Steve MacLellan

Colon cancer is both preventable and treatable, especially with early detection, such as by receiving colonoscopy screenings and fecal immunochemical tests (FIT) as advised by your healthcare providers. Watch as Dr. Lazar Klein explains more! #ColonCancerAwarenessMonth

The division of HPB Surgical Oncology @MayoClinicSurg has officially renamed our International HPB Fellowship as the Sean P. Cleary International HPB Surgery Fellowship. Sean Cleary was an outstanding teacher, surgeon, and mentor and I am honored to be part of a division that trains future leaders in HPB Surgery under his name and to be part of carrying forward his legacy college.mayo.edu/academics/resi…

#DYK: Since 2012, the da Vinci surgical system has made minimally invasive surgery the standard of care at HRH. 15 HRH surgeons are now trained on the system in 3 subspecialties: general surgery, gynaecology and urology. Read more on page 33: hrh.ca/the-future-of-…

Cuteness Infestation! The tiniest and sweetest ladybugs, bumblebees, and butterflies were found in our NICU today to wish you all a #HappyHalloween! Have a safe and enjoyable night!   Stay tuned for more #Halloween content!

ICYMI: We proudly hosted BRA Day, “Think Pink: A Conversation to Decode Risk and Define Hope,” during #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth. 💗    Wasn’t able to make it? Watch the event recording here: youtu.be/Ug2oTQe1fV8

This past weekend, we held our 2025 Bariatric Symposium! Thank you to our sponsors Celebrate Nutritional Supplements, Medtronic, Minogue Medical Inc, Novo Nordisk, Lilly, Leo, and Bausch Health for their generous support as well as all of our attendees and guest speakers.

Congratulations to our President & CEO, Barb Collins, who is a Top CEO for 2024/25 and received an invitation to join Newsweek’s Top CEO Network, an exclusive program recognizing the world’s foremost hospital leaders. Check it out: newsweek.com/barbara-collins

ICYMI: On #WorldCancerDay, City News Toronto met with Medical Oncologist Dr. Roochi Arora to discuss the barriers surrounding access to care, as well as the importance of screening, early detection and prevention. Watch the full video: youtu.be/bS3botlWr0k

The Update is coming soon! The committee has put together a terrific program for practicing general surgeons....lots of videos, debates, controversies and updates. Please see cpd.utoronto.ca/generalsurgery/ for more details.

Humber River Health Foundation launched Healthcare Lives, an ambitious fundraising campaign with the goal of raising $100 million to reinvent systems of care, and find a cure for healthcare in Canada. hrhfoundation.ca/blog/humber-ri…

IT’S HERE! 🎉 Humber River Health Foundation is kicking off a new fundraising campaign with the official launch of ‘Healthcare Lives’. Visit HealthcareLives.ca to learn more.

The Globe got its hands on ED waiting times for individual facilities & identified the laggards & the standouts – including one hospital that uses machine learning in a command centre to get patients from the ED to an in-patient bed faster than any another hospital in the city.

Medical Oncologist, Dr. Roochi Arora, was featured on CHCH to discuss her children’s book, “Mommy Gets Cancer,” that aims to help make a difficult conversation a little easier. #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth The book can be purchased on Amazon, or at roochiarora.com

6 wks in doctoring- and already avoiding urology!

So excited to introduce this incredible group of future surgeons to our program! Congratulations and Welcome to UofT @UofTGSx @UofTSurgery #carms2024

I’m gonna give 10 random people that repost this and follow me $25,000 for fun (the $250,000 my X video made) I’ll pick the winners in 72 hours

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Here’s how my wife and I are paying it forward to promote #diversity in Med School access. We feel fortunate to be in able to do this for Med students at our alma-mater @SchulichMedDent @uoftmedicine @CMA_Docs @UofTSurgery @SickKidsNews @UnityHealthTO schulich.uwo.ca/rapport/2023/i…

Excited to share that Dr. Brittany Greene will be joining ⁦@StJoesHPB⁩ ⁦@UnityHealthTO⁩ ⁦⁦@UofTSurgery⁩ in 2024 as an HPB surgeon. So thrilled for the future of our program and our patients and learners ⁦@CAGS_ACCG⁩ ⁦@IHPBA⁩ ⁦@SAGES_Updates⁩

Dr. David Gomez (@acute_care_doc), acute care and trauma surgeon, was awarded the George Armstrong Peters Prize from the University of Toronto (@UofT) for his outstanding record of research excellence.