David Wong, Hepatologist in Toronto. UHN/SMH. INTJ
@torontoliver.bsky.social
Translating research to look after patients in the real world rather than a database.
Interests: Hepatitis B, A1AT Deficiency, HIV, Alcohol. #LiverSky
Epic EMR to keep track of it all
Interests: Hepatitis B, A1AT Deficiency, HIV, Alcohol. #LiverSky
Epic EMR to keep track of it all
Parents are pressured to give ...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
It's very telling @cbc.bsky.social did not allow comments at the end of this article. I'm sure GenX would roast them. It implies that women in the workplace is a recent thing. Most of my friends' moms were working. Summers were glorious.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
It's very telling @cbc.bsky.social did not allow comments at the end of this article. I'm sure GenX would roast them. It implies that women in the workplace is a recent thing. Most of my friends' moms were working. Summers were glorious.
Parents are pressured to give kids an '80s summer. Are we wearing nostalgia blinders? | CBC News
The internet is rife with articles and posts waxing nostalgic for the unscheduled summers of decades past. But the reality is all these posts urging parents to let kids be bored and free can make mode...
www.cbc.ca
June 26, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Parents are pressured to give ...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
It's very telling @cbc.bsky.social did not allow comments at the end of this article. I'm sure GenX would roast them. It implies that women in the workplace is a recent thing. Most of my friends' moms were working. Summers were glorious.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
It's very telling @cbc.bsky.social did not allow comments at the end of this article. I'm sure GenX would roast them. It implies that women in the workplace is a recent thing. Most of my friends' moms were working. Summers were glorious.
Reposted by David Wong, Hepatologist in Toronto. UHN/SMH. INTJ
Saturday’s Toronto Star (Canada)
April 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Saturday’s Toronto Star (Canada)
Ben Davidson talking about deep brain stimulation of the nucleus accumbans as a means to manage severe alcohol use disorder, some with poor liver function. #LiverSky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Deep brain stimulation of the nucleus accumbens in the treatment of severe alcohol use disorder: a phase I pilot trial - Molecular Psychiatry
Molecular Psychiatry - Deep brain stimulation of the nucleus accumbens in the treatment of severe alcohol use disorder: a phase I pilot trial
www.nature.com
January 16, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Ben Davidson talking about deep brain stimulation of the nucleus accumbans as a means to manage severe alcohol use disorder, some with poor liver function. #LiverSky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by David Wong, Hepatologist in Toronto. UHN/SMH. INTJ
"[My adviser] told me that instead of focusing on finding a dream job, I should think about what I am good at and what makes me happy at least 80% of the time. This advice surprised me at first, but it ended up being exactly what I needed to hear." scim.ag/3DHtLCc
To choose a career, I needed to do more than ‘follow my dream’
Practical advice helped this international scientist figure out her post-Ph.D. direction
scim.ag
January 8, 2025 at 8:15 PM
"[My adviser] told me that instead of focusing on finding a dream job, I should think about what I am good at and what makes me happy at least 80% of the time. This advice surprised me at first, but it ended up being exactly what I needed to hear." scim.ag/3DHtLCc
Toronto Winter Garden Theatre for the Wizard of Oz
December 21, 2024 at 11:56 PM
Toronto Winter Garden Theatre for the Wizard of Oz
As a teacher, I hope my students learn when I teach them. However they seem to need a lot of repetition to get through the stages:
1. New concept
2. Heard before
3. Remember
4. Understand
5. Apply knowledge
For some concepts most never get to 5
1. New concept
2. Heard before
3. Remember
4. Understand
5. Apply knowledge
For some concepts most never get to 5
December 16, 2024 at 1:11 AM
As a teacher, I hope my students learn when I teach them. However they seem to need a lot of repetition to get through the stages:
1. New concept
2. Heard before
3. Remember
4. Understand
5. Apply knowledge
For some concepts most never get to 5
1. New concept
2. Heard before
3. Remember
4. Understand
5. Apply knowledge
For some concepts most never get to 5
Hi Ren. Song from 2022.
Ever hear something that sounds interesting but when you listen to the words it blows you away. Self doubt, mental health. #MedSky
youtu.be/s_nc1IVoMxc?...
Ever hear something that sounds interesting but when you listen to the words it blows you away. Self doubt, mental health. #MedSky
youtu.be/s_nc1IVoMxc?...
Ren - Hi Ren (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Ren
youtu.be
December 14, 2024 at 1:16 PM
Hi Ren. Song from 2022.
Ever hear something that sounds interesting but when you listen to the words it blows you away. Self doubt, mental health. #MedSky
youtu.be/s_nc1IVoMxc?...
Ever hear something that sounds interesting but when you listen to the words it blows you away. Self doubt, mental health. #MedSky
youtu.be/s_nc1IVoMxc?...
Liver Clinic Christmas party
The one where the lab researchers go WILD
The one where the lab researchers go WILD
December 13, 2024 at 8:12 PM
Liver Clinic Christmas party
The one where the lab researchers go WILD
The one where the lab researchers go WILD
2015 HCV meds became available. I was made to feel envy because I was told that if a drug was approved by the FDA, laws mandated that it would be covered.
The grass always seems greener elsewhere but sometimes it is just a mirage.
HCV meds soon became readily available in Ontario Canada.
#MedSky
The grass always seems greener elsewhere but sometimes it is just a mirage.
HCV meds soon became readily available in Ontario Canada.
#MedSky
What Doctors Like Myself Know About Americans’ Health Care Anger
Medsky
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/08/o...
Medsky
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/08/o...
Opinion | What Doctors Like Myself Know About Americans’ Health Care Anger (Gift Article)
As a doctor, I’ve been on both sides of frustrating health care debacles.
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2024 at 4:33 PM
2015 HCV meds became available. I was made to feel envy because I was told that if a drug was approved by the FDA, laws mandated that it would be covered.
The grass always seems greener elsewhere but sometimes it is just a mirage.
HCV meds soon became readily available in Ontario Canada.
#MedSky
The grass always seems greener elsewhere but sometimes it is just a mirage.
HCV meds soon became readily available in Ontario Canada.
#MedSky
Telus clinic reboot in Toronto. Are they a silo again or will blood test results be visible in OLIS so that healthcare providers outside of Telus can see the whole picture when their patients get sick? MedCan and Cleveland clinic also silos @thestar.com
www.thestar.com/business/a-h...
@torstar
www.thestar.com/business/a-h...
@torstar
A high-tech medical clinic operated by a telecom giant has opened in Toronto — and it’s accepting up to 6,000 patients
Each of the seven examination rooms in the new Telus Health clinic is equipped with 'AI scribe' software that listens to appointments and sends notes to your phone.
www.thestar.com
December 7, 2024 at 5:34 PM
Telus clinic reboot in Toronto. Are they a silo again or will blood test results be visible in OLIS so that healthcare providers outside of Telus can see the whole picture when their patients get sick? MedCan and Cleveland clinic also silos @thestar.com
www.thestar.com/business/a-h...
@torstar
www.thestar.com/business/a-h...
@torstar
For years I have heard the arguments for private healthcare from healthcare colleagues in Australia and USA.
Why have we not heard more about the challenges from mainstream media?
Have the Hollywood court dramas been more accurate all along?
Why have we not heard more about the challenges from mainstream media?
Have the Hollywood court dramas been more accurate all along?
A really valuable, nuanced analysis of the outpouring of rage and glee surrounding the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. By @zey.bsky.social:
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/o...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/o...
Opinion | The Rage and Glee That Followed a C.E.O.’s Killing Should Ring All Alarms
It echoes another era of extreme inequality and extreme violence.
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2024 at 11:26 AM
For years I have heard the arguments for private healthcare from healthcare colleagues in Australia and USA.
Why have we not heard more about the challenges from mainstream media?
Have the Hollywood court dramas been more accurate all along?
Why have we not heard more about the challenges from mainstream media?
Have the Hollywood court dramas been more accurate all along?
EASL abstract deadline 20 minutes ago.
Not surprisingly their website crashed at the crucial last minute
#LiverSky
Not surprisingly their website crashed at the crucial last minute
#LiverSky
a red sign that says computer malfunction in white
ALT: a red sign that says computer malfunction in white
media.tenor.com
December 3, 2024 at 11:23 PM
EASL abstract deadline 20 minutes ago.
Not surprisingly their website crashed at the crucial last minute
#LiverSky
Not surprisingly their website crashed at the crucial last minute
#LiverSky
Thoughts on Functional Cure of chronic HBV infection. #LiverSky
is this rare or are we just not checking? How many patients get annual HBsAg testing?
Literature says best predictor of HBsAg loss is falling HBsAg titer. How else did they expect it to go negative??
is this rare or are we just not checking? How many patients get annual HBsAg testing?
Literature says best predictor of HBsAg loss is falling HBsAg titer. How else did they expect it to go negative??
December 3, 2024 at 5:34 PM
Thoughts on Functional Cure of chronic HBV infection. #LiverSky
is this rare or are we just not checking? How many patients get annual HBsAg testing?
Literature says best predictor of HBsAg loss is falling HBsAg titer. How else did they expect it to go negative??
is this rare or are we just not checking? How many patients get annual HBsAg testing?
Literature says best predictor of HBsAg loss is falling HBsAg titer. How else did they expect it to go negative??
Functional cure of chronic HBV infection.
When someone with chronic HBV infection becomes HBsAg neg.
Can happen without any of the newer experimental agents.
What would you like to know about this?
#LiverSky
When someone with chronic HBV infection becomes HBsAg neg.
Can happen without any of the newer experimental agents.
What would you like to know about this?
#LiverSky
December 1, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Functional cure of chronic HBV infection.
When someone with chronic HBV infection becomes HBsAg neg.
Can happen without any of the newer experimental agents.
What would you like to know about this?
#LiverSky
When someone with chronic HBV infection becomes HBsAg neg.
Can happen without any of the newer experimental agents.
What would you like to know about this?
#LiverSky
Reposted by David Wong, Hepatologist in Toronto. UHN/SMH. INTJ
Here's where the primary care crisis is hitting Ontario hardest www.thetrillium.ca/news/health/... @jackhauen.bsky.social
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November 29, 2024 at 4:59 PM
Here's where the primary care crisis is hitting Ontario hardest www.thetrillium.ca/news/health/... @jackhauen.bsky.social
Get weekly updates: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
Get weekly updates: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
Today one of my hospital sites moves from Sorian to Epic for EMR.
Expect stress levels to spike but the effort is well worth it.
studentcentre.unityhealth.to/epic-emr/
#Epic #SMH
Expect stress levels to spike but the effort is well worth it.
studentcentre.unityhealth.to/epic-emr/
#Epic #SMH
EPIC (EMR) – Unity Health Toronto – Student Centre
On November 30, 2024, Unity Health will be launching a new electronic patient record (EPR) system, powered by Epic.This system will better connect our hospital sites, improving the way that clinical teams deliver care and empowering patients to play a more significant role in their care journey. Let’s get started!
studentcentre.unityhealth.to
November 30, 2024 at 2:43 PM
Today one of my hospital sites moves from Sorian to Epic for EMR.
Expect stress levels to spike but the effort is well worth it.
studentcentre.unityhealth.to/epic-emr/
#Epic #SMH
Expect stress levels to spike but the effort is well worth it.
studentcentre.unityhealth.to/epic-emr/
#Epic #SMH
Reposted by David Wong, Hepatologist in Toronto. UHN/SMH. INTJ
sus chicken
(not my meme, creds to whoever made this)
(not my meme, creds to whoever made this)
November 23, 2024 at 7:41 PM
sus chicken
(not my meme, creds to whoever made this)
(not my meme, creds to whoever made this)
Reposted by David Wong, Hepatologist in Toronto. UHN/SMH. INTJ
More than 2,300 family doctors in Ontario are over 65 and may soon retire toronto.citynews.ca/2024/11/27/l...
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November 28, 2024 at 9:38 PM
More than 2,300 family doctors in Ontario are over 65 and may soon retire toronto.citynews.ca/2024/11/27/l...
Get weekly updates: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
Get weekly updates: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
Post AASLD debrief on Nov 23, 2024 sponsored by the chineseliversupportgroup.ca
The picture is fake.
The topic is new approaches to HBV therapeutics.
The translators are going to struggle.
#liversky #HBV
The picture is fake.
The topic is new approaches to HBV therapeutics.
The translators are going to struggle.
#liversky #HBV
November 22, 2024 at 1:06 PM
Post AASLD debrief on Nov 23, 2024 sponsored by the chineseliversupportgroup.ca
The picture is fake.
The topic is new approaches to HBV therapeutics.
The translators are going to struggle.
#liversky #HBV
The picture is fake.
The topic is new approaches to HBV therapeutics.
The translators are going to struggle.
#liversky #HBV
#Epic EMR users. How many of you use #SlicerDicer?
It has changed how I document - more discrete field documentation, less free text.
Great places to mine data:
Medical History
Surgical History
Medications
Socioeconomic (race)
I wish their substance use section was more useful.
It has changed how I document - more discrete field documentation, less free text.
Great places to mine data:
Medical History
Surgical History
Medications
Socioeconomic (race)
I wish their substance use section was more useful.
November 19, 2024 at 7:00 PM
#Epic EMR users. How many of you use #SlicerDicer?
It has changed how I document - more discrete field documentation, less free text.
Great places to mine data:
Medical History
Surgical History
Medications
Socioeconomic (race)
I wish their substance use section was more useful.
It has changed how I document - more discrete field documentation, less free text.
Great places to mine data:
Medical History
Surgical History
Medications
Socioeconomic (race)
I wish their substance use section was more useful.
