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            @epipatelmd
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              Academic MIS Colorectal Surgeon. Associate Professor at @queensu I ❤ my job, my patients and my trainees! @KingstonHSC @queensgensurg @queenscrs
              
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           I am happy to be part of the multidisciplinary team delivering care to those with #rectalcancer #coloncancer #crohnsdisease #ulcerativecolitis at @KingstonHSC in @cityofkingston We are the only site in Southeast Ontario offering high volume robotic and laparoscopic surgery 
          
                
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             🚨PRODIGE23🚨 Long term results now published! T3-4 rectal adenocarcinoma Randomized: CRT➡️🔪➡️FOLFOX mFOLFIRINOX ➡️ CRT➡️🔪➡️FOLFOX ✅✅✅Improved OS!!! Looking forward to JANUS clarifying if TNT with FOLFIRINOX vs. FOLFOX improves cCR and/or DFS/OS  https://t.co/8As1EhDnup 
          
          
                
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             A nice talk by @Schadi_CRS regarding the role (or not) of hartmanns procedure for diverticulitis... a huge shout out to our mentor, Dr. Brian Taylor from @westernuSurgery
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             Is robotic rectal cancer surgery feasible in Canada? Yes! We report improved MIS utilization and LOS, with similar OR times and costs. @caycedomarula
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            @CAGS_ACCG
            @CanJSurg
            @KingstonHSC
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             https://t.co/6kRhpWp9Vc 
          
          
            
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              Background: Although robotic surgery has several advantages over other minimally invasive surgery (MIS) techniques for rectal cancer surgery, the uptake in Canada has been limited owing to a percei...
            
                
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             How did SEAMO-funded @QueensGenSurg's Dr. @ameerfarooq combine a background in speech arts + colorectal surgery? By starting an in-depth podcast about the cutting edge of surgery, of course! Learn more about Dr. Farooq's journey in his #SEAMOMemberStory:  https://t.co/DX4ssDV1ro 
          
          
                
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             Trauma and Acute Care Surgeon - call for applications. Come work at @QueensUHealth @KingstonHSC with our fabulous team! @QueensGenSurg
            @CAGS_ACCG
            @CAGS_Residents
            @OAGS1
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             Hey #GItwitter, check out this SSL with a completely obliterated appendiceal orifice. Treated as an outpatient by @epipatelmd. Thank you Dr. Orr @QueensPathology! Great work by a future GI star @nabeel_ahmed00!  https://t.co/AuDJzuKggp 
          
          
                
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             Comparison of Laparoscopic Versus Robot-Assisted Surgery... : Annals of Surgery 
          
            
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              compared with a laparoscopic approach in the setting of multicenter RCTs. Methods: Between July 2011 and February 2016, patients diagnosed with an adenocarcinoma located <10 cm from the anal verge...
              
                
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             Check out the wonderful profile in today's @WhigStandard featuring @RobertBechara and his work to make #myKHSC North America's premier centre for advanced therapeutic endoscopy. MORE:  https://t.co/JdYU6pFb74 
            #ygk #onhealth
          
          
            
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             And just like that- Onto my next residency. 🫁 >💩 @KingstonHSC and @QueensGenSurg it was a true privilege 🤛 
          
                
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             Thanks @epipatelmd for your excellent overview and sharing at #ONSQIN today. 
          
                
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             You don't want to miss the latest #ColdSteel episode #MASTERCLASS w/ @RobertBechara of @KingstonHSC on optical evaluation of colonic polyps. He also talks abt fascinating experience training in Japan (see clip!) Watch:  https://t.co/oD8tH1mN9x 
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             Very proud of @ncaminsky @mcgillGenSx on an excellent presentation of late complications following emergency colectomy: 73% of readmissions are >30d and are stoma-related complications, infection, and renal complications @CIUSSS_COMTL #SAGES2023
          
          
                
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             🎁#CodiSundays 🎁 @escp_tweets & @colorectaldis look at: 🤖D2 sigmoid colectomy🤖 🔗link🔗  https://t.co/WwR5TgAWiB 
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             Presenting on knowledge, attitudes, gaps and barriers to genetic literacy amongst surgeons at #SSO2023. A project with @ZuhaibMir @sandramessiha
          
          
                
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             🎁#CodiSundays 🎁 @escp_tweets & @colorectaldis look at: 🤖Robotic TAMIS🤖 🔗link🔗  https://t.co/tdhWw01vWz 
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             London, Ontario named 2nd best London for 161st straight year 
          
            
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              LONDON – London, Ontario Mayor Matt Brown shuffled hesitantly to a podium this Wednesday to announce that his city once again failed to capture the title of best London on Earth. This is the 161st...
            
                
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             This "study" has been making it around Twitter. The value of this publication is substantially increased with the visual representation of said "self colonoscopy"... and the fact it was repeated multiple times (????) 
          
                
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