScience #Neuroscience #BrainScience
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Come to our posters #55, 75, 102 and 120 at the Canadian Pain Society - Annual Scientific Meeting #CanadianPain26 in Québec City. #FND #FunctionalNeurologicalDisorder #ChronicPain #projectECHO
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Come to our booth at the Canadian Pain Society - Annual Scientific Meeting #CanadianPain26 We have an online course for opioid prescribers and learners. Check our website opioidAssessment.ca #opioid #opioids #chronicpain
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Our ECHO Pain meeting in Québec City at the Canadian Pain Society Annual Scientific Meeting. #canadianpain26
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Good Morning Québec! Annual Scientific Meeting Canadian Pain Society 2026 #CanadianPain26 I’m looking forward to this presentation tonight 👇🏻 Étienne Vachon-Presseau: A Predictive Framework for #ChronicPain
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Andrea D. Furlan MD PhD PM&R retweeted
One of the biggest fears about healthcare's AI revolution is that AI can erode physicians’ expertise and their performance may drop when AI is removed. A new scoping review provides examples for that. In colonoscopy, the adenoma detection rate dropped significantly from 28.4% to 22.4% when endoscopists reverted to non-AI procedures after repeated AI use. In radiology, erroneous AI prompts increased false-positive recalls by up to 12%, even among experienced readers. In computational pathology, over 30% of participants reversed correct initial diagnoses when exposed to incorrect AI suggestions under time constraints. "𝐴𝑙𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟, 𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐴𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑑𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑟 𝑝ℎ𝑦𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑠’ 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒. 𝑆𝑎𝑓𝑒𝑔𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑎 𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝐴𝐼 𝑠𝑎𝑓𝑒𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑒." The study: sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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For the 5th year, I have been voted Toronto’s Top Pain Mangement Doctor. Thank you to all doctors who voted for me. Post City Magazines #TorontoTopDoctors
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Andrea D. Furlan MD PhD PM&R retweeted
The gap between "woo-woo nonsense" and "evidence-based neuroplasticity" is just whether you've read the clinical trials yet. Turns out, your nervous system can unlearn pain patterns.  ditchthelabcoat.com/podcast/…
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