👏 We are proud to announce the recognition of Dr.
@DonaldVinh
by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (
@IDSAInfo
). Dr. Vinh has been named a Fellow, which is one of the highest honours in the field of infectious diseases.
#WomenInPower
– 2020 is off to a great start at the
#MUHC
with Dr. Liane Feldman as our new Surgeon-in-Chief and Medical Director of the Surgical Mission. She is the
#first
woman ever appointed to this important position. 🏥
Meet those who were amongst the first to roll up their sleeves on Monday when we began vaccinating the population. Many of these wonderful people had not been out of their homes since March 2020, making it a very emotional day.
#Montreal
🎥 Veteran Montreal journalist Annie DeMelt has joined the
#MUHC
communications team. Annie will help us continue sharing
#stories
that matter most to our
#patients
,
#staff
and
#families
.
We warmly welcome the new director of the
@McGill_TB
, Dr. Madhukar Pai! We'd also like to acknowledge Dr. Marcel Behr’s exceptional work as head of the centre since 2013. Under his leadership,our institution acquired international acclaim in
#TB
#research
& patient care.Thanks!
The effectiveness of fluvoxamine in preventing hospitalization following COVID-19 infection is further confirmed by the results of a systematic review conducted at the
@RIMUHC1
by
@DrToddLee
@DrEmilyMcD
@JAMA_current
A new study led by
@JulioFioreJr
@RIMUHC1
@McGillMed
and published in
@TheLancet
concludes that prescribing
#opioid
analgesics at discharge after surgery does not reduce postoperative pain and increases the risk of adverse events ➡️
A little move of just over 4 km that propelled us light years ahead! Happy 6th
#anniversary
to the Glen site. We salute all MUHC employees who work there and who are redoubling their efforts to care for patients during the COVID-19 pandemic! 🎇
#MUHC
#Montreal
Pierrette Benoit celebrated her 92nd birthday while recovering from
#COVID19
at the
#MUHC
. Staff on C8 ensured her day was special by making her a cake and singing her Happy Birthday. A very happy birthday to Mme Benoit, may all her 92 birthday wishes come true!
#Saliva
sampling should be considered as an alternative to nasopharyngeal swabs for detecting SARS-CoV-2 infection, according to a new study by a group of researchers at the
@RIMUHC1
and
@mcgillu
.
Today, we commend the compassion and dedication of each person at Cedars Cancer Centre. The team has gone above and beyond to keep patients safe, being mindful of the added anxiety imparted to them by the new virus.
#WorldCancerDay
They wanted to wish you a happy Friday so I asked them for a team photo...📸
This is what they gave me🤣🤳✨
Wishing you a happy Friday from the sensational Sara Angers, nurse manager in the adult operating room at the Glen & her team of hardworking nurses, LPNs, PABs & RTs🏥💪
Dr. Lucy Gilbert’s DOvEEgene screening test has been awarded the largest GAPP funding, $6.24 million from
@genomecanada
for final clinical trial before implementation.
⚙️ The MUHC
#COVID19test
centre changed overnight – literally! A crew started redesigning in the evening and worked through the night to get the job done by Friday. Find out why:
In Quebec, 6,000 - 7,000 COVID-19 test
#results
are processed each day, making it one of the places where the most testing occurs in the entire world. In honour of
#NationalMedicalLaboratoryWeek
, we extend a huge
#THANKYOU
to the our lab techs!
Gérer les ventilateurs. Aider aux intubations. S’occuper de certains des patients les plus malades à l’unité de soins intensifs. En cette semaine des inhalothérapeutes, nous saluons nos incroyables
#inhaloth
érapeutes pour leur cœur et leur dévouement.
A 1st in Canada: as a cardiac patient was having her
#defibrillator
implanted at the MUHC, the device was being programmed and tailored to the patient’s needs kilometres away. We are the first centre in Canada to receive this technology. Press release:
🎉Congratulations to Dr. Lawrence Lee and team, Anne-Mahalia Olivier and Sonia Sandberg, who set up the program “DSP: Day Surgery Pathway for patients undergoing scheduled colorectal surgery” at the MUHC. They were named semi-finalist for the Prix d'excellence de l'
@IAPQuebec
!💡
Félicitations aux chercheuses Isabel Fortier et Bartha Knoppers de l'
#IRCUSM
et
@mcgillu
dont les projets en collaboration internationale avec l'Europe et
@EU_Commission
, et en partenariat avec
@FRQS1
et
@IRSC_CIHR
, ont été
retenus : 👏👏👏
A Canadian first! MUHC surgeons use new balloon catheter to quickly stop potentially fatal internal bleeding in patients.
#innovative
implementation of Reboa program championed by Dr. Andrew Beckett, trauma surgeon & ICU doctor at MGH.
@CodeVie_Life
Our deep condolences to the family of Dr Harry Rosen, a prosthodontist at the Montreal General and professor
@mcgillu
. His legacy will live on through his patients, students and sculptures. His Little Hercules, now at the Glen site, inspires young and old alike..
Dr. Don Sheppard has courageously shared his expert opinions on COVID-19 with the public, to which many Montrealers are extremely grateful. Recently, Dr. Sheppard experienced a grateful moment of his own when he received his vaccine. 👍
#IGotVaccinated
Congratulations to RI-MUHC’s very own Dr. Nada Jabado – Professor of Pediatrics & Human Genetics
@mcgillu
– for her appointment to the Governing Council of
@CIHR_IRSC
!
@CDNMinHealth
The doctors, nurses, allied healthcare professionals and staff of the
#MUHC
: in the words of the patients and families you care for, you are: the best, impressive, competent, caring, dedicated, excellent, well organized, innovative, and supported heroes!
#IWD2018
: We salute the women who broke down barriers & paved the way for our current & future generation of health care practitioners, and those who continue to push boundaries in the name of patient care, innovation, research, and education.
#InternationalWomensDay
🏆 We are proud to rank
#3
on Canada's Top 40 Research Hospitals list and keep our position as the leading research hospital in Quebec. Curious about what
#discoveries
have been made at the
@RIMUHC1
? Visit
@R_Infosource
RESEARCH NEWS: Dr. Erwan Pernet & Dr. Maziar Divangahi, scientists at the
#RIMUHC
@mcgillu
, are on a promising path towards developing a
#flu
treatment. They have identified a lipid target to “tone down” the hyperactive immunity to
#influenza
infection 🦠
The microbiome makes new revelations about fibromyalgia! Congrats to Amir Minerbi, Emmanuel Gonzalez, Nicholas Brereton, Mary-Ann Fitzcharles, Stéphanie Chevalier and Yoram Shir for the study published in
@PAINthejournal
@RIMUHC1
@mcgillpainunit
@RambamHCC
📢We are pleased to announce the appointment of Prosanto Chaudhury MD CM MSc as Director of the Multiorgan Transplant and Donation Program (MOTDP), McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), effective October 1st.
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Chaudhury on his appointment👏
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Ariane Marelli
@mcgillu
has been appointed the new Scientific Director of the CIHR Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health
Welcome, Dr. Marelli!
Congratulations to Jean-Pierre Routy and Don Vinh! Our two amazing MUHC physicians and
@RIMUHC1
researchers contributed to papers that are among
@nature
’s top 10 discoveries of 2020 in all scientific fields.
#covid19research
#HIV
#science
Over the past grueling weeks of
#COVID19
, the expertise, resilience and compassion of nurses have shone through visors and face masks. They've supported each other and comforted anxious patients and families. The
#MUHC
salutes each and every nurse this
#InternationalNursesDay
New Year's good news has arrived in the form a baby girl – the first baby of the year born at the MUHC! Sitan Kaba was born at 3:19 am on January 1, 2022, weighing 3.32 kg. Congratulations to the new parents, mother Oumi Keita and father Laye Mamadi Kaba!
Congratulations to Dr. Jean Bourbeau, Dr. Togas Tulandi, Dr. Alain Dagher and Dr. Lesley Fellows, elected to the prestigious fellowship of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences for their expertise and notable contributions to their field of specialty.
#FemmeAuPouvoir
– L'année 2020 débute de façon remarquable au CUSM avec la Dre Liane Feldman comme nouvelle chirurgienne en chef et directrice de la Mission chirurgicale. Elle est la
#premi
ère femme à être nommée à ce poste important. 🏥
We're celebrating the inauguration of a new tunnel linking
#Vend
ôme station to the Glen Site, a project that's been in the making for 7 years. Once it officially opens on May 31, the tunnel will be accessible to all, with a handicapped-accessible entrance.
Dedication. Innovation. Heart. As of March 10th,
#MuhcTV
puts a spotlight on the exceptional care delivered at the MUHC. Staff, volunteers, patients – we want to hear your
#inspiring
stories. ✍️ tv
@muhc
.mcgill.ca
@AnnieDeMelt
Happy
#Nursing
Team Appreciation Week to the incredible members of our MUHC nursing teams. As we face this third wave together, know that you are making a difference both at the MUHC and in our city!
Dr. Sasha Bernatsky, Senior Scientist in the Centre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation at the
@RIMUHC1
, is the lead of a new study that will assess impact of COVID-19 vaccination on Canadians with immune-mediated inflammatory disease. Read more:
A group of North American researchers led by Dr. Lorenzo Ferri
@RIMUHC1
is tackling chemoresistance in esophageal cancer. With funding from
@cancersociety
and the
@CIHR_IRSC
, the team will work to personalize treatments
The
@cusm_muhc
is the first hospital centre to have deployed nurse practitioners in its
#COVID
units. These "super nurses" have been working hard in the fight against the pandemic. Read here 👉
Dr. Constantine Stratakis, one of the world’s most respected and highest-cited endocrinologists and geneticists, appointed as the new Executive Director and Chief Scientific Officer of the RI-MUHC.
Congratulation to
@DrEmilyMcD
and
@DrToddLee
@RIMUHC1
who will co-lead the Canadian ADAptive Platform Trial of COVID-19 Therapeutics in Community Settings (Can-ADAPT COVID)!
Dr. Divangahi's groundbreaking
#tubercolosis
#research
published in
@CellCellPress
today: Training immune cells to kill TB. Innovative work promises to make vaccines more effective vs
#tb
(which takes a life every 20 seconds) + diseases like
#flu
#RIMUHC
Game-changing study expected to transform the treatment of latent
#TB
as
#RIMUHC
trial shows 4-month rifampin therapy proved safer & more effective in children & adults than standard 9 months of isoniazid:
@CIHR_IRSC
@WHO
Norine Heywood is celebrating 40 years as a nurse at the MUHC! 🎈 🎈 This week, the MUHC is celebrating 890 employees who have devoted 25+ years to its hospitals. When people build their careers at the MUHC, the rewards for our institution are exponential and we thank them!
🎊 Over 100 new
#nurses
, licensed practical nurses and nurse practitioners can boast of aced exams under their belt! In this historical time, this is a remarkable achievement!
Les chercheurs du CUSM ont présenté leur vision aux docteurs Horacio Arruda et Richard Massé, de la Santé publique, faisant valoir qu’une stratégie similaire avait été adoptée avec succès en Corée du Sud, à Singapour et en Australie.
#d
épistage
Students from six
@EnglishMTL
high schools returned to the Research Institute six weeks after initially linking up with researchers to unveil
#STEAM
projects which included growing neurons, studying milk protein allergies & designing artificial wounds with a 3D printer 😮🧫 🧬 🦠
The MUHC is home to female leaders and trailblazers in the fields of medicine, surgery, nursing, research and so much more. We are all privileged to have
#strong
,
#brave
,
#smart
and
#confident
women working by our side every day!
#InternationalWomensDay
Dr. Alice Benjamin has been a pillar of the Dept of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the RVH since 1979. Now, on the eve of her retirement, Dr. Benjamin has been named an Officer of the
#OrderofCanada
! 🇨🇦
Managing ventilators. Assisting with intubations. Caring for some of the sickest patients in the ICU. On this
#RespiratoryTherapyWeek
, we salute our incredible respiratory therapists for their heart and devotion in the fight against COVID-19.
🚁 Nous sommes fiers d'annoncer que nous avons été sélectionnés par le
@msss_qc
pour être l’un des quatre sites au Québec à construire un héliport, dans le cadre de son premier Plan d’action gouvernemental du système préhospitalier d’urgence au Québec.
Dr. Carolyn Freeman has been appointed to the Order of Canada in recognition of her impactful career as a radiation oncologist at the MUHC and as a Professor of Oncology and Pediatrics at McGill University. Congratulations!
Cédric Yansouni and Dao Nguyen
@RIMUHC1
, Sara Mahshid
@mcgillu
& colleagues in Belgium will develop technologies to improve diagnostic capabilities in low-resource areas where antimicrobial resistance is an emergency.
#ENERGISEproject
funded by the
@FRQ_NT
@FRQS1
@FRQSC
#AMR
Have you ever heard of
#BioMusic
? It helps Dr. Stefanie Blain-Moraes of
@mcgillu
@Brainrimuhc
to develop novel communications methods with individuals who struggle to move and speak. Listen to her live on
@cbcHomerun
now!🎙️CURIOUS? Join her free lecture tomorrow at
@cusm_muhc
!
#Congratulations
🎉 to Dr. Natalie Dayan, recipient of the New Investigator Award 2020 in recognition of excellence in research in general internal medicine.
@RIMUHC1
Congratulations to Dr. Lucy Gilbert,
@cusm_muhc
's Director of Gynecologic Oncology! Dr. Gilbert has been named one of the Top 25
@WOIGlobal
in Canada in recognition of her extraordinary accomplishments in the fight against ovarian and endometrial cancers with
@leprojetdovee
. 💪
🎉Dr. Steven Paraskevas is the 2023 recipient of the Excellence in Leadership Award from the Canadian Society of Transplantation. The award is presented to a candidate who demonstrates excellence in leadership benefitting Canadian organ transplant patients
🏆 Nous sommes fiers de nous classer en 3e position au Top 40 des hôpitaux de recherche au Canada et de conserver notre position de premier au Québec. Curieux de savoir quelles
#d
écouvertes ont été faites au
@RIMUHC1
? Visitez
@R_Infosource
Congratulations to Dr. Sapha Barkati and Dr. Marina Klein for contributing many cases to this first large detailed description of the worldwide 2022
#monkeypox
outbreak, published in The New England Journal of Medicine
In this report, 528 cases of monkeypox across 16 countries are described. Rash, mucosallesions, fever, lethargy, and lymphadenopathy were common clinical findings. Few patients were hospitalized.
No one was left on the sidelines when Grey Cup Champions the
@MTLAlouettes
came to show off their new hardware 🏆 at the MUHC’s Glen site. 🏈
Thanks to the players & the
@MTLAlouettes
organization for making so many MUHC staff smile!
We are forever your
#1
fans!🎉
📣GO ALS GO!
In the urgent battle to treat COVID-19 patients, a group of 11 international medical research organizations, including the RI-MUHC, is investigating whether overactive immune cells cause the most severe cases.
#MUHC
#RIMUHC
#COVID19
#Research
🧠Thanks to a surgical procedure performed by Dr. Kevin Petrecca, chief of Neurosurgery at
@TheNeuro_MNI
, a woman suffering from glioblastoma, a brain cancer, was able to live for 5 years, whereas her initial diagnosis gave her just one.✨
@CTVMontreal
Québec Science dévoile le prix du public Découverte de l'année 2018: le test pour dépister plus tôt les cancers de l’endomètre et de l’ovaire a obtenu la faveur des lecteurs. Bravo à l'équipe de Lucy Gilbert du
@cusm_muhc
#decouverte2018
#IRCUSM
@mcgillu
Le 29 février est une journée rare, qui a lieu tous les quatre ans seulement! C'est aussi
#Journ
éeDesMaladiesRares, et nous sommes fiers de mettre en lumière le tout nouveau Réseau pour Avancer la REcherche sur les maladies rares au Québec (RARE.Qc).
🔗
🏊 In 1992, Dr. Elizabeth Hazel was competing in the 200-metre backstroke at the Barcelona Olympics! 🤩
🏥 Today, Dr. Hazel is just as impressive – she’s the Director of the Division of Rheumatology at the MUHC & a specialist in the care of young adults with rheumatic diseases.
💐 Congratulations to Dr. Lucy Gilbert, Director of Gynecologic Cancer Services at the MUHC, for her appointment as the Robert Kinch Chair in Women’s Health, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University.
Le CUSM remercie les 100+ experts qui ont accordé des entrevues aux médias en 2021. Leur connaissance de la santé n'a jamais été aussi importante. Merci aussi aux journalistes avec lesquels nos experts travaillent pour leur professionnalisme et pour leurs reportages essentiels.