Jacob Pendergrast
@jacobpendergrast.bsky.social
Hematologist in Toronto, Canada
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Adults with SCD and parvovirus B19 infection showed 3 phenotypes: erythroblastopenia, BMN, and vaso-occlusive events. Patients with BMN had longer hospital stay but no differences in parvovirus B19 genotype or diversity across groups. Read here: buff.ly/dNk4xxo
November 15, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Adults with SCD and parvovirus B19 infection showed 3 phenotypes: erythroblastopenia, BMN, and vaso-occlusive events. Patients with BMN had longer hospital stay but no differences in parvovirus B19 genotype or diversity across groups. Read here: buff.ly/dNk4xxo
Join Dr. Linda Barnes, Ms. Caroline Wangamati, and me for an interesting discussion of innovations from the Blood D.E.S.E.R.T. Coalition
#AABB2025
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October 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Join Dr. Linda Barnes, Ms. Caroline Wangamati, and me for an interesting discussion of innovations from the Blood D.E.S.E.R.T. Coalition
#AABB2025
#AABB2025
Speak up for National Pharmacare in Canada! Save lives! Save money!
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August 21, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Speak up for National Pharmacare in Canada! Save lives! Save money!
@juliedabrusin.bsky.social
@mark-carney.bsky.social
@cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social
@canadahealthwatch.ca
@uhn.ca
@utoronto.ca
@cma-acs.bsky.social
@juliedabrusin.bsky.social
@mark-carney.bsky.social
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@uhn.ca
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Action alert: The City of Toronto is considering restricting fossil fuel ads. These ads undermine climate action & put everyone at risk.
We have a short window of time for the City Council to act.
Take action here:
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We have a short window of time for the City Council to act.
Take action here:
cape.ca/action/ban-f...
Call on Toronto City Council to stop promoting fossil fuels - CAPE
Raise your voice and call on Toronto City Council to take a stronger stand against fossil fuel advertising.
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July 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Action alert: The City of Toronto is considering restricting fossil fuel ads. These ads undermine climate action & put everyone at risk.
We have a short window of time for the City Council to act.
Take action here:
cape.ca/action/ban-f...
We have a short window of time for the City Council to act.
Take action here:
cape.ca/action/ban-f...
Save Canadian hemovigilance! We can't improve the safety of blood transfusion if we don't monitor the harms it causes!
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Have you seen this petition yet?
#Fight4Hemovigilance: Save Canada's Blood Safety Contribution Program
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July 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Save Canadian hemovigilance! We can't improve the safety of blood transfusion if we don't monitor the harms it causes!
@canadahealthwatch.ca
@cdnhealthcoalition.bsky.social
@cmadocs.bsky.social
@cstm-scmt.bsky.social
chng.it/Ks2BHwWRLC
@canadahealthwatch.ca
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@utoronto.ca has produced another stellar transfusion medicine specialist: Dr Sheharyar Raza (@transfusion.health). Keep an eye on this one, he is destined for great things
July 4, 2025 at 2:45 AM
@utoronto.ca has produced another stellar transfusion medicine specialist: Dr Sheharyar Raza (@transfusion.health). Keep an eye on this one, he is destined for great things
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Hemovigilance in Canada is under threat. We continue to add resources and links for advocacy - stay up to date with how you can help.
www.transfusion.ca/hemovigilance
www.transfusion.ca/hemovigilance
CSTM - Hemovigilance
www.transfusion.ca
June 27, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Hemovigilance in Canada is under threat. We continue to add resources and links for advocacy - stay up to date with how you can help.
www.transfusion.ca/hemovigilance
www.transfusion.ca/hemovigilance
Coming back to a long-neglected manuscript is like going back to the gym after you’ve slacked off for the past few months… you dread it, you delay, you find excuses, but then when you actually do it, it’s such a relief and you feel so much better afterwards
I need a publishing coach
I need a publishing coach
June 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Coming back to a long-neglected manuscript is like going back to the gym after you’ve slacked off for the past few months… you dread it, you delay, you find excuses, but then when you actually do it, it’s such a relief and you feel so much better afterwards
I need a publishing coach
I need a publishing coach
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Congrats to Karina Yazdanbakhsh on receiving the ASH Henry M. Stratton Medal for Basic Science! Her groundbreaking research in transfusion medicine and sickle cell disease is shaping the future of targeted therapies Proud to have her as Co-Chair of the Basic Transfusion Biology WP
NYBCE's KARINA YAZDANBAKHSH, PhD, HONORED WITH THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HEMATOLOGY (ASH) HENRY M. STRATTON MEDAL FOR BASIC SCIENCE
Award is among ASH’s highest honors, recognizing outstanding contributions to the field of hematology. Learn more.
www.nybce.org
June 26, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Congrats to Karina Yazdanbakhsh on receiving the ASH Henry M. Stratton Medal for Basic Science! Her groundbreaking research in transfusion medicine and sickle cell disease is shaping the future of targeted therapies Proud to have her as Co-Chair of the Basic Transfusion Biology WP
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Many people wonder if the severity of an acute PE influences VTE recurrence risk and therefore should impact DOAC dose selection? A post-hoc analysis of RENOVE study shows similar rates or recurrent VTE based on PE severity. #ISTH2025
June 25, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Many people wonder if the severity of an acute PE influences VTE recurrence risk and therefore should impact DOAC dose selection? A post-hoc analysis of RENOVE study shows similar rates or recurrent VTE based on PE severity. #ISTH2025
June 19th is World Sickle Cell Awareness Day. Below is a link to a good review article on the subject, and in this thread are my two wishes as a physician who treats the condition:
www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...
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Beyond Gene Therapies: People With Sickle Cell Disease Need Comprehensive Care | Health Affairs Forefront
We can do better. We can build a system that provides coordinated high-quality care to every patient who needs it.
www.healthaffairs.org
June 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
June 19th is World Sickle Cell Awareness Day. Below is a link to a good review article on the subject, and in this thread are my two wishes as a physician who treats the condition:
www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...
www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...
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The remarkable benefit of exercise was just extended to improved survival after cancer in a randomized trial
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June 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The remarkable benefit of exercise was just extended to improved survival after cancer in a randomized trial
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Dr. Natasha Pardy making a passionate argument that patients in rural and remote communities are entitled to the same quality of health care as those in cities -- following equally persuasive presentations by Coleen Moores (hemophilia nurse) and Leonard Duffenais (patient) @cstm-scmt.bsky.social 2025
May 31, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Dr. Natasha Pardy making a passionate argument that patients in rural and remote communities are entitled to the same quality of health care as those in cities -- following equally persuasive presentations by Coleen Moores (hemophilia nurse) and Leonard Duffenais (patient) @cstm-scmt.bsky.social 2025
Dr. Yoelys Cruz Leal presenting her CBS Dana Devine Award Lecture the @cstm-scmt.bsky.social 2025 Annual Meeting on her research distinguishing trogocytosis from phagocytosis. Her focus was on RhIg prophylaxis, but her discoveries may also one day reveal a way to safely transfuse incompatible RBCs
May 31, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Dr. Yoelys Cruz Leal presenting her CBS Dana Devine Award Lecture the @cstm-scmt.bsky.social 2025 Annual Meeting on her research distinguishing trogocytosis from phagocytosis. Her focus was on RhIg prophylaxis, but her discoveries may also one day reveal a way to safely transfuse incompatible RBCs
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"There is a cohort of talent unlike we have ever seen before that we can compete for."
Dr. @bradwouters.com, EVP of Science & Research at UHN, gives CBC's The National an inside look at Canada Leads, an initiative to recruit 100 top early-career scientists.
Dr. @bradwouters.com, EVP of Science & Research at UHN, gives CBC's The National an inside look at Canada Leads, an initiative to recruit 100 top early-career scientists.
How Canada is trying to tap America’s brain drain
There’s a global rush to recruit America’s top talent as Trump administration policies push many professionals to explore career and study plans abroad. CBC’s Eli Glasner takes a closer look at effort...
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May 30, 2025 at 4:45 PM
"There is a cohort of talent unlike we have ever seen before that we can compete for."
Dr. @bradwouters.com, EVP of Science & Research at UHN, gives CBC's The National an inside look at Canada Leads, an initiative to recruit 100 top early-career scientists.
Dr. @bradwouters.com, EVP of Science & Research at UHN, gives CBC's The National an inside look at Canada Leads, an initiative to recruit 100 top early-career scientists.
Stacey Greeley presenting her Buchanan Award Lecture at the @cstm-scmt.bsky.social Annual Meeting. She joked that the audience might struggle with her Newfoundland brogue, but we understood perfectly as she described the rewards and challenges of providing transfusion support to rural hospitals
May 31, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Stacey Greeley presenting her Buchanan Award Lecture at the @cstm-scmt.bsky.social Annual Meeting. She joked that the audience might struggle with her Newfoundland brogue, but we understood perfectly as she described the rewards and challenges of providing transfusion support to rural hospitals
Dr. William Sheffield giving his QuidelOrtho award speech at the 2025 annual @cstm-scmt.bsky.social meeting. He reviewed his career focus on serpins, plasma and albumin, work that has done much to advance the fields of transfusion medicine and hemostasis. Funny, humble and very impressive 👏
May 31, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Dr. William Sheffield giving his QuidelOrtho award speech at the 2025 annual @cstm-scmt.bsky.social meeting. He reviewed his career focus on serpins, plasma and albumin, work that has done much to advance the fields of transfusion medicine and hemostasis. Funny, humble and very impressive 👏
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American doctors look to relocate to Canada to avoid the Trump administration www.npr.org/sections/sho... @npr.org
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May 29, 2025 at 11:42 AM
American doctors look to relocate to Canada to avoid the Trump administration www.npr.org/sections/sho... @npr.org
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Can we rationalize the way we give diuretic prophylaxis before transfusion?
Colleagues @uhntoronto.bsky.social incl talented co-fellow Dr. Rotin and @jacobpendergrast.bsky.social have made a substantial stride in dose modelling to target urine output onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1... #medsky
Colleagues @uhntoronto.bsky.social incl talented co-fellow Dr. Rotin and @jacobpendergrast.bsky.social have made a substantial stride in dose modelling to target urine output onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1... #medsky
May 3, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Can we rationalize the way we give diuretic prophylaxis before transfusion?
Colleagues @uhntoronto.bsky.social incl talented co-fellow Dr. Rotin and @jacobpendergrast.bsky.social have made a substantial stride in dose modelling to target urine output onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1... #medsky
Colleagues @uhntoronto.bsky.social incl talented co-fellow Dr. Rotin and @jacobpendergrast.bsky.social have made a substantial stride in dose modelling to target urine output onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1... #medsky
Was orienting a PGY2 to my clinic, chatting as I always do in a collegial, informal manner, and at the end, he says “Dr. Pendergrast , I just wanted to mention: you trained my Dad!” He showed me a picture of someone who is now an established transplant nephrologist
#feelingold
#feelingold
May 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Was orienting a PGY2 to my clinic, chatting as I always do in a collegial, informal manner, and at the end, he says “Dr. Pendergrast , I just wanted to mention: you trained my Dad!” He showed me a picture of someone who is now an established transplant nephrologist
#feelingold
#feelingold
This was a fun interview :-)
Reminiscing on residency: Dr. Jacob Pendergrast canadianhealthcarenetwork.ca/reminiscing-...
Reminiscing on residency: Dr. Jacob Pendergrast canadianhealthcarenetwork.ca/reminiscing-...
Reminiscing on residency: Dr. Jacob Pendergrast
For this series, we’re looking to talk to doctors from all walks of medicine—asking them how they got to where they are today and what their best advice is for those MDs just reaching the intensity of...
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May 1, 2025 at 3:44 PM
This was a fun interview :-)
Reminiscing on residency: Dr. Jacob Pendergrast canadianhealthcarenetwork.ca/reminiscing-...
Reminiscing on residency: Dr. Jacob Pendergrast canadianhealthcarenetwork.ca/reminiscing-...
Do your homework, but you will find you can make a very good living here, largely free from the moral injury of having to deny care to the uninsured, and in an environment where research and academic inquiry are respected and funded.
Surge of U.S. doctors looking to Canada amid Trump turmoil
Interest from American doctors considering work in Canada has increased by 63 per cent.
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April 3, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Do your homework, but you will find you can make a very good living here, largely free from the moral injury of having to deny care to the uninsured, and in an environment where research and academic inquiry are respected and funded.
