Tom McLaughlin

Pediatrician, uncle. #Tweetiatrician on health policy and #meded. Let's make the world a better place for children.

[The Royal College @Royal_College]

We are pleased to announce that Christopher John Watling, MD, FRCPC, MMEd, PhD, is the newly appointed CEO of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and of Royal College Canada International, effective July 1, 2024: https://t.co/SK2kARIOZX @ChrisWatling3 #MedEd

[Chris Watling @ChrisWatling3]

I am honoured to have this opportunity and humbled by the support from colleagues near and far. I am looking forward to getting started!

[Devin Singh @DrDevSK]

Join me and this incredible line up of speakers put together by The @Royal_College to dive into Gen AI and how the landscape of medicine may rapidly change as it embraces these technologies. I’ll focus on early use cases @sickkids along with safety, governance, and privacy. 👨🏾‍💻🏥🚀

[BC Children's Hospital @BCChildrensHosp]

We were so pleased to welcome Minister @markhollandlib and MP @Taleeb to our hospital yesterday! They had a first-hand look at the quality specialist care and cutting-edge research happening right here on our campus in Vancouver. @BCCHresearch @WomensResearch

[Rachel Thee-in-pray-oon, MD, MSCS @RThienprayoon]

I've been thinking about compassion and pediatricians.

There's an idea that pediatricians are "softer" than internal medicine docs because we take care of kids. And kids are cute! Funny! Sticky! 1/

[Tom McLaughlin @mclaughlin_tom]

@SSathiaselan @UBCPediatrics Welcome, Sajine! Looking forward to meeting and working with you.

[Tom McLaughlin @mclaughlin_tom]

@KP_MD2018 @StanfordHP @Royal_College Welcome! Looking forward to your contributions on this committee.

[Tom McLaughlin @mclaughlin_tom]

@trey_coffey_TO Congratulations, Trey!!

[Keldon Bester @KeldonB]

Grateful for the opportunity to speak at #INDU today on Rogers-Shaw and the need for reform to Canada’s merger laws. @HoCCommittees

[Steve Stewart-Williams @SteveStuWill]

Why you shouldn’t truncate the y-axis

[Michelle Cyca @michellecyca]

listened to @Canadaland this morning & @jessebrown claimed that "no one has ever been inspired by Vancouver to write a great novel" so now I feel obligated to do a thread about great Vancouver novels:

[Raghu Venugopal MD @raghu_venugopal]

Excellence in Canadian healthcare is resident physicians (still completing their specialization) handling with poise a heavy volume of consultation requests at academic centres with some of the nation's most complex medical and surgical patients. Thank you. @ResidentDoctors

[Barry Hunt @BarryHunt008]

"To be forewarned is to be forearmed."

This is your warning.

XBB1.5 is coming
⬆️ transmission
⬆️ immune evasion
⬆️ ACE2 affinity

Most infections are now re-infections

Re-infections
⬆️ hospitalization, severity, Long Covid, death

Don't panic.

#MaskUp
#WearARespirator

[Steven Miller @DrStevenPMiller]

Sincere thanks to my colleagues and the families I am privileged to parther with. You have made such important contributions to this work supporting the #newborn 🧠 And, thank you @CIHR_IRSC for investing in #child-health research 🇨🇦 @ChildBrightNet @UBCPediatrics @CIHR_IHDCYH

[BCCH Foundation @BCCHF]

Never doubt what small can do.

The kids we help may be small, but they face huge challenges. You might think your impact is small, but your support could be just what we need to push the next medical advancement over the finish line. #SmallisMighty

[Tom McLaughlin @mclaughlin_tom]

@SaleemRazack @UBC @BCChildrensHosp Welcome!!

[Andrew Helmers @HelmersAndrew]

So much Influenza A out there (a member of the airborne virus club), sending sick kids of all ages to emergency rooms and inpatient wards, and very sick children to our pediatric ICUs here and elsewhere. Please:*everyone* 6mo and older should get a flu shot. Mask up! @SickKidsCCM

[Tom McLaughlin @mclaughlin_tom]

@_justinam @thenosm @BCChildrensHosp Welcome to BC! Look forward to seeing you on the wards.