MD, husband, dad to 3, NYGH diagnostic and interventional radiologist, educator at the University of Toronto… In order of how it happened

Toronto, Ontario
Joined December 2018
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It was a huge honour to receive the @DoctorsOfBC Don Rix Award for Physician Leadership. It truly is a team effort and there is no way I could have done any of the work without my incredibly supportive team.
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Top 100 Best Hospitals in the World (2025) 1. 🇺🇸 Mayo Clinic – Rochester 2. 🇺🇸 Cleveland Clinic 3. 🇨🇦 Toronto General – University Health Network 4. 🇺🇸 The Johns Hopkins Hospital 5. 🇸🇪 Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset 6. 🇺🇸 Massachusetts General Hospital 7. 🇩🇪 Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin 8. 🇮🇱 Sheba Medical Center 9. 🇸🇬 Singapore General Hospital (SGH) 10. 🇨🇭 Universitätsspital Zürich 11. 🇫🇷 AP-HP – Hôpital Universitaire Pitié Salpêtrière 12. 🇨🇭 Universitätsspital Basel 13. 🇺🇸 Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center 14. 🇩🇪 Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg 15. 🇨🇭 Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois 16. 🇯🇵 The University of Tokyo Hospital 17. 🇺🇸 Stanford Health Care – Stanford Hospital 18. 🇩🇰 Aarhus Universitetshospital 19. 🇺🇸 The Mount Sinai Hospital 20. 🇩🇰 Rigshospitalet – Copenhagen University Hospital 21. 🇺🇸 Brigham and Women’s Hospital 22. 🇧🇷 Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein 23. 🇩🇪 LMU Klinikum 24. 🇨🇦 Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre 25. 🇰🇷 Asan Medical Center 26. 🇫🇷 CHU Lille – Hôpital Claude-Huriez 27. 🇦🇹 AKH Wien / Medical University of Vienna 28. 🇳🇴 Oslo Universitetssykehus 29. 🇫🇷 Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou 30. 🇰🇷 Samsung Medical Center 31. 🇳🇱 Amsterdam UMC 32. 🇨🇦 Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto) 33. 🇬🇧 St Thomas' Hospital 34. 🇺🇸 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 35. 🇩🇪 Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf 36. 🇯🇵 St. Luke’s International Hospital 37. 🇮🇹 Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda 38. 🇺🇸 Northwestern Memorial Hospital 39. 🇺🇸 UCSF Medical Center 40. 🇧🇪 UZ Leuven 41. 🇩🇪 Medizinische Hochschule Hannover 42. 🇰🇷 Seoul National University Hospital 43. 🇫🇮 Helsinki University Hospital 44. 🇮🇹 Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli 45. 🇩🇪 Klinikum rechts der Isar (TU Munich) 46. 🇰🇷 Severance Hospital – Yonsei University 47. 🇺🇸 University of Michigan Health 48. 🇳🇱 Erasmus MC 49. 🇪🇸 Hospital Universitario La Paz 50. 🇺🇸 Mayo Clinic – Jacksonville 51. 🇳🇱 UMC Utrecht 52. 🇪🇸 Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre 53. 🇨🇭 Les Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève (HUG) 54. 🇮🇹 Ospedale San Raffaele – Gruppo San Donato 55. 🇺🇸 Duke University Hospital 56. 🇦🇹 Landeskrankenhaus Innsbruck 57. 🇨🇦 North York General Hospital 58. 🇯🇵 Kameda Medical Center 59. 🇪🇸 Clínic Barcelona 60. 🇮🇱 Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center 61. 🇮🇹 Istituto Clinico Humanitas 62. 🇦🇺 Royal Prince Alfred Hospital 63. 🇺🇸 Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania 64. 🇳🇱 Radboud UMC 65. 🇨🇭 Klinik Hirslanden Zürich 66. 🇩🇪 Uniklinik Köln 67. 🇺🇸 Mayo Clinic Hospital – Phoenix 68. 🇰🇷 Seoul National University – Bundang Hospital 69. 🇸🇪 Sahlgrenska Universitetssjukhuset 70. 🇪🇸 Vall d'Hebron University Hospital 71. 🇫🇷 ELSAN – Santé Atlantique 72. 🇺🇸 Houston Methodist Hospital 73. 🇮🇹 Policlinico Sant'Orsola-Malpighi 74. 🇩🇪 Universitätsklinikum Freiburg 75. 🇫🇷 CHU Bordeaux – Pellegrin 76. 🇪🇸 Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón 77. 🇺🇸 NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital – Columbia & Cornell 78. 🇳🇱 Leiden University Medical Center 79. 🇪🇸 Clínica Universidad de Navarra 80. 🇸🇬 National University Hospital (NUH) 81. 🇯🇵 Kyushu University Hospital 82. 🇸🇪 Akademiska Sjukhuset (Uppsala) 83. 🇧🇷 Hospital Sírio-Libanês 84. 🇬🇧 Guy’s Hospital 85. 🇩🇰 Odense University Hospital 86. 🇬🇧 University College Hospital (London) 87. 🇰🇷 Gangnam Severance Hospital 88. 🇬🇧 Addenbrooke’s Hospital 89. 🇨🇦 Montreal General Hospital – MUHC 90. 🇫🇷 Hôpital de la Timone (AP-HM) 91. 🇯🇵 Nagoya University Hospital 92. 🇨🇦 Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM) 93. 🇺🇸 NYU Langone Hospitals – Tisch Hospital 94. 🇦🇺 The Alfred (Melbourne) 95. 🇦🇹 Kepler Universitätsklinikum 96. 🇦🇺 Royal Melbourne Hospital – Parkville 97. 🇮🇳 All India Institute of Medical Sciences – Delhi 98. 🇯🇵 Keio University Hospital 99. 🇦🇹 Universitätsklinikum Graz 100. 🇹🇭 Bumrungrad International Hospital (Bangkok) Note: Based on expert surveys, patient experience data, hospital quality metrics, and PROMs. Source: NEWSWEEK and Statista
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WOW mechanical thrombectomy has come a long way! Thx @NYGH_News @NYGHFoundation for supporting our IR program, and great work @CREEurope! Posted with permission
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It’s Medical Radiation Technologist (MRT) Week! NYG’s MRTs are skilled in operating imaging technology to take high-quality scans, so patients can receive accurate diagnoses and treatments. Thank you to all of our amazing MRTs for your commitment to patient care! #MRTWeek2025
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North York General is transforming breast cancer detection with Genius AI® Detection, helping radiologists catch cancers earlier and improving patient outcomes. #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth 💡 Read about how AI is enhancing breast cancer screening at NYG: canhealth.com/2025/11/03/ai-…
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What a night! 1,600+ coming together; holocaust education, fighting antisemitism & racism in all forms @simonwiesenthal Huge shout out to Dr Everton Gooden CEO @NYGH_News for his award. Great talks @VanJones68 @profgalloway & @fordnation (& some of NYG’s finest MDs looking good!)
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Amazing!! Radiology Runners - Big turn out, great day, lots of 💰 raised for our best cause! @NYGHFoundation @NYGH_News #rallyintheravine2025 #rally4NYG @CAIRweb @UofTMedIm
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One week to go until #Mammothon – a breast screening marathon! ✔ Aged 40 to 74? ✔ Overdue for or have never had a mammogram? ✔ No history of breast cancer? 👉 Walk in or book an appointment during Oct. 5 and 10. No referral required. More info: bit.ly/4mkwgLu
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Ryan Margau retweeted
Have you ever seen a CT scanner rotating without a cover? [📹 Native Imaging Services]
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MRI machines per 1 million people / OECD nations: 1. Japan 57.4 2. USA 38 3. Greece 37.2 4. South Korea 35.5 5.Germany 35.2 6T. Italy 33.2 6T. Finland 33.2 8. Norway 31.3 9. Austria 26.6 10. Spain 20.4 OECD Average - 19.4 29. Canada 10.8 29th of 33 countries. An MRI machine costs all-in around $3M (CDN $) Canada has 432 MRI machines for the WHOLE nation. Our federal government spends $500 million when it twitches. We could increase our capacity to 600 MRI machines w/ that spend. Our shit health care outcomes are truly a choice.
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#BeSunSafe is back for 2025! With @cityoftoronto & @DWFCanada, we’re helping Torontonians protect their skin with: 🧴Sunscreen in 50 parks & 5 golf courses 🏕Sunscreen + shade for day camps 😎Sun safety tips for all Learn more: besunsafe.ca #skincancer #melanoma
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Amazing 1st @NYGH_News case for Dr Jaskolka @CREEurope working w Dr Mychajlowycz: Long in-stent SFA occlusion & EIA in-stent stenosis Rx via tibial approach (contralateral iliacs occluded & AKA), JetStream thrombectomy, DCB & re-stenting 👏 @CAIRweb @UofTMedIm post c permission
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Congrats to the 14 grads of MI's #DiagnosticRadiology #Residency! The new #radiologists celebrated at #UofT's Hart House last night, with presentations from MI Chair Dr. Michael Patlas, DR Res. Dir Dr. Charles Yan, Senior Exec VC Dr. Linda Probyn & Adj. Lect. @DrIvanDiamond.
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A rare one - Zinner Syndrome radiopaedia.org/articles/zin… Absent kidney and seminal vesicle cyst, the latter symptomatic and requested for therapeutic aspiration by #Irad @CAIRweb @NYGH_News @NYGHFoundation (posted with permission)
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3 yrs since my own #melanoma diagnosis - Happy & healthy at tonight’s Evening the Shade @thebentway supporting dcmf.ca in honour of a life cut short, raising awareness #besunsafe & supporting research 👏 👏 @CureMelanoma @MelanomaReAlli @MelanomaCan
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#FridayVibes Nice end of the day, traumatic pseudoaneurysm with big subcutaneous hematoma, quick & #gratifying percutaneous embo with US-guided thrombin injection #IRad @CAIRweb @NYGH_News @NYGHFoundation (posted w permission)
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What a night! Shout out to the rads from @NYGH_News, celebrating 105 yrs of #radiology at #UofT! Phenomenal legacy, impact & bright future @UofTMedIm @uoftmedicine ..🙏 for the great #AI talks Dr Colak & @KateHanneman. It was great seeing everyone @imagingtoronto @radiologyto
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Happy #NursingWeek2025 !! Celebrating our amazing team ⁦@NYGH_News⁩ ⁦@NYGHFoundation⁩ ⁦@CAIRweb⁩ ⁦@UofTMedIm⁩ ⁦@Neilisrad⁩
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