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Dusting off the cobwebs of our Twitter account in the best way - by showcasing our amazing team here at Mac. Here we are welcoming our new R1s to the family #DreamTeam #MacNSx Michelle KamedaSmith Shannon Hart Aseel Kabbani M.Alhantoobi 𝐑𝐚𝐝𝐰𝐚𝐧 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢 | رضوان تكروني Dr. Bill Wang Michel Sourour

Another huge welcome to Dr. Zsolt Zador who recently joined McMaster Neurosurgery. Here he is taking the residents through an endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV). Welcome Zsolt Zador! Can anyone name the structures seen in this endoscopic view? #Neurosurgery

We’re lucky at Mac to have a strong INR service and to get early exposure to both endovascular and open vascular cases!

Literally every day

“The W.H. Kwok Chair in Spine Surgery Research will build upon Kwok’s legacy by contributing significantly to research and clinical practice, while coaching the next generation of academic health researchers.” brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/mcmas…

Happy to be a part of this. Great work, Nicholas Sader, MD MSc FRCSC FAANS and team! It was a pleasure.

Excellent sponsored skills session today with our residents, working on perfecting our drilling techniques with the latest technology. Ended the day with some healthy competition - the task being to drill away the eggshell while keeping the membrane intact! #MacNSx #neurosurgery

Tune into White Coat Black Art to hear our very own Dr. Sheila Singh discuss the diagnostic delays with pediatric brain tumours due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A devastating but important conversation to shed light on - thank you Sheila Singh Brain Tumour Lab

Covid-19 has had a huge impact on medical trainees and the ability for students to explore surgical specialties. This led Dr. Cenic to create VivoSurgery, a live virtual surgery opportunity. This week was our first successful craniotomy class, led by Dr. Dr. Bill Wang and team

Starting tonight! If you are an applicant in the 2022 neurosurgery CaRMS match, you don’t want to miss this opportunity to meet our excellent group and learn more about what makes the McMaster program excellent. We look forward to meeting you!

Trucker convoy’s protest signs on Terry Fox statue in Ottawa spark outrage, donations to foundation - My mom died of cancer and I cannot find the right words to express how vile I think this is. theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

Most Canadians respect Terry Fox and War Memorials. Most Canadians don’t steal from food banks. Most Canadians would never wave a swastika and if they saw one, they would take it down. And most Canadians are vaccinated. I consider those people to be the true patriots.

You still can’t say the “Q” word on call and I will die on this hill

We are thrilled to welcome David Paoloni and Rami Hatoum to the McMaster Neurosurgery family. Congratulations to you both, we can’t wait to work with you in July! #CARMS2022 #nsgy

Weekly thread 🧵: It’s the end of another academic year, and medical students everywhere are graduating. If I could speak to my younger self, I would give a very different address. It’s not easy to write. It wouldn’t have been easy for me to hear. Here goes… 1/

First, they will say You are valued because you show up early, stay late internalize the ideas and ideals of others. So keep up the good work. But (they don’t tell you this part) You can hurt the people you love most and drive yourself to ruin unless you learn … 2/

To find your own “enough” Enough is the right amount More isn’t better Enough differs between domains and over time You might set one or two world changing, obsessive, pursuits at a time. Aim high, but be intentional You can cause great suffering unless you ... 3/

Great resources. Was an incredibly competitive year for neurosx this year, so many stellar candidates- similarly my colleagues and I are always open to chatting with anyone who went through the process and may not have gotten the optimal result- send a message anytime

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