We have come a long way! Toronto Lung Transplant Program performed 1000th ex vivo lung perfusion! Saving lives. @UHN_Surgery @UHNTransplant @SKeshavjee @UHN @uhnfoundation
Shaf Keshavjee
@SKeshavjee
Chief of Innovation, University Health Network, Director Toronto Lung Transplant Program, Professor of Thoracic Surgery Univ of Toronto.
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Congratulations to TGH and Team UHN. #3 in the world’s best hospitals! #1 in Canada!
The next step in COVID-care is NON-COVID care. Need to direct the same resolve and resources to clear the backlog of surgical patients waiting. @UHN @AATSHQ @UHN_Surgery
And we’ve only just begun…:)
Now THAT is innovation - seeing the results of a long and successful journey that now transforms. @SKeshavjeeView quoted post on X
Frederick Banting - Surgeon at Toronto General Hospital discovered insulin treated first patient.
A Canadian discovery that has saved the lives of millions globally, #Insulin came from the work of Drs. Frederick Banting & Charles Best @UofT, giving hope for people with #Diabetes, which had previously been a death sentence.View quoted post on X
More about the discovery ⬇️ insulin100.utoronto.ca