Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation specialist @SinaiHealth @UofT_DoM. Tweets are my own.
Toronto, Ontario
Joined August 2018
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Shannon MacDonald, MD, MSc 🌻 retweeted
📢 New funding!
#StrokeGoRed is thrilled to support 2 post-doctoal fellows (MD/PhD) advancing sex- and gender-based research in #Stroke
👉 Details here: canadianstroke.ca/strokegore…
🙏 to education lead @PoppeAY
#StrokeGoRed is funded by @HeartandStroke @BrainCanada @CIHRIGH
The Division of PMR at Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital @SinaiHealth is very excited to have Dr. Dukelow join us in March 2025 as a visiting professor. We look forward to learning more about the use of technology and non-invasive brain stimulation in neuro-rehab. Thank you @CAPM_R !
Just learned about a great FREE resource for individuals involved in clinical trials. Check it out: cantaptalent.ca/echo
@adfurlan @AngelaMCheung
Shannon MacDonald, MD, MSc 🌻 retweeted
#StrokeGoRed: we are incredibly grateful to receive $5M over 5 yrs to create a 🇨🇦 national research network of excellence on #stroke in women 🙏🧠💃
@HeartandStroke @BrainCanada @CIHR_IRSC
heartandstroke.ca/what-we-do… #MoreMoments
🚨New publication alert🚨
Several stroke rehab guidelines recommend 180 mins of therapy/day, 5 days/wk
We looked at:
➡️Average rehab intensity (RI) in Ontario
➡️Associations of RI with FIM🔺, discharge location, 90-day home time & rehab effectiveness
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
➡️ There was diminishing incremental increase in FIM🔺after 95 min/day
➡️ Is a 🎯RI of 95 min/day more feasible for resource limited institutions given these findings?
Read the full manuscript to learn more
@DocMarkBayley @Fleet_J
The final version of our paper is now online! Link below👇
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
🎉 Congratulations to all of the awardees! A special congratulations to @j_nunesdasilva !! 🎉
We are thrilled to announce the recipients of our Personnel Awards for Black Scholars with @BrainCanada + @CIHR_ICRH.
Read about our winners: bit.ly/46guDXb.
These awards provide Black post-grad students a chance to continue their studies in heart & brain health.
🚨New publication led by Dr. Michelle Nelson @mlanelson 🚨
Stroke rehabilitation RCTs help inform clinical practice guidelines, but do the characteristics of trial participants reflect those of stroke rehab inpatients?
@upshur_ross @DocMarkBayley
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
New important study by @amyyu_md looks at associations between SES and receiving acute stroke treatments.
For those admitted to stroke rehab, we previously found that patients had similar discharge destinations and LOS regardless of their SES. ➡️
cmajopen.ca/content/10/1/E50
New: People living in under-resourced neighbourhoods face disparities in stroke care.
📄 Study: ices.on.ca/publications/jour…
📷 News release: ices.on.ca/news-releases/new…
@Sunnybrook @GreenJournal
ALT Urban landscape (housing), with 17% vs. 20% numbers overlaid. "Stroke brain" and hospital People at a community health centre
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It’s great to see our work cited in this umbrella review. Although ⬆️ body weight or obesity ⬇️ mortality after stroke, the impact on functional recovery is less clear. However, being underweight is associated with poor functional outcomes post-stroke.
Just Accepted!
📰Effect of abnormal body weight on mortality and functional recovery in adults after #stroke: an umbrella review.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs… @CamStroke
Check out this great infographic published by @womensbrainpro on #WorldStrokeDay We need to continue to examine sex and gender differences in stroke
Congratulations to my colleagues @SinaiHealth Hennick Bridgepoint campus for achieving Accreditation Canada’s Stroke Distinction!
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Shannon MacDonald, MD, MSc 🌻 retweeted
Read the latest from the Neurology® Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion section, "Considering Social Determinants of Brain Health," by Steven Shafeek and Joshua Budhu, MD, MS, MPH: bit.ly/45y0bHs
#Neurology #NeuroTwitter @JoshuaBudhu
ALT Quote graphic that says, "As we continue to strive for brain health globally, we must also strive to address the social determinants of health and other structural factors in society that contribute to brain health inequities.” The Neurology logo is in the bottom right corner.
Shannon MacDonald, MD, MSc 🌻 retweeted
📢 New Publication 📢
Presentations to the ED/hospital for #stroke broadly similar across sexes in Canada but... higher rates in younger females and older males warrants future attention
@mirandamwan @amyyu_md @mihill68 @patrice_lindsay @HSF_science
cambridge.org/core/journals/…
Shannon MacDonald, MD, MSc 🌻 retweeted
“Many treatments recommended for women and men have been generated from research trials that had less than 30% women in them." - @DocMarkBayley.
We need more women in clinical trials.
➡️ Dr. Bayley is working to make that a reality: bit.ly/3ojS5TD.
#StrokeMonth
@KITE_UHN
Congratulations @j_nunesdasilva on winning the EDI Poster Presentation Award at the recent @RSIUofT Research Day! @SusanMarzolini @drsarahmunce @DocMarkBayley
