Layan Elfaki

@uoftmedicine | MSc @uoftIMS | Passionate about health equity and STEM advocacy | Views are my own 🇸🇩🇨🇦

[Layan Elfaki @layan_elfaki]

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[Layan Elfaki @layan_elfaki]

If you're an attending cardiologist or cardiac surgeon in the US, Canada, Europe or UK, we'd love your clinical opinion!!🫀

https://t.co/rlJrK0LObk

Please complete this 30min anonymous survey on isolated heart transplants developed with Dr. Maria Currie @stanfordctsurg

[Layan Elfaki @layan_elfaki]

Had so much fun last week joining the @AnovaFertility clinic with @DrMarjorieDixon to learn about all things gyne related!! Talk about boss woman inspo 🤩

[Layan Elfaki @layan_elfaki]

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 👌🏽

[Layan Elfaki @layan_elfaki]

@sandyserena___ @FrontNeurol Thanks sm Sandy!! Hope youve been well and thriving at ucla 🥰

[Layan Elfaki @layan_elfaki]

Excited to share my MSc paper in @FrontNeurol 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

https://t.co/85tx95xpdB

[Frontiers - Neurology @FrontNeurol]

New Research: Examining anterior prefrontal cortex resting-state functional connectivity patterns associated with depressive symptoms in chronic moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury https://t.co/ms9MCEprKF #FrontiersIn #Neurology

[Layan Elfaki @layan_elfaki]

@TulipMarawi @FrontNeurol Thanks sm Tulip 🥰🙏🏽

[Temerty Medicine @uoftmedicine]

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. https://t.co/FpqwMVJjdE

[Layan Elfaki @layan_elfaki]

Come check out our poster at the 2025 Interdisciplinary Social Accountability Conference in Healthcare discussing the impact of @threads_uoft at @uoftmedicine 🙌🏾

[Layan Elfaki @layan_elfaki]

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 🙌🏾

[Heart & Stroke @HeartandStroke]

We are pleased to announce the next phase of our Personnel Awards for Black & Indigenous Scholars, with @BrainCanada. These awards support post-grad students to continue studies in heart & brain health.
Deadline: March 20, 2025 at 4 p.m. ET.
Learn more: https://t.co/2ior3Rf3Eb.

[Mohamed Elghobashy 🇨🇦 @mohamed_elgho_]

It was my honour to be a member of the organizing committee for the 39th Annual Medical Student Research Day at @uoftmedicine. 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!

[Tulip Marawi, MSc🌷 @TulipMarawi]

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: https://t.co/xatvG2l0qp

[Layan Elfaki @layan_elfaki]

The @thenextsurgeon program is expanding!!

We are currently seeking undergrad & medical student mentors to support BIPOC youths pursuing careers in STEM and healthcare 🩺🧬

Apply here 👉🏾 https://t.co/L51Ea1x9pW

[Layan Elfaki @layan_elfaki]

The Next Surgeon Mentorship program @thenextsurgeon 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 🙏🏽

[Black Physicians' Association of Ontario @thebpao]

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! https://t.co/dnGvFDJosO

[Layan Elfaki @layan_elfaki]

@mabdelhack @UofTPsych Aw this is so sweet!!

[Layan Elfaki @layan_elfaki]

@BoggildLab @zainahmad_99 @UCC @IkeCharles13 @McMasterU @UofT @ihpmeuoft @jahmarhawk @soniaigboanugo @uoft_oao @cos_uoft @UofTMed_OID @bapmac_ @UofTBMSA @BGSA_UofT @_ISTM_ @ASTMH @uoftmedicine @UofTIMS Youre an incredible mentor Dr. Boggild 👏🏽

[Layan Elfaki @layan_elfaki]

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” 😂😭😂

[✨MD neuron divergent EKG slayer✨ @fuqekgs]

Med student watching surgery without breaking the sterile space

[Layan Elfaki @layan_elfaki]

@EkeneNwajei @HeartandStroke Congrats man!!!