Paul Karanicolas
@paulkaranicolas
Surgical Oncologist specializing in liver, pancreatic, stomach, and colorectal cancer. Clinical trialist. Evidence-based medicine advocate. Proud Canadian.
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01-06-2012 02:16:45
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« Leaders leave leaders behind » - tonight we celebrated Frances Wright 12-year tenure as Surg Onc program director U of T Department of Surgery during which time we trained over 50 fellows from the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Middle East. Thank you Dr Wright!
It with great sadness that we say goodbye to Professor Leslie H Blumgart, a true legend of #HPB surgery who developed the field around the 🌍 Many of us remember his dedication to the teaching of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center surgical fellows who proudly carry on his legacy. Legends Of Surgery
A short thread I wrote about moving colorectal cancer screening in Ontario to age 45.. Colorectal Cancer Resource & Action Network M Paul Karanicolas
Virtual Tumor Board 🚨: Hepatic Artery Infusion: What is the role in metastatic and primary liver disease? Register at ow.ly/VyMR50LUoAg. Miral Sadaria Grandhi Alex Parikh Michael Lidsky, MD, FACS Paul Karanicolas Andrea Cercek
Have you signed up for tomorrow's virtual tumor board, Hepatic Artery Infusion: What is the role in metastatic and primary liver disease? Register at ow.ly/VyMR50LUoAg. Miral Sadaria Grandhi Alex Parikh Michael Lidsky, MD, FACS Paul Karanicolas Andrea Cercek
Investigators meeting after completion of the HELIX trial today at #AHPBA23 Powerful collaboration across 1⃣1⃣sites 1⃣3⃣8⃣4⃣pts randomized 5⃣1⃣% eligible pts consented One of the largest trials in liver surgery. Congrats Paul Karanicolas and team! Results? 🤫... stay tuned!
👀Toronto experience with #LDLT for unresectable #CRLM by Luckshi Rajendran #AHPBA23 - prospective trial in 🇨🇦 ▪️3⃣6⃣eligible➡️7⃣transplanted+9⃣ongoing w-u ▪️Good early oncologic outcomes ▪️Option in highly-selected population Gonzalo Sapisochin UofT General Surgery U of T Department of Surgery Ajmera Transplant Centre UHN AHPBA
🚨First registry-linked collaborative RCT using NSQIP AHPBA American College of Surgeons ⭐️Pip-taz for antibioprophylaxis in whipple👉🏻⬇️ 30-day SSI in RCT ⭐️New standard of care & new way to run multi-centre trials 👏🏻Congrats everyone! Michael D’Angelica jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…
Washing surgery wounds is necessary, but we still don’t know the most effective method. Paul Karanicolas is evaluating the best practice for keeping surgical wounds clean and avoiding infection. Learn about the #ClinicalTrial: cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/53357.html?f… Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre U of T Department of Surgery
📢Congratulations to Dr. Sean P. Cleary, who has been appointed as Bernard & Ryna Langer Chair, Division of General Surgery at U of T Department of Surgery. Read more about it here: surgery.utoronto.ca/SeanClearyGene…
🔥 PRACTICE CHANGING EVIDENCE 🔥 Annals of Surgery just published, online ahead of final publication, abdominal surgery results of the ROTBIGGS project What are procedure-specific risk estimates for #VTE & major #bleeding in general abdominal #surgery? #EBM 🧵1/10
Kicking off Yuman Fong visit to U of T Department of Surgery as Hanna visiting professor with journal club by UofT Surgical Oncology fellows ctDNA🧬: ready for clinical practice for CRLM? ❌ preop does not change management 🔪hepatectomy can convert ➕ve👉🏻➖ve For now: better use of💰to get CEA?😳
Thank you Yuman Fong for an inspiring, educational visit as our Hanna Visiting Professor U of T Department of Surgery Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre! We loved spending time with you and learning about everything from hepatectomy to gene surgery to coaching. Your knowledge is endless!!!