Shane Shapera

@shapps999

Clinician, Teacher, and ILD Program Director at the University of Toronto at the Toronto General Hospital

Toronto, Ontario Joined February 2013

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Shane Shapera @shapps999 Sep 6, 2024

Excited to start the first clinic with @yassmin_behzadian our new ⁦⁩ILD Fellow this year. We are both in our September #PF awareness T-shirts courtesy of the Canadian Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation⁦. Her ILD fellowship made possible thanks to funding from ⁦@THE_CPFF⁩

Shane Shapera @shapps999 Feb 10, 2025

Exciting news for patients living with progressive pulmonary fibrosis (#PPF). It looks like #nerandomilast is going to change the treatment landscape for both #IPF AND #PPF. 🥳 I can’t wait to see more details when the papers are published.

Shane Shapera @shapps999 Nov 9, 2024

@jolenehfisher, @twhcmr and I were honored to have @drdayjee at our @UofTRespirology #ILD educational day. He gave a fantastic talk on genetics of ILD and biomarkers: past, present and future. Thanks @drdayjee for coming along the way to Toronto to enhance our event! 🙏🙏🙏

Shane Shapera @shapps999 May 30, 2024

Congratulations to Dmitry Rozenberg and his team for their recent publication on the impact of frailty on outcomes after acute exacerbation of ILD.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38515270/

This work is supported by @THE_CPFF.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Clinical implications of frailty assessed in hospitalized patients with acute-exacerbation of... Frailty was associated with reduced exercise capacity, increased comorbidities and hospital complications. Identifying frailty may highlight those requiring additional multidisciplinary support, but...

Shane Shapera @shapps999 Dec 9, 2022

@KerriBerriKerri @jolenehfisher @twhcmr @LeighMinuk @veronicasam940 @gilliangoobie @veronicasam940 @thelungdr @drstanbrook

Shane Shapera @shapps999 Dec 9, 2022

@KerriBerriKerri @respandsleepjc So, the question is:
Is RECITAL enough to solidify Rituximab in the ranks of mycophenolate and tocilizumab in the arsenal of immunosuppressive therapy you would use in #CTD-ILD?
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