
Colorectal Fellow @ucalgary, General Surgery Grad @ottawahospital, MSc Clin Epi @uottawa, MDCM @mcgill
Calgary, Alberta
Joined January 2017
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Laura Baker retweeted
BREAKING NEWS
Schrag et al publish PROSPECT trial in @nejm. No diff in LRFS, DFS betw neoadj chemo vs CRT in locally advanced Rectal CA. Non-inferiority achieved.
#ASCRS23 @RoelHompes @SWexner @ASCRS_1 @HKennecke @jonathanloree @ahmerkarimuddin @BoutrosMarylise @caycedomarula
Laura Baker retweeted
Recruiting for PROSPECT inspired NEO trial of neoadj chemo + TES for early rectal CA.
Presenting today at #ASCRS23 today at 2pm.
Keen on collaborators for RCT of NEO strategy vs CRT combined w TAMIS/TEMS for early rectal CA across North America.
Seattle bound for my first #ASCRS2023
Can’t wait! – at Calgary, Alberta
CONGRATS to this soon to be momma (39+4) on her last case of colorectal fellowship! 👩🏻🎓🤰🏻@drjjhopkins
All the best from the PLC colorectal family ❤️ you will be missed!!
Great talk from @neeldattaMD on surgical considerations in the management of CRC at The Calgary Colonoscopy & Polypectomy Symposium
❤️ his analogy that you can consider the recum as being housed in a prison
I would like to add that the male recum is in solitary confinement
What a blast from the past! Feels like just yesterday we were running around @OttawaHospital covering GI
Perhaps these two GIs, then fellows, were the original inspiration for the pursuit of colorectal sx
So great catching up at the Calgary Colonoscopy & Polypectomy Symposium – at Calgary, Alberta
Laura Baker retweeted
Most hospital operating rooms sit empty after 3:30
No need for costly construction, just staffing with nursing & teams
Staff all OR’s to 7:30 pm, & we could complete 50% more cases
Add staffing for some weekend time, and do even more
…all within the current infrastructure….
Congrats to @drjjhopkins on 🥇 fellow’s research award at our Fellow’s Research Day and for almost being done your colorectal surgery fellowship 🤩
Couldn’t have asked for a better senior fellow ❤️
Laura Baker retweeted
Looking forward to what promises to be a lively and informative discussion of different ways to keep surgeries MIS.
The countdown begins! Register for AdventHealth’s webinar, The Right Approach for the Left Colon, on 5/3 at 7:30 PM ET to discuss complex #colectomies with an expert panel!
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Laura Baker retweeted
Are you ready for Round 2?
Dr. Dionigi will join us this weekend to teach about re-operative J-pouch surgery. If you missed part one, check out @BehindTheKnife or @surgeonapp1 for the recording to prepare for this weekend.
@BDionigiMD @SchwartzbergMD @SWexner @debby_keller
Laura Baker retweeted
🏊♀️🚴♀️🏃♀️Stephanie Fauquier will swim, cycle & run 509kms in 10 triathlons in 🇨🇦 to support patients with Alzheimer’s. With every stroke, pedal & step, thoughts of her mother, Dr. Robin McLeod (MD, FRCSC), @uoftmedicine alumna, will drive her to push on
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Laura Baker retweeted
This is amazing ➡️ stage 1/2 low risk CRC ctDNA positive postop 4 weeks have worse recurrence than resected metastatic patients who are ctDNA negative 🤯 worth the read
#ctdna @me4_so @hpb_so #ColorectalCancer
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Laura Baker retweeted
The new 2023 @NCCN guidelines for #RectalCancer were just released & address several VERY important topics:
-Watch-and-wait/organ preservation
-Total Neoadjuvant Therapy
-Immunotherapy for MMR-deficient cancers
Exciting times!
Props @sjnurkin & team!
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Laura Baker retweeted
🚨New one pager on OB medicine🚨 It is her maiden voyage so please send feedback !! @sginsburg1 @Mathwizz1 @JonZipursky
Anyone use NSAIDS for a brief period post-op bowel resection in Crohn’s disease?
Looking forward to discussing this article at the Calgary colorectal journal club. Interested to hear about others practice
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48%Yes
35%No
17%Selectively
95 votes • Final results Laura Baker retweeted
Note: This thread pertains only to Ethicon needles, which is what we have at my hospital. Other companies have other systems.
Shown here is the chart from the Ethicon manual. Each of the letter combinations has a specific meaning, and most of these make at least some sense.
Laura Baker retweeted
Important 5-yr data from the #RAPIDO trial:
-Consolidation short-course TNT still associated with lower rates of distant mets/DRTF compared to conventional NACRT
-But SC-TNT also associated with higher rates of breached mesorectum & LRR
@AnnalsofSurgery
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