Had the privilege of attending #AATS2024 this weekend & meeting these incredible future surgeons. Despite not having much of a background in CT surgery, I loved learning about advances in the field eg. the DV5 and lung cancer tx. Often times, all it takes is one curious question

We are thrilled to announce year two of our Personnel Awards for Black Scholars along with Brain Canada. These awards provide Black post-grad students a chance to continue their studies in heart & brain health. Competition closes on May 22, 2024 at 3:00 p.m. ET.

The joy that I feel when I get paired with a fellow/resident of the yapping type who likes to explain every single detail of the procedure I’m shadowing >>>>

Are you starting residency in Ontario this July 2024? This can be a stressful transition, but the Black Resident Physicians of Ontario is here to help! We are partnering with Black Physicians' Association of Ontario to hold our first-ever PGY1 Bootcamp Brunch for Black residents and residents from other

Excellent talks this morning on #globalneurosurgery University of Toronto Neurosurgery including establishment of the epilepsy program in Peru from Dr. Graham Fleggen, limitations on the practice in Indonesia from Dr. Selfy Oswari, & the importance of advocacy in neurosurg from Dr. Anil Nanda 🙌🏾

No joke this was me yesterday watching the resection of a cervical chordoma with 4 stools stacked which the staff kindly set up for me. The funniest part was different people coming into the room being like “ah, that’s a lot of stools” 😂😭😂

It's only 4 weeks until our webinar for first-year Black medical students and those from underrepresented groups in medicine! Mark your calendars for August 7th at 7 PM. 🗓️ Register now and don't miss out on this opportunity! loom.ly/spHHkag

The Next Surgeon Mentorship program The Next Surgeon is hosting a networking event featuring talks from faculty on diversity in Medicine. ▪️When: Saturday Aug 17 @ 3pm ▪️Register ASAP as spots are limited All med trainees and faculty are welcome to attend 🙏🏽

The The Next Surgeon program is expanding!! We are currently seeking undergrad & medical student mentors to support BIPOC youths pursuing careers in STEM and healthcare 🩺🧬 Apply here 👉🏾 torontohousing.ca/Next-Surgeon

Take a close look at the beauty of the human brain, see the arteries and veins on its surface, and feel the pulsations with each heartbeat.

A super informative 🧵on preparing for Clinical Psychology PhD program interviews⬇️ Best of luck to everyone interviewing! I've compiled #clinicalpsych interview resources (reflections, advice, sample questions, etc) on this Google Drive: drive.google.com/drive/folders/…

It was my honour to be a member of the organizing committee for the 39th Annual Medical Student Research Day at Temerty Medicine. Being Canada's oldest medical student conference, this year's MSRD was as successful as ever. It was a joy working with my amazing teammates!

We are pleased to announce the next phase of our Personnel Awards for Black & Indigenous Scholars, with Brain Canada. These awards support post-grad students to continue studies in heart & brain health. Deadline: March 20, 2025 at 4 p.m. ET. Learn more: bit.ly/3yKa7At.

A little delayed, but had a blast organizing the 2025 Medical Student Research Day with the dream team ✨ And congrats to all the award winners 🙌🏾

Come check out our poster at the 2025 Interdisciplinary Social Accountability Conference in Healthcare discussing the impact of Threads UofT at Temerty Medicine 🙌🏾

Excited to share my MSc paper in Frontiers - Neurology looking at 🧠 rsFC in depression & moderate-to-severe TBI 🙏🏽 Novel finding: rsFC of the anterior prefrontal cortex can potentially be leveraged as a biomarker of depressive symptoms occurring in chronic msTBI frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

The Threads cultural fashion show was started by @uoftmdprogram students Aljeena Rahat Qureshi and Layan Elfaki. In this Q&A, they talked about this initiative, why they got involved, and why this project is about more than just fashion. bit.ly/4cFrk0o

Was so excited to try my first continuous running suture!! I didn’t realize how therapeutic it is lol. Up next is the one-handed knot 👌🏽

UCSF neurosurgeon Shawn Hervey-Jumper, MD, & his colleagues at Michigan Neurosurgery have developed an intraoperative tool called FastGlioma that uses AI to help neurosurgeons see in real-time where tumor cells have infiltrated brain tissue. braintumorcenter.ucsf.edu/news/how-ai-ch… nature.com/articles/s4158…

Had so much fun last week joining the Anova Fertility clinic with Dr Marjorie Dixon to learn about all things gyne related!! Talk about boss woman inspo 🤩