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Patrick McDonald

@Brainsurger

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Pediatric Neurosurgery, University of Manitoba,Neuroethics Canada,UBC-Dad,husband,frustrated musician. Past President- @SocCdnNSx - opinions my own

Winnipeg, MB and Vancouver, BC
Joined June 2009
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Patrick McDonald
3 years
Interesting concept @DFisman
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The Hill
3 years
President Biden: "I'm signing a presidential memorandum making it clear that we will protect our world-class scientists from political interference and ensure they can think, research, and speak freely and directly to me, the vice president, and the American people."
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Patrick McDonald
6 years
If @picardonhealth has left twitter because of personal attacks, then it is a sad day for our profession and health care in general. Calling on all physicians to stand for civil discourse- it is even more important to support the right of those you may not agree with to a voice.
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Patrick McDonald
2 years
Waited for this day for a very long time- @NickMcdonald95 washing down his first dose of #trikafta with a big bowl of pho. While we are thrilled, also thinking of all those still fighting for access #CFCantWait @CFCanada @CFgetloud @CFAdvocacynow
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Patrick McDonald
3 years
They taunted my (adult) daughter after she got her vaccine today but she strutted past them wearing her "vaccinated" sticker with pride!
@CarymaRules
Caryma Sa'd - Lawyer + Political Satirist
3 years
Following this chant, the #antimask #antivaxx protestors began directly addressing the children in line: “Don’t listen to your parents! They are aren’t keeping you safe!” Which is a weird message, considering their previous stance was emphasizing parental consent.
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Patrick McDonald
3 years
Here is a link to a list of when the flag has been lowered. Surely this must also be a time:
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Cindy Blackstock
3 years
No flag at half staff for the 215 children who died in residential schools that Canada operated ⁦ @CanadianPM ⁩ Lower the flags and stop fighting First Nations kids and IRS survivors in court.
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4 years
Newest member of the neurosurgery team BC Children's- welcome to Fudge the Therapy Dog
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Patrick McDonald
3 years
I'm a paediatric neurosurgeon and I'm #ReadyToVaccinate against #COVID19 . Just tell me when and where and I'll be there with a smile under my mask.
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Dr. Brian Goldman
3 years
I'm an MD and I'm #ReadyToVaccinate people against #COVID19 . Just tell me when and where I'll be there. If you're a health professional and want to pitch in, tell us what you do and that you're ready and willing. Please RT TY.
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Patrick McDonald
3 years
First day in the OR wearing my Dr. Fauci scrub cap @BCChildrensHosp . I feel smarter just wearing it @NIH @NIAIDNews
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Patrick McDonald
5 years
Baseline testing does not "prepare" you for a concussion.
@impacttest
ImPACT Applications
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Make sure all athletes are prepared for concussion by offering baseline testing for all sports: #NCAAConv
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Patrick McDonald
3 years
About 25 years ago, our respirologist told me that he thought there would be an effective treatment for #cysticfibrosis in @NickMcdonald95 's lifetime. I didn't believe him. So happy to have been wrong.
@CFCanada
CysticFibrosisCanada
3 years
Health Canada has approved Trikafta! Doctors can now prescribe it for people 12yrs+ with at least one F508del mutation. Our fight continues. But today is a good day – we're one big step closer to access! #CFcantwait
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Patrick McDonald
2 years
@ThatEricAlper Ya, well that's just like, your opinion, man.
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Patrick McDonald
2 years
As a Canadian pediatric neurosurgeon, I've struggled with whether to say anything about the gun violence, much of it involving children, that seems to be a daily event for our friends to the south.Thanks to @JayWellons5 , all I need to say now is read this:
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Patrick McDonald
4 years
BC Public Health Officer @DrBonnieHenry and the other rock stars of infectious diseases and public health at the @CDCofBC and across Canada are making me second guess my decision to be a neurosurgeon- they have done more good in a week than I will do in my career @bonniehenryfans
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Patrick McDonald
4 years
I am always amazed at the emotional impact a piece of music can have on me- thank you for sharing @YoYo_Ma
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Yo-Yo Ma
4 years
In these days of anxiety, I wanted to find a way to continue to share some of the music that gives me comfort. The first of my #SongsOfComfort : Dvořák – "Going Home” Stay safe.
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Patrick McDonald
3 years
Well done @CanadianPaintings beautiful work by the inspirational @DrNadiaChaudhri
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Patrick McDonald
2 years
So honoured to be giving the 2022 Brain Awareness Week Neuroethics lecture.
@NeuroethicsUBC
Neuroethics Canada
2 years
Join us for the 2022 Brain Awareness Week Annual Neuroethics Distinguished Lecture on March 15, 4:00-5:30 PM PDT! Dr. Patrick McDonald will present on the topic of equitable access to advances in brain health. For more information, kindly RSVP at .
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Patrick McDonald
3 years
For those who've put up with my rants regarding access to #trifkafta in Canada and Manitoba, thank you. It has been a long, frustrating road we've dreamed about a day like this for 25 years. I'll return to random musings on ethics and neurosurgery.
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Patrick McDonald
4 years
Such sad news. Todd was a talented neurosurgeon, researcher, teacher and leader but more important than any of that, a humble and kind man. I was lucky to call him a friend.
@Sunnybrook
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
4 years
We are deeply saddened to share with you that Dr. Todd Mainprize, Division Head of Neurosurgery at Sunnybrook, died Tuesday. We would like to share our sincere condolences on behalf of the entire Sunnybrook team, to his family, friends, and colleagues.
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Patrick McDonald
3 years
So far the best predatory publishing request I have received. If everything wasn't groovy before this email, it certainly is groovy now.
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Patrick McDonald
5 years
Thanks to @G17Esiason for sharing your story with Canadians- inspirational to all patients with cystic fibrosis and their families. Hoping this therapy is available in Canada ASAP! @CFCanada :
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Patrick McDonald
3 years
"How many paediatric neurosurgeons does it take to change a flat tire" is a surprisingly complex question. A lot of ifs, a lot of what have you's.
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Patrick McDonald
4 years
Today is global #RareDiseaseDay - 1 in 12 Canadians have a rare disease. I help take care of some of them as a pediatric neurosurgeon but my son Nicholas is also one of them #CFCantWait
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Patrick McDonald
3 years
I feel like mobile clinics that go to seniors should be a thing.
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Cindy Blackstock
3 years
My mom who lives in BC had a good observation. During the recent BC election she received calls offering to drive her to the polls but no ride for seniors to get the vaccine.
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Patrick McDonald
2 years
Wow- an honour just to be nominated. It's time to build a new Children's Hospital- the people who work there, from cleaning staff, to porters, to physios/OTs, to docs and nurses are amazing. The building is one of the oldest in Canada. Our patients deserve better.
@PremierWho
Who's the Premier today?
2 years
Today, December 20th, the Premier of Manitoba is @Brainsurger Congrats!
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Patrick McDonald
8 months
Great to have @epilepsysurgeon from @westernu_nsx @westernuEpilep return home to @UM_RadyFHS as the Parkinson Lecturer. Two outstanding talks on epilepsy surgery in Peru and SEEG. He's a bit of an aviation nerd so happy to bring him to @RoyalAviationMB
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Patrick McDonald
3 years
I was a little disappointed with the @DGlaucomflecken first take on neurosurgery, but this makes up for it.
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Dr. Glaucomflecken
3 years
Hanging out with the oncologist
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Patrick McDonald
3 years
Hey @PMPRB_CEPMB - I am not an "opponent"- I'm a Canadian with a son with #cysticfibrosis who wants him to live a long, healthier life. I can't believe this is your communications strategy : You might want to apologize #CFCantWait @CFgetloud @CFCanada
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Patrick McDonald
3 years
Ontario, Quebec, Alberta and Saskatchewan now cover #Trikafta . Time for #Manitoba to step up. Access should not be dependent on what Province you live in @AudreyGordonMB @CFCanada @CFAdvocacynow @CFgetloud
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Dr. April Lussier (she/her) 🇨🇦
3 years
A Manitoba family is advocating for the province to cover a potentially life-changing treatment option for people living with Cystic Fibrosis. #cfcantwait #trikaftatoday #cfgetloud
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Patrick McDonald
6 years
Amazing- problem identified, mistake admitted, problem fixed (well, maybe a small part of a much larger problem). A model example of leadership. Just when I was ready to give up on social media...
@picardonhealth
André Picard
6 years
The CEO of @UHN , Dr. Charlie Chan, has sent a memo to staff about the grate outside Toronto General Hospital’s Emergency Department, saying it was a mistake. That's leadership!
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Patrick McDonald
3 years
The Section of Neurosurgery at the University of Manitoba has just posted a position for a cerebrovascular neurosurgeon to join our group of 10 neurosurgeons
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Patrick McDonald
4 years
Great story by @Ali_Chiasson ! Although this story focuses on @UofTNeuroSurge , shout out to all the amazing female neurosurgeons and neurosurgery residents across Canada including the ones on @twitter @gpsforthebrain @Operatingnheels @gelarehzadeh @mhodaie
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Patrick McDonald
3 years
I'm from Winnipeg- we call that Monday.
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Peter Morgenstern, MD
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Patrick McDonald
3 years
Except for #7 , these rules apply to the @Royal_College neurosurgery oral exam too! @SocCdnNSx
@UofTVascular
UofT Vascular Surgery
3 years
Only three more sleeps until @Royal_College Vascular Surgery Oral Exams. Remember these rules! You got this!
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Patrick McDonald
6 years
My @NHLJets scrub cap has arrived! Thanks to @me_lipson - we are the envy of all in the OR in both Calgary and Vancouver!
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Patrick McDonald
3 years
I'm ashamed for #Manitoba . It is beyond cruel to make Manitoban's with #cysticfibrosis watch the rest of Canada celebrate access to #trikafta while their health deteriorates. Saying "stay tuned" while my son's health deteriorates is not enough @AudreyGordonMB - cover trikafta now!
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Daniella McDonald
3 years
While @AudreyGordonMB and the @MBGov dangle coverage for a life-saving drug #trikaftanow just out of reach of CF patients, I had to carry my son’s laundry up to his 3rd floor apartment because he was coughing too much and too out of breath. What is MB waiting for? @CFCanada
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Patrick McDonald
2 years
I will remember his technical mastery and attention to detail no matter how "simple" the case, but most of all, I will remember his kindness and compassion.
@SocCdnNSx
Canadian Neurosurgical Society (CNSS)
2 years
Canadian Neurosurgery lost a giant this past weekend. Master surgeon, teacher, mentor, husband, father and friend. His legacy lives on in his trainees across Canada and the world. Sincere condolences to Dr. Fred Gentili's family, friends and all whose lives he touched.
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Patrick McDonald
2 years
Chapman’s ice cream boycott backfires, COVID-19 vaccine policy wins brand extra support /via @globeandmail
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Patrick McDonald
6 years
While working in Kenya, I took out a tuberculoma from the brain of a patient. Local surgeon said "bet you've never seen that before". Showed him my case log that night- had done a dozen TB related brain procedures in children- all from northern Manitoba or Nunavut.
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD
6 years
We cannot end TB in the Inuit population without addressing the challenging social conditions- Natan Obed @ITK_CanadaInuit @McGill_TB
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Patrick McDonald
3 years
The ball is squarely in your court @AudreyGordonMB - other provinces have committed to put #trikafta on their formulary - let's make Manitoba the first to actually do it #CFCantWait @CFCanada @CFgetloud
@CFCanada
CysticFibrosisCanada
3 years
The pCPA has announced they’ve reached a funding agreement for Trikafta. It’s critical that provinces list the drug on their public drug plans for all who can benefit, without delay, so Canadians can finally get access to the life-saving treatment they have waited too long for.
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Patrick McDonald
4 years
Reason #289 why it's great to be a pediatric neurosurgeon- scrub cookies from your patients!
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Patrick McDonald
2 years
I was in medical school at @uoftmedicine when Lap-Chee Tsui was part of the team that discovered the CF gene. Although I sensed it was a big deal, I had no idea the impact CF, and the gene discovery would have on my life. No CF gene discovery, no #Trikafta so thanks!
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CysticFibrosisCanada
2 years
Leading the way for lifesaving drug discoveries, John Bergeron argues the discovery of the CF gene and drugs to treat the rare disease should receive a Nobel Prize nomination @ConversationCA
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Patrick McDonald
3 years
Tell that to the Vein of Galen
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Elizabeth Evans, M.D.
3 years
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Patrick McDonald
2 years
If one more person asks me if I have seen this video, I'm going to quit neurosurgery and apply to an ophthalmology residency.
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Dr. Glaucomflecken
2 years
Residency interview tips
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Patrick McDonald
5 years
Everyone I have spoken to who has visited @CMHR_News on a trip to #Winnipeg has raved about the museum. It is a wonderful addition to the city, province and country.
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Brent Bellamy
5 years
Just got my first ten dollar bill with Winnipeg’s Canadian Museum for Human Rights on it. It’s beautiful. Rare to see a piece of modern architecture on a national currency.
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Patrick McDonald
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1 of those 2,518 was my daughter, so thanks!
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Andrew Baback Boozary
3 years
2,518 doses — historic holiday in first time city hall has been open in the pandemic.
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Patrick McDonald
5 years
My dad passed away my PGY-2 year while I was on a heavy neurosurgery rotation- I was away for four days, back for call on a Saturday. A very senior resident doing a neuropathology rotation saw me and said, "go home and be with your family- I'll do your call". Will never forget
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Dr. Gwynedd Pickett @gpsforthebrain.bsky.social
5 years
I didn’t let on that my dad had been diagnosed with cancer 6 wks into my PGY-1 year, until I was mortified to start crying during end-of-day scan review. Hadn’t dreamed senior would say, immediately: “Go home, book a flight, we’ll sort out your call.” Thanks again, @westernu_nsx .
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Patrick McDonald
4 years
Imagine there was an effective treatment for #COVID19 and your government refused to negotiate with the manufacturer. That is what our government has done with life saving treatments for Canadians with #cysticfibrosis . We deserve better than this @PattyHajdu @JustinTruedeau
@CF_Foundation
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
4 years
For 50 years, Mark Tremblay, an adult living with #cysticfibrosis , and his family waited for a treatment like Trikafta. Today, Mark shares how CF has impacted his journey, and what Trikafta means to him.
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Patrick McDonald
3 years
I am waiting with baited breath for the "Hanging out with the neurosurgeon episode".
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Dr. Glaucomflecken
3 years
Hanging out with the general surgeon
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Patrick McDonald
3 years
Humbling follow up to this- my paper has been accessed 5 times since it was published online last week. @emilytmcdonald 's writing for @Todaysparent had over 20,000 hits... on Thursday. #ProudDad #AcademicTwitter #MedTwitter
today I published an article about the new Paw Patrol movie trailer meanwhile my dad published this article on the ethics of using advanced neurotechnologies to treat kids with drug-resistant epilepsy... same thing right?
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Patrick McDonald
4 years
An open letter from Cystic Fibrosis clinicians across Canada imploring elected officials to ensure immediate access to #Trikafta for Canadians with CF. Every lung transplant and death that could have been avoided is now on you @PattyHajdu @JustinTrudeau
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Patrick McDonald
4 years
What Makes Some People More Resilient Than Others
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Patrick McDonald
3 years
It's hard to put yourself out there like this-So proud of @NickMcdonald95 for advocating for access to #trikafta for Manitobans. Other provinces have committed to this life saving medication-time for #Manitoba to commit @AudreyGordonMB @kelvin_goertzen #CFCantWait @CFCanada
Please read if you have a minute and share this with your provincial health minister. We are so close to having #Trikafta available to Canadians with #cysticfibrosis ! @AudreyGordonMB
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Patrick McDonald
4 years
#Vancouver is the LEAST friendly running city of any I’ve lived in. A wave, nod, or good morning (from a safe distance) can go a long way during this period of isolation. Let’s raise the curve on kindness while we flatten the #COVID19 curve.
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Patrick McDonald
4 years
Congratulations @cf_ireland - Yet another country where #Trikafta #Kaftrio is available for those with #cysticfibrosis . Time for Canada to stop its dithering and provide access to the over 4000 Canadians with CF. @JustinTrudeau @PattyHajdu
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CF Ireland
4 years
The process of prescribing Kaftrio in Ireland has now officially commenced. The logistical task of prescribing Kaftrio is significant as many of our members are potentially eligible for this new and innovative drug therapy. Read the full update on
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Patrick McDonald
2 years
It has been such a game changer for @NickMcdonald95 You read about the miraculous improvements,but when you actually see it happening live it is even more amazing. Thanks @G17Esiason for all your help advocating for #Trikafta access in Canada @CFCanada @CFAdvocacynow @CFgetloud
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Gunnar Esiason
2 years
Trikafta: “Real-world data from more than 16,000 U.S. patients, unveiled at JPM, which show the drug cut the risk of lung transplant by 87%, led to 77% fewer pulmonary exacerbations and slashed the risk of death by 74%” I’ll take it!
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Patrick McDonald
8 years
In Canada, outraged health researchers demand end to peer-review changes
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Patrick McDonald
4 years
This is the best COVID related interview I've seen so far. Get ready for a run on Pickle Ball equipment.
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Natasha Fatah
4 years
This might be my favourite chat ever with Dr. @BogochIsaac because: 🩺 He answers your Covid19 questions 🥒We both learn about Pickle Ball ❤️His wife makes a surprise cameo 😊Dr. blushes
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Patrick McDonald
3 years
Many times over the past year, I have contemplated leaving @twitter - following @DrNadiaChaudhri makes me glad I have not. Her courage and grace have been inspirational.
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Dr. Nadia Chaudhri
3 years
Now that I have 100K followers, I want to talk about #OvarianCancer . Specifically my gritty story. The goal is awareness. I hope you find this narrative informative.
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Patrick McDonald
3 years
My colleague and @BCChildrensHosp @BCCHresearch 's own Mandeep Tamber is lead author on this important study: Temporal trends in surgical procedures for pediatric hydrocephalus: an analysis of the Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network Core Data Project
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Patrick McDonald
3 years
So many Canadian with #cysticfibrosis are so close to being able to feel this. Time to make it happen Canada- Every province needs to put #trikafta on their formulary now! #CFCantWait @CFCanada @CFgetloud @jjhorgan @BrianPallister
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Gunnar Esiason
3 years
In the last week I’ve heard from several people with cystic fibrosis who have told me they are either applying to graduate school, taking a job they’ve never imagined, and working through family planning. That’s what meaningful biomedical progress looks like for a rare disease.
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Patrick McDonald
7 years
@Atul_Gawande My son: 21 year old with CF. Thankful to live in Canada where we don't have to worry about this.
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Patrick McDonald
3 years
Provinces must provide coverage of #trikafta to ALL who will benefit from it- Manitobans with #cysticfibrosis have waited long enough! @BrianPallister @MLAStefanson you can be an example for the rest of Canada #trikaftatoday #CFCantWait @CFgetloud
@CFCanada
CysticFibrosisCanada
3 years
"In the 30 years I've been a CF doctor, I've never seen something like this [Trikafta]" Watch Liz Tullis, head of the Toronto Adult CF Clinic at University of Toronto, interviewed on @CHCHTV about the restrictive criteria of @CADTH_ACMTS 's recommendation
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Patrick McDonald
4 years
Shout out to the teams that are keeping these full for all of us ⁦ @BCChildrensHosp
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Patrick McDonald
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@peterharrisart Here it is on my office wall- love it!
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Patrick McDonald
5 years
Impromptu ⁦ @SickKidsNews ⁩ ⁦ @UofTNeuroSurge ⁩ pediatric neurosurgery fellows reunion in Deer Valley, Utah
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Patrick McDonald
4 years
Wow- Thomas must have been advanced. I didn't finish residency till I was 34 but looked about the same age as Thomas.
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Dr. Shadowgazer
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Patrick McDonald
7 years
Congratulations @Drmichaelellis and @CharlesTator ! Neurosurgeons need a strong voice in concussion care and you have ensured we do.
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Patrick McDonald
3 years
A helmet has saved me a couple of times, once when I was doored, and the second getting caught in a street car track. I've operated on too many cyclists (adults and children) who likely wouldn't have needed an operation if they had been wearing helmets.
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Patrick McDonald
7 years
Great to watch @NHLJets win over Canucks. Jets fans were louder! #GoJetsGo .Thanks for the tics @RodMakeKidsBald
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Patrick McDonald
4 years
When our son was diagnosed with #cysticfibrosis we dreamed of the day a life saving treatment would be found but didn't think it would come. That day is here but Canadians with CF cannot access it. Time for @justintrudeau and @pattyhadju to step up.
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Patrick McDonald
3 years
I'm the youngest of 5- I'm pretty sure my mom had to do that daily.
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Patrick McDonald
6 years
This JAMA paper, well summarized by @picardonhealth destroys the myth that Canada spends too much on both health care and social spending:
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Patrick McDonald
2 years
What an amazing gift!
@DrValiante
Dr. Valiante
2 years
On #PurpleDay2022 , remembering Dr. Wilder Penfield 🇨🇦 who paved the way to helping those with epilepsy while discovering the mysteries of the brain.
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Patrick McDonald
3 years
#Manitoba ? #cysticfibrosis patients in Manitoba deserve it just as much as those in Ontario, Saskatchewan and Alberta @AudreyGordonMB @kelvin_goertzen
@CFCanada
CysticFibrosisCanada
3 years
The good news just keeps coming, Alberta and Saskatchewan have both announced they will start funding Trikafta for eligible patients! AB press release here: SK press release here:
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Patrick McDonald
4 years
2 lbs of Rockets have arrived courtesy of @drgigiosler - I had to sample a few to make sure they were ok but the rest will go to the kids on our @BCChildrensHosp ward on #Halloween2020
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Patrick McDonald
7 years
This may be the most Manitoba tweet ever!
@Wpg_BlueBombers
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
7 years
Fans tailgating around the stadium - please be cautious of a moose on campus. Conservation officers are on scene! 🤷‍♂️ #LooseMoose
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Patrick McDonald
2 years
This is a very different CF Awareness Month for our family- #trikafta has had a life changing impact on @NickMcdonald95 and returned him to normal lung function and a more normal life. Continuing to fight for all to have access to this incredible breakthrough.
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CysticFibrosisCanada
2 years
During the month of May, CF Awareness Month, let’s go #FurtherTogether ! Take five minutes to help change the lives of thousands of Canadians children and adults by sending a letter to your elected official using our quick and easy to use letter template.
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Patrick McDonald
3 years
Can't wait to see this beautiful building, and it even more beautiful contents.
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Patrick McDonald
4 years
I do not consider myself and my family to be pawns @DonDavies - we are struggling to understand why our government is not working with us to bring life saving medications for #cysticfibrosis to Canadians who need them. If 20 other countries can do it, why can't ours? #CFCantWait
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Don Davies MP
4 years
Brazen blackmail using patients as pawns. PMPRB changes will reduce drug prices and increase transparency. THAT’S why Big Pharma doesn’t like them. It’s time the fed’l govt stands up and defends patients. If Big Pharma won’t act on their patents, we will.
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Patrick McDonald
4 years
The family of Ryan Saulnier has asked us to honour his memory by "getting loud" about lack of access to #Trikafta . @JustinTrudeau and @PattyHajdu bear some responsibility for for this death and every CF related death going forward by their inaction
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Patrick McDonald
4 years
We all get that- I often get asked "are you neurosurgery?" to which I answer, "No, I'm Pat"
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Patrick McDonald
3 years
Great talk by @DrNirLipsman on the intersections of neurosurgery and neuroethics.
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Neuroethics Canada
3 years
Why neurosurgeons should care about ethics and why ethicists should care about neurosurgery
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Patrick McDonald
5 years
I'm still not sure why the Medical Council of Canada even exists- we end up needing to pass specialty certification exams, either through @Royal_College or @FamPhysCan - may have played a role when you could get a license after internship but this hasn't been the case since 1993.
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André Picard
5 years
Why does the @MedCouncilCan seem to have an endless number of ridiculous rules? No menstrual products, no accommodations for people with disabilities, enforced silence *before* exams...It’s all so 1950s macho. #ableism #MedEd
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Patrick McDonald
3 years
Thank you for making this an issue. It is baffling how those at high risk have been left out of many vaccine rollout plans.
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Natasha Fatah
3 years
Why aren't people with disabilities front of the line for the Covid-19 vaccine? @KristaCarrNB , Executive VP @InclusionCA , says people with disabilities represent 22% of the population, are more likely to get sick and die, but they are never a priority.
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Patrick McDonald
3 years
Still not quite sure why we all just don't do what #NovaScotia does. I fear #Manitoba is going down the same road as Alberta. BC is already there.
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Patrick McDonald
4 years
I remember operating on a case of brain TB in East Africa and the local neurosurgeon saying "Bet you've never seen that before". Alas, I had and continue to see it in Canada. We must do better! Thanks for the work you've done @janephilpott
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Patrick McDonald
6 years
@picardonhealth @kellygrant1 @jackhauen @globeandmail Our most recent clinical fellow was from Saudi Arabia. Among the most technically gifted, hard working and compassionate people I have ever worked with. Will bring his skills as a paediatric neurosurgeon to an under serviced part of Saudi.
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Patrick McDonald
2 years
Beautiful new building housing @kims_news -thank you for welcoming us back! @Royal_College
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Patrick McDonald
4 years
Mixed feelings to see tweets like this-so happy for those with access to #Trikafta whose lives have been changed. Heartbreaking to watch Canadians with CF continue to suffer,deteriorate and die while our government does nothing #CFCantWait @JustinTrudeau
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Jillian McNulty
4 years
9 months ago I was learning to walk & function again then my CF took a drastic decline leaving me in a wheelchair & on continuous oxygen barely able to function. Now my body is capable of hiking/walking 12km. I owe it all to #Kaftrio #Trikafta #mymiracle #vertex
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Patrick McDonald
4 years
Congratulations! We are trying to do the same here in Canada #lifeunlimited #CFCantWait . @JustinTrudeau has said "where you live should not determine whether you live" and yet, a patient with CF in the UK if now far more likely to live a full life span than one in Canada.
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Imthiaz Rehman
4 years
Delighted the @CFTrust media team has won the @mjauk MJA Award for Excellence in PR. It's testament to the relentlessness, hardwork and passion my team has in fighting for a #lifeunlimited for those living with #cysticfibrosis #mjaawards
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Patrick McDonald
4 years
Thank you @IWRehman for getting loud with us! #CFCantWait @CFCanada @CFgetloud
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Imthiaz Rehman
4 years
@Brainsurger @JustinTrudeau #Kaftrio #Trikafta could increase life expectancy & quality of life, improve lung function 10-15% & up to 40% in some cases so why isn't @PattyHajdu @GovCanHealth doing anything about it 🤔 @CFCanada doing lots of work on this 👇 Maybe something @picardonhealth could help with
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