Our #ORBlackBox pilot study captured intraop data on OR safety and efficiency during #TLH 🛠️device absence/malfunction in 48% of cases ⏰time pressure in 48% of cases 👂auditory distractions 262x/case 🚪door opening 89 x/case = room for improvement! bit.ly/3hojRrG

Ontario #COVID19 Recent Cases & Outcomes by Vaccination Status (June 12/21-July 10/21, age 12+) 95.7% of cases, 97.4% of hospitalizations, 99.5% of ICU admissions, & 95.8% of deaths occurred in unvaccinated or partially vax'd individuals. #VaccinesWork Details/sources below🧵⬇️

community driving innovation at vaccine clinics +1000: blood glucose checks, blood pressure screening, food baskets, conversations/enrolment with primary care. this is world leading excellence right here in our city.

Barbie is proud to honor 6 frontline workers from around the world with #OneOfAKind dolls in their likeness. From an ER nurse to a biomedical researcher and more, these heroes continue to serve their communities, and inspire generations to follow their lead. #ThankYouHeroes

Mattel's #ThankYouHeroes campaign honours University of Toronto resident @chikastacypoet with a Barbie doll made in her likeness. “I hope this inspires the next generation of physicians,” she says. “It’s exciting and fun to be seen as a hero.” bit.ly/3fvXRtC

New online! COVID-19 critical illness in pregnancy, by Stephen Lapinsky & Maha Al Mandhari of Sinai Health journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

Thank you @Kinnon_Ross, @ayeletkuper & your author team for this insightful Editorial in Obstetric Medicine

Just did my 1st COVID vaccine clinic! From tertiary ICU to COVID-prevention! Great organization by Erin Bearss (she/her) who has been running these for Sinai Health University Health Network Temerty Medicine for almost a year with numbers in the 10’s of thousands! Attendees so appreciative to get their boosters!

COVID-19 vaccine counseling in pregnancy, by SMFM: s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.smfm.org/m…

Our decision analysis on timing of antenatal steroids in JOGC. One of the more interesting findings was the significant effect even minor long term adverse effects (eg neurobehavioural) could have in negating any potential benefits. Dr. Melanie Penner

Save the date! ISOM/NASOM meeting will take place in Toronto, Sept 21-23 after cancelling 2020 and 2021. Hybrid meeting with in-person faculty and attendees, live-streamed for a virtual audience. Program, abstract submission and registration details will be available soon.

A superb group of physicians/scientists/leaders in this picture, from whom I have learnt a lot, including cmd2 Ghada Bourjeily, MD Margaret Pisani #ChestWomen (as well as an ex-Chest President!)

Congratulations Dr. Shital Gandhi & Dr Dan Farine of Sinai Health on publication of your OB Medicine book by De Gruyter Medizin And thanks for inviting Stephanie Lapinsky & I to co-author a chapter.

Fantastic, comprehensive article on the Ontario Fertility Program from Stephanie Lapinsky - the article clearly describes the layers of sometimes conflicting values involved in the public funding of ART in Ontario. So well done! fertstertdialog.com/posts/infertil…

Hey Ian Hanomansing and Cross Country Checkup there are a few things I wanted to address about the recent episode on private healthcare clinics. I called in and went through screening, but unfortunately didn’t make it onto the show. A thread 🧵 /1

Study Mount Sinai of women who needed ICU (Critical Care) during pregnancy. Click link for info about participating in this online survey: icu-ob.org/cos-project/

Check this out U of T Ob-Gyn SOGC Deborah Robertson @AndreaSimpsonMD Dr. Fiona Mattatall 🪩 Glenn D. Posner Amanda Selk Ontario Society of OBGYNs (OSOG) 🇷🇼🌻 Dr. Steph (Stephanie Cooper MD- ObGyn/ Mfm) Stephanie Lapinsky CanSAGE Alysha Nensi Liz Miazga Samantha Benlolo

And it’s a wrap! @Sinai ICU has moved to our new unit! Thanks to the countless people involved, including: nursing, RT, pharmacy, service assistants, movers, admin, volunteers, Redeveelopment, & AmandaL & Kate Van Den Broek who have worked tirelessly on this for months!

mRNA COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy in JOGC : population-based study of vaccine effectiveness, by Stephanie Lapinsky, Nancy Baxter MD PhD et al. Vax highly effective in the pregnant, but effect wanes requiring boosters U of T Ob-Gyn Sinai Health ICES jogc.com/article/S1701-…