Mary Brindle

Importance of social ties in dissemination of Commission on Cancer's synoptic operative report In 2020, the Commission on Cancer (CoC) launched templated synoptic element documentation in operative reports (SORs) as an accreditation standard to …

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Healthcare Priorities for Surgical Care in Canada : Annals of Surgery Open stem priorities related to surgery have evolved; the concepts of what constitutes quality care have changed over time. How efficiency and access contribute to safe care, where equity exists as a key o...

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Overcoming Professional Silos and Threats to Psychological Safety: A Conceptual Framework for Successful Team-Based Morbidity and Mortality Conferences Adverse events in health care are frequently discussed in morbidity and mortality conferences. However, while health care has evolved to be delivered …

Overcoming Professional Silos and Threats to Psychological Safety: A Conceptual Framework for Successful Team-Based Morbidity and Mortality Conferences
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#TheJointCommissionJournalonQualityandPatientSafety
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Come do research with us!
Now accepting applications from gen surg or ped surg grads for our #PediatricSurgery Clinical Research Fellowship
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Guidelines for perioperative care in elective colorectal surgery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society recommendations 2025

It's here! The ERAS Society's updated colorectal guideline- built around robust, contemporary evidence and developed by an international multiprofessional team led by Ulf Gustafsson and Martin Hubner. Proud to be a part of this team!

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Guidelines for perioperative care in elective colorectal surgery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society recommendations 2025

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The president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Dr. Susan J. Kressly, said "creation of federal immunization policy is ‘no longer a credible process.’”

A screenshot of the termination notice showing "Outstanding Investigator Grants"

A screenshot of the termination notice with "This award is terminated effective the date of this award, due to unsafe antisemitic actions that suggest the institution lacks concern for the safety and wellbeing of Jewish students." highlighted

Yesterday, the NIH R35 “Outstanding Investigator” grant to fund scientists in my lab studying antibiotic resistance was terminated for reasons not related to the content of the science, or any actions taken by me or members of my lab

Agree! And patients living in rural and remote communities.

A break from my regularly scheduled political and legal posting to express some gratitude.

This week, my 18 month old daughter had to have open heart surgery. 💔

As you might imagine, this was utterly terrifying.

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The Cost of Defunding Harvard If you or someone you love has cancer, cardiovascular disease, dementia, Parkinson’s disease, or diabetes, you have likely benefitted from the university’s federally funded discoveries in care and tre...

I saw firsthand the impact of stop-work-orders/terminations at USAID & now Harvard. My new @NewYorker piece is on the serious implications for the lives of millions across the world and the US – including for my own family and very possibly your own. 🧵
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Did you know an estimated 99% of women who die in childbirth or from pregnancy-related complications live in developing countries?

Most of these deaths are preventable.

This #WorldHealthDay, stand with them by sharing this tile. ❤️

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

From the Harvard President this morning:

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Emotional reactions to adverse events are a significant driver of burnout. Peer support (esp if trained) is effective.
You’re not alone.

“The death of a good idea is a loss for Society”

Daria Mochly-Rosen Bringing academia and industry together allows creativity, risk-taking, diligence and impact & sparks creative solutions. Keys: Remove hierarchy/ego, embrace failure. #SPARKAlberta 5th anniversary @ucalgary.bsky.social

100% I’m in.
Glad to see you including #nontechnical skills as crucial since “majority of patient harm was caused by deviation from.. policy/procedure, clinical judgment issues, team-patient communication breakdown, lack of team coordination for the surgical safety checklist, distractions.”

Healthcare Priorities for Surgical Care in Canada : Annals of Surgery Open stem priorities related to surgery have evolved; the concepts of what constitutes quality care have changed over time. How efficiency and access contribute to safe care, where equity exists as a key o...

The quality of 🇨🇦 surgical outcomes are suboptimal & adverse events are increasing.
In @AnnalsOpen, we describe Canadian organizations' current priorities and present solutions

A cohesive national strategy for surgical safety in 🇨🇦 is needed.

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Agree. So unexpected. So sad

Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women.

More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.

I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.

Trump's attacks on universities get ever darker, with the shadows reaching our shores The US has become a hostile and authoritarian state to foreign scientists and is choosing ideology over science.

Colleagues are cancelling their US work trips. I worry that international colleagues in the US are at risk if they collaborate with us on certain topics.

I've written a new post about the increasing danger of being a foreign scientist in the US.

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See this chart for one stark example: NIH funding has dramatically slowed down.

Grant awards are down *$3 billion* so far, compared to same time period last year

I asked the White House to explain.

“This is not a researcher entitlement program,” said an official, defending their new approach.

75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.

This doesn't look good, folks
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Omg. That was just predinner cocktails. It is 10pm and we are just heading to the dinner now!

I definitely know I am at a Spanish perioperative conference. The Conference Dinner starts at 21:30.

She’s not on 🦋 but Tito Daodu from @ucalgary.bsky.social has shown her absolute excellence in leading work that has been missing in 🇨🇦 in addressing th deep systemic biases in Our healthcare system. Deeply proud to be her colleague.

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Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants Studies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature.

NEW: The NIH has begun terminating grants for active projects studying gender identity, DEI, environmental justice, climate change, among other topics.

At least 16 termination letters have already been sent — and hundreds more are coming, people inside NIH tell me.
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U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.

The Trump administration terminates funding for polio, HIV, malaria and nutrition programs around the world.

“People will die,” said Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi of the African Population and Health Research Center, “but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.”