Meet #DoctorofBC President Dr @ahmerkarimuddin, a general & colorectal surgeon practicing in Vancouver.
Learn more about Dr Karimuddin, his areas of interest & why he intends to focus much of his presidency on the theme “Better Together, Never Alone.” https://t.co/a5IqV3FBFk
Frantastic presentation by Dr. Jake Hiebert on what general surgery residents need for rural practice! Creating a “community stream” in training might better meet the needs of patients and trainees #BCSS19
New Zealand today fell silent in honour of the mosque attacks' martyrs. Thank you PM @jacindaardern and New Zealand for your sincere empathy and support that has won the respect of 1.5 billion Muslims after the terrorist attack that shook the Muslim community around the world.
#Day13 Transanal endo microsurgery (TEM) for early rectal CA can be done as outpt, w/pt readmission rate 5%, admission 19% in last 3yrs of study (predicted by prox. tumor, OR time, open)👏🏽 @Providence_Hlth & St. Paul’s Colorectal team @ahmerkarimuddin@drcarl_vancouvr@qgentles
One of the saddest stats from this paper: 65% of female surgical trainees have pregnancy complications versus 11.5% of non-surgeons/partners of surgeons
#ILookLikeASurgeon#medtwitter#pregnancy
Largest single center series yet proving TEM is safe as day surgery with low (5%) chance of readmission. #colorectalsurgery@Providence_Hlth https://t.co/rEKDelcaj0
@ahmerkarimuddin @UBCmedicine Thanks Dr. K! The group at St. Paul’s & @Providence_Hlth really gave me the chance I needed. So proud to see this work out there!