McMaster General Internal Medicine

Twitter account for the Division of General Internal Medicine, Department Of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University.

[McMaster General Internal Medicine @McMasterGIM]

The @MacDeptMed Division of General Internal Medicine is on Twitter. Follow us for divisional announcements and related discussions.

[Arnav Agarwal @ArnavAgarwalMD]

🔥 Our latest @WHO living guidance on drugs for #COVID19, with new recommendations for nirmatrelvir-ritonavir & updated recommendation for remdesivir in non-severe illness.

@bmj_latest: https://t.co/KuJjwzeTPV

@WHO: https://t.co/n3iQx3pdmY

@theMAGICapp: https://t.co/dA7YYzeAZ1

[McMaster University Department of Medicine @MacDeptMed]

Congratulations to our own DBV! We are so proud of you!! Your work with @MERIT_McMaster as a scholar and @MacCEprog as APD, as well as a faculty member within our ranks!

You are an amazing contributor and leader within our midst! Cc: @jddneary @McMasterGIM!!

[Arnav Agarwal @ArnavAgarwalMD]

🔥 Our latest @WHO living guidance on drugs for #COVID19:

Severe/critical:
✅ steroids, IL-6RB, baricitinib✨
🔶 REGN-COV
🚫 ruxolitinib/tofacitinib✨

Non-severe:
🔶 REGN-COV, sotrovimab✨
🚫 steroids

Both:
🚫 remdesivir, ivermectin, HCQ, LPV/r, plasma

https://t.co/KuJjwzeTPV

[Arnav Agarwal @ArnavAgarwalMD]

🔊Our latest @WHO living guidance on treatments for #COVID19, out today:

For severe/critical:
✅steroids
✅IL-6 RB
🟨mAb
🟧convalescent plasma🔥

For non-severe:
🟨mAb
🟧steroids
🚫convalescent plasma🔥

For both:
🟧remdesivir
🟧ivermectin
🚫HCQ
🚫LPV/r

https://t.co/KuJjwzeTPV

[McMaster General Internal Medicine @McMasterGIM]

If you're a general internist and find yourself at loose ends (does that ever happen?), please consider helping out in the Soo if you have any downtime during December.

[Dr. Lorraine Sharp @heydrsharp]

What we offer : a great medicine experience, superb colleagues and beautiful landscapes. #saultstemarie Medical locums needed - RT and DM me 🙏 @McMasterIntMed @UofT_WiM @GIMtoronto (📸our cottage)

[McMaster General Internal Medicine @McMasterGIM]

We're hoping to hire an Obstetric Medicine specialist. Please see link for details.

https://t.co/Lz2DRu6Llq

[McMaster University Department of Medicine @MacDeptMed]

Congratulations to Dr. #JasonCheung (&baby Emma!) for the Department's Annual Award for Associate Professors. He was promoted to Associate Professor July 2020. https://t.co/jXx1mEyVKz @HHS_staff @STJOESHAMILTON @McMasterGIM @machealthsci @McMasterU #MedEd #BrighterWorld

[Geras Centre for Aging Research @GERAScentre]

Pre-fracture #mobility, independence in ADL, #comorbidity, & no pre-fracture fear of falling were significantly associated with successful recovery following #HipFracture. These factors can be used to help assess post-acute care needs. #GERASjournalclub

https://t.co/IyoZ46OOcG

[Arnav Agarwal @ArnavAgarwalMD]

🔊 Our latest @WHO living guidance on treatments for #COVID19 out today, facilitated by the MAGIC Evidence Ecosystem:

✅ steroids
🚫 remdesivir
🚫 lopinavir-ritonavir
🚫 hydroxychloroquine
🚫 ivermectin
✅ IL-6 receptor blockers (tocilizumab/sarilumab)🔥

https://t.co/rXhMxdue11

[McMaster University Department of Medicine @MacDeptMed]

Welcome Dr. @LessMarts! 🌟
We are thrilled to work with you in this new chapter of the Internal Medicine Residence Program.
Thank you again, Dr. @DrLoriWhitehead for all these amazing years of your remarkable leadership.
@McMasterGIM @FHS_FacAffairs

[MMPJ @MacMPJ]

We will be gathering at Bayfront park to commemorate the lives of the Muslim family attacked in London Ontario on Sunday night, killing 4 and critically injuring the youngest of the family. May Allahﷻ have mercy on their souls and grant them Jannah Ameen.

[McMaster University Department of Medicine @MacDeptMed]

Dr. Conor Cox has been appointed as the incoming R4 Program Lead for the Internal Medicine Program. Dr. Cox is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and a graduate of the Internal Medicine program at @McMasterU @McMasterGIM Details in our latest Weekly Update https://t.co/B27GsIqL1a

[Arnav Agarwal @ArnavAgarwalMD]

🔊 Our latest in @CircOutcomes:

1. ⬆️ agreement between routine health data & clinical endpoint committee adjudication for mortality, CV outcomes & treatment effects.
2. Routine data is a pragmatic source for clinical outcome ascertainment in CV trials.

https://t.co/y2AVs8vWS5

[McMaster University Department of Medicine @MacDeptMed]

Congratulations Dr. Katrin Conen for being appointed the inaugural Palliative Care Education Lead for the @Royal_College Specialties and Specialty Residency Programs! It is very inspiring for a member of a regional campus to assume this leadership position. @MacMedNRC

[McMaster University Department of Medicine @MacDeptMed]

Our own @TChanMD is one of the seven @McMasterU professors named 2021 University Scholars!
Dr. Chan is a global leader committed to #innovation and excellence in #education. She has received numerous awards and developed resources that have been adopted in 🇨🇦 and the 🌎.

[McMaster General Internal Medicine @McMasterGIM]

@Claire_B_Lee excellent GIM energy right here

[McMaster FHS Faculty Affairs @FHS_FacAffairs]

Featured is Dr. Steven Wong @DigiHealthMD Assistant Professor @MacDeptMed

[McMaster General Internal Medicine @McMasterGIM]

We're so proud of @DigiHealthMD and all of the work they he does. Great choice by @STJOESHAMILTON to showcase him today.

[St. Joe's Healthcare (Hospital & Foundation) @StJoesHamilton]

The 3rd wave of #COVID19 presented physicians w/ new challenges, including treating younger patients & those declining at a more rapid rate. To mark #DoctorsDay, we take you through a day in the life of Dr. Steven Wong, General Internist. Visit: https://t.co/OYlMevoDDg

[Gaibrie Stephen @SGaibrie]

#BREAKING: Ontario government to announce a #PaidSickDays plan at 3:15pm today.

Remember the list of what’s effective:

✅ Universal (employer delivered)
✅ Fully paid without interruption
✅ Permanent
✅ Adequate in number
✅ Free of barriers

This is the gold standard.

[Bruce Arthur @bruce_arthur]

Who will be the first racialized doctor, nurse, paramedic, PSW, or other health care worker stopped by the cops on their way to work? Who will be the second? The third? The fourth? The fifth?