We are pleased to announce that Dr. Kellie Murphy has been appointed Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology for a five-year term beginning Jan. 1, 2024.    We would also like to recognize Dr. John Kingdom, who has led our Department as Chair since 2013.

Thumbs up for breastfeeding to improve child and maternal health ⁦FIGO HQ⁩ #FIGO2023

Dr. Graeme Smith speaking on breastfeeding to improve long term maternal health. Individuals with complications in pregnancy need to be, and should be, supported to achieve breastfeeding success #FIGO2023

🌟Pub alert! Not everyone with #preclampsia (PE) will develop CVD, so who is at ⬆️risk? Led by Amélie Paquin, here we show that ♀️ with PE who have #CentralObesity postpartum have worse arterial health, which may be a ⛳️for future CV risk. 👉bit.ly/466ut4k

In this RCT, physician-guided self-management of outpatient postnatal blood pressure, following hypertensive pregnancy, was associated with a 6/5-mm Hg lower ambulatory blood pressure at 9 months postpartum. ja.ma/3subhzW #AHA23

Christina developed gestational diabetes and gestational hypertension (high blood pressure) during pregnancy. But she never knew that this could indicate an increased risk of heart disease in the future. Learn more: bit.ly/47pJdwU. #BeatHealthInequity

Management of cardiac and cardiovascular dysfunction postpartum should include support to initiate and continue breastfeeding. academic.oup.com/eurjpc/article… Dr. Graeme Smith Natalie Dayan

Pregnancy-associated cardiovascular risks and postpartum care; an oppo... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Are you postpartum or an exercise or health professional who works with postpartum people?    We need your feedback on the draft recommendations for the SOGC Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology 2024 Canadian 24-hour Movement Guideline for the Postpartum Period: redcap.link/PostpartumMvtG…

#December6 is The National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. Today, we remember the 14 women who were murdered at the Polytechnique Montréal. 🔗Visit the Women & Gender Equality Canada's site to learn more: shorturl.at/hw278 #16Days #RememberThe14

Nausea and vomiting in pregnancy linked to hormone from fetus nature.com/articles/d4158…. Interesting study gives hope to the many who suffer from hyperemesis gravidarum

Welcome to the new Women’s and Children’s Health Research cluster at Queen’s University. W-CARE_QueensU

Check out my latest article: Changing health behaviours is hard! linkedin.com/pulse/changing… Bump2BabyandMe Project UCD Perinatal Research Centre Christy Dr Aisling Geraghty, PhD

Carolina Carvalho, she/her AHA Science Sadiya Khan @JoeCoresh Don Lloyd-Jones Chiadi Ndumele Janani Rangaswami Thank you!💕 When I was recuperating in the CCU, every nurse and every doc on every shift asked me if I had a family history of heart disease, or if I'd been a smoker - but not one asked if I had a history of serious pregnancy complications -in my case: preeclampsia, 1st baby🤦‍♀️

Health Secretary announces new women's health priorities for 2024. Great to see specific mention of "A greater focus will be placed on preconception and postnatal care for women ...", critical to tackling maternal/child disparities UK Preconception Partnership gov.uk/government/new…

The BORN Information System (BIS), which now holds over 1.6 million birth records, turns 12 today! BORN Ontario has been collecting, analyzing and sharing rich information within the health system to influence and enhance pregnancy and newborn care. Recently, information in the

#pumped I got to launch this QI work in progress today at The Ottawa Hospital Grand Rounds. #TheFourthTrimester clinic aims to offer ample access to care for postpartum 🤰🏼with hx #preeclampsia and risk of 🫀events due to early vascular aging🫀 Dr. Kara Nerenberg Dr. Graeme Smith Kerri-Anne Mullen

Last evening we had a wonderful celebration of the incredible career of Dr. John Smythe at Pediatrics @ Queen's spanning over 33 years (30 of them as the solo Pediatric Cardiologist!) It was a privilege to honour him with the Dr. Mariana Silva Award for Distinguished Service in Pediatrics

Learning about long term Maternal Health Impact of adverse obstetric outcome SMFM Cardio-Obstetrics Rachel M Bond, MD Dr. Graeme Smith Michael Honigberg, MD, MPP

This short documentary film on the deadly disparity between care/diagnostic/outcomes in male & female heart patients pulls no punches! #ATypicalHeartDocumentary myheartsisters.org/2019/07/15/a-t… Carolyn Thomas ☮️ Doreen Rabi, M.D. The Distillery Film Company #HeartMonth