"Why is the MD-PhD pipeline leaky?" The pipeline: 4 years undergrad 7+ years MD-PhD 3-9 years residency/clinical fellowship (depending on specialty) 3+ years postdoc (depending on how much research built in to residency)

A new year update for the Massey College community shared with enthusiastic permission! 5ish yrs ago a bunch of friends took part in Lifeline Syria and a few weeks ago got to celebrate a new 🇨🇦 citizen! How it started/how it’s going Sophie Borwein Kiran Patrick Steadman Tina J. Park, Ph.D.

Last year, if I had to guess what would be the batshit conspiracy theory of 2023, I would have NEVER guessed it would be ‘town planning where you can walk to the shops’

Amsterdam is currently removing 1,500 on-street car parking spaces per year; a phenomenal public realm improvement enabled by decades of effective mobility policy. Ask not what your city can do to get more people cycling—but what getting more people cycling can do for your city.

268 unfilled residency positions in family medicine in the CaRMS match yesterday. Highest number ever. We have a serious problem to manage together. Why are med students not choosing a career as a family doc (best specialty ever😀)? Many reasons - some of it is on us...🧵

Awesome thread from AdamR (with a little help from Mariah) on our new paper looking at hippocampal memory across development. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

1/ 43 yo woman w/ no PMH presents w/ acute onset aphasia and R sided weakness. Head CT is normal, and she is administered IV tPA. CTA reveals a distal M1 occlusion and MT is successful in reperfusion. Post-procedure she has mild WFD. A #continuumcase about #strokeintheyoung

#OnlineFirst: Effects of carotid revascularization on cognitive function and brain functional connectivity in carotid stenosis patients with cognitive impairment: a pilot study. thejns.org/view/journals/….

.University of Toronto Neurosurgery had a great week at Society of Neurological Surgeons RUNN course learning from the greats and meeting the future of neurosurgery researchers across North America! Such a fantastic + inspiring opportunity

How to doctor - a thread.

In the INSPIRES trial, new stroke occurred in 7% of patients who received clopidogrel–aspirin and in 9% who received only aspirin up to 72 hours after atherothrombotic stroke. Bleeding incidence was low but higher with dual antiplatelet treatment. nej.md/47f7cy4

Sleep patterns and physical activity can be monitored by wearable technology. The authors of a new Review Article describe the state of the art for using data from wearable devices in diagnosing and managing depression. Read the full review: nej.md/3Tw8MIx

Thousands of Toronto Hydro customers are without power on Thursday evening after a raccoon made contact with Hydro One equipment at a downtown station. cbc.ca/news/canada/to…

(1/5) #BrainAwarenessWeek Dr. Patrick Steadman (Patrick Steadman) completed his MD in 2021 and is currently a neurosurgery resident physician at the University of Toronto (University of Toronto Neurosurgery).

We are thrilled University of Toronto Neurosurgery to welcome Arshia, Casni, Nicholas, Pranjan, and Steven to the Toronto Neurosurgery family. Congrats to all, and wishing you and everyone starting their #neurosurgery journey the absolute best of luck and success in the years ahead! gelareh-zadeh

This year's MD/PhD Mentorship Symposium was a tremendous success—an afternoon full of good learning and counselling 🤝 Thank you to our wonderful keynote speakers Andrea Boggild, MD & @AlainnaJJ and to our student, faculty, and alumni attendees!

Only possible with #teamscience Nature Medicine Grateful to #coauthors #collaborators #funders #meningioma #patients University Health Network Krembil Brain Institute UHN Sprott Department of Surgery The Brain Tumour Charity The V Foundation for Cancer Research CIHR National Cancer Institute NRG Oncology University of Toronto International Consortium on Meningiomas (ICOM) bit.ly/3AuTaxr