Neil Maharaj, MD

Respirologist | Chair, Respiratory Disease @ontariosdoctors | Medical Director @NiagaraBreathes| 🇨🇦🇹🇹🇨🇴 | Board Director, Ontario Medical Foundation

[Andrew Coyne 🇺🇦🇮🇱🇬🇪🇲🇩 @acoyne]

There it is. Explicitly aligning Conservative party with Trumpian lawlessness.

[The BMJ @bmj_latest]

Critical appraisal is required to ensure that AI is not used to solve certain problems facing health systems only to exacerbate a much greater problem.

Implementation of AI could be disastrous for the climate
https://t.co/7LlejnJLvh

[Brian Roemmele @BrianRoemmele]

In 1968, Sidney Poitier was at a press conference at the height of his career.

He made it very clear how he felt about the press.

Funny that I had to find this on a discarded film reel with 1000s of books, Microfiche and films.

Now you can see it.

[Healthy Debate @HealthyDebate]

Artificially Wise: Can #AI truly make smart clinical decisions? #healthcare By @AngelaHDong

https://t.co/M1uFTqZFgq

[André Picard @picardonhealth]

Artificially Wise: Can #AI truly make smart clinical decisions? by @AngelaHDong https://t.co/iTbeSzEph2 via @HealthyDebate

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

Most leaders value loyalty. Great leaders put a higher premium on integrity.

Loyalty is allegiance to power. You're expected to show deference and follow orders.

Integrity is allegiance to principles. You're expected to challenge orders that violate your mission or values.

[Dr. Glaucomflecken @DGlaucomflecken]

Today, I met the people who saved my life.

I’ve been tweeting about my cardiac arrest since I woke up in the ICU and re-downloaded twitter (@LGlaucomflecken deleted it for my own safety and concluded that if I could figure out how to get it back, I was safe to tweet again)

[Supriya Dwivedi @supriyadwivedi]

some ~personal~ news

I’m joining the prime minister’s office as a senior advisor

you can read a little about why here

https://t.co/S46mUA9a1j

[Neil Maharaj, MD @NeilMaha]

@DFisman Thank you for your education, tireless advocacy and giving the truth a voice.

Much respect.

[Doreen Rabi, M.D. @doreen_rabi]

Canadian #healthcare is much the same, @doc_bipolar.

Health authorities & ministries bank on HCPs that overdeliver, self-sacrifice & don't challenge.

The profession of medicine has internalized these principles, though, so we know this is wrong but we train ppl to comply.

[Neil Maharaj, MD @NeilMaha]

Truthful & brilliant thread.

Here in Ontario, we bear such unfortunate similarities to what is described here about the health system in the NHS.

[Jess Morgan @drjessmorgan_]

I was an NHS doctor,
Then burnout and mental illness happened.

I left medicine but
Without it... I felt lost.

Here are 3 things I learnt from leaving the NHS,

3 things everyone should know.

[Neil Maharaj, MD @NeilMaha]

@benjaminfelix @LoonieDoctor Really appreciated the walkthrough of the series in the first episode.

As someone with a CCPC and a respirologist, I really appreciate the scope (pun intended) of what you are aiming to accomplish.

Looking forward to the content as it rolls out. Thanks so much for this.

[Neil Maharaj, MD @NeilMaha]

By 2050, #COPD patients globally will grow by 23% c/w 2020. The largest growth will be among females and from low-middle income regions

What should we be doing now as a society to mitigate this?  I hope governments and policy makers are watching.

https://t.co/LwZrOCprZV

[Neil Maharaj, MD @NeilMaha]

@benjaminfelix @LoonieDoctor Very cool. Really looking forward to this!

[Mark Ungrin @Mark_Ungrin]

This is a tough topic. Supportive members of three different Faculties have advised that I risk retaliation here in Calgary just for asking difficult questions. But, if academics won't speak up, how can we justify tenure?

This is where the rubber meets the road.

[Portage Medical Family Health Team @portage_team]

Thanks to all for attending. It was a successful first-time event. Lots of useful #copd info. @NeilMaha @boggiopharmacy @heartniagara

[Neil Maharaj, MD @NeilMaha]

Great turnout for our community information session on #COPD last night!

Lots of engaging questions from the audience with wide participation.

Great job!

@boggiopharmacy @portage_team
#Niagara #Niagarafalls

#Pulmonary

[Neil Maharaj, MD @NeilMaha]

@DrToddLee @DrJacobsRad @Royal_College @fordnation Definitely