Julie Hallet
@HalletJulie
🎓MD MSc FRCSC FSSO 😷HPB Cancer Surgeon 👩🏻💻Associate Professor @UofTSurgery ⚜️Québec City Girl 🐣 See tweet highlights for #NETs oncology posts
Thrilled to announce the launch of @CUTNETs_ 🦓 🔪, a surgical collaborative for #NETs care and research! Together, we aim to unite expertise and resources in NET surgery to ⬆️outcomes 🇨🇦🇮🇹🇺🇸🇲🇽🇬🇧🇳🇴🇸🇪🇫🇷🇦🇹🇩🇪🇳🇱 More in @LancetGastroHep ✉️with @spartelli 🔗tinyurl.com/yc2w7vba
Increasing the familiarity of surgeon-anesthesiologist dyads represents an opportunity to improve patient outcomes for GI, gynecology oncology, and spine surgery. ja.ma/4kpF1mj @mcisaac_d @alanaflex
Stop ✋ saying “p < 0.05 = significant” now!
Stop saying “p < 0.05 = significant”. It’s wrong. It’s dangerous. And it’s everywhere. Our latest commentary explains why this myth still prevails in medicine and what we should do instead. 📄 Why is p-Value Controversial? 🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s00270… With @RovettaAless
🎙️New data for management of #HCC What is new? What is in the works? Review this & more with @AdamYopp @docamitgs & Katie Kelley in new #SurgOncToday podcast 🎧 A real masterclass in perioperative care for HCC 🔝 podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/sur…
🆕 @AnnalsofSurgery ‼️ We examined Wait Time targets in CRC surgery in 🇨🇦 Meeting traditional targets (<28 days) isn't linked to better survival. But a new data-driven target (<45 days) is. Time for an update? ⌛️ 📄 doi.org/10.1097/SLA.00… @HalletJulie @UofTSurgery #Surgery
Excellent @UNCurology Grand Rounds from Bryan Sack @nationwidekids on considerations for left-handed surgeons
New data on pain & burnout in OR teams in @AmJSurgery by @chrouserMD Among all team members 😣62% pain from surgery 😖31% pain from 💻work 😞42% burnout - correlated with pain ⚡️ Better ergonomics could help with this! linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S…
Registration is open for #SSE2025 Join us virtually on September 26th to talk about how to use innovation to improve ergonomics in the OR & learn how to make your work safer! 🔗 events.zoom.us/ev/Aqa8Xt76WX8…
More guidance on MEN1, with review of surgery for related #NETs 💭MEN1 PanNETs are multiple, small (<5mm), & survival excellent ＃1️⃣ is observation👀 🔪Resection if >2cm or progression 👉🏻 focus on dominant NET, spare parenchyma & ⚠️avoid total 🔗endocrinepractice.org/article/S1530-…
🆕MEN-1 recommendations - screening & management of PTH, pituitary & #NETs 🔑for duo/pan-NETs ✔️initial SSTR-PET in all ✔️<2cm and <1mm growth 👉🏻observe q 1-2 yrs ✔️no routine eus Consider genetic testing🧬 if new PanNETs <40 yo👉🏻is it realistic? 🔗sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Another 💎 from DISPAIR consortium @SurgJournal: Does neoadjuvant therapy reduce complications after left pancreatectomy? 9 high-volume centers, propensity score matched Pancreatic fistula: neoadjuvant 20% vs 24%, p=0.7 No diff in other complications. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
New work ongoing to improve safety of OR staff via better ergonomics - ERGO-T (ergonomics time out) Check out summary by @urogabe 👇🏻 Excited to complete this with 🌎🌍🌏 multidisciplinary team 🤩
🚨 Excited to announce the launch of the ERGO-T Initiative 🚨 Surgical safety checklists transformed perioperative care. Why not apply the same rigor to prevent surgeon injury and burnout? 🧵⬇️
Distribution of the NCCN stages of #PancreaticCancer ? 16,412 pts (2017-2022) 🇳🇱 👉23% primary resectable 👉 8% borderline resectable 👉 11% locally advanced 👉 58% metastatic ⏩️ academic.oup.com/bjs/article/11…
Surveillance over right hemi for appendix #NETs 1-2cm - not only safe but cost-effective💰 Markov analysis from 🇮🇹 ✅Survival is same >98% ✅Surveillance cost-effective - ⬆️with longer FU Varies in 🌎👉🏻less cost-effective South Asia & Africa 📝🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.100…
What is "Conversion surgery" 🐛➡️🦋 for upfront unresectable upper GI and HPB cancers ⁉️ 💉 Triggered by improvements in non surgical therapies 🧰 Many techniques included 🏆 Able to improve survival! 💡 All u need to know in ⬇ comprehensive review academic.oup.com/bjsopen/articl…
Thanks @UofTSurgOnc fellows for the honour of 2025 McCready Cup!🙏🏻😀 Always inspired to see you all grow as surgical oncologists. And so special to receive this from the hands of a #surgonc legend I learned so much from, Dr David McCready💛⭐️ (& nice hat trick for the HPB team)
Congrats to our Faculty award winners, who were recognized during graduation by fellows for their teaching, mentorship & impact on education! @savbrar @alegronchi @HalletJulie @AM_Covelli_MD Thank you!🤩
Functional imaging is 🔑in neuroendocrine neoplasms Lots of info beyond SUV to understand the tumor📊👩🏻💻 Data from 🇦🇺 Metabolic tumor volume is prognostic - associated with 🔬tumor grade 😃survival To include in reports? 🤔 jnm.snmjournals.org/content/early/…
Canada Day means a new academic year 😁 Before we start again - congrats to all the fellows who just graduated from @UofTSurgOnc! 👏🏻 Training fellows & learning from them every day is a privilege & one of my favourite things Keep in touch! Please keep a piece of 🇨🇦 with you 😀
That was the last OR day with Dr Acher! Always bittersweet to see fellows go🥹 So proud of the highly skilled, brilliant, whip-smart surgeon she is 🌟 @WiscSurgery, you're lucky to have her! Now, we can always dream of getting her on social media 😅
What will my life look like after surgery? STAYHOME helps answer for older adults for cancer surgery: 🏡individualized risk of staying home at 6 & 12 months 😷uses preop info ✅discrimination & calibration @JAMASurgery jamanetwork.com/journals/jamas…
