Maria P. Velez, MD, PhD, FRCSC, Women's Reproductive Health

 Congrats @EmilyCRichmond  , #qmed2022 , @QueensUGME , on your @CIHR_IHDCYH  AWARD of Excellence for your poster presentation at #CNPRM2021 We @QueensOBGYN , @QueensUHealth are very proud of you!

 Short term outcomes of  #endometriosis  surgery using @ICESOntario   population-based data. Approximately one-third of patients undergoing surgical management for #endometriosis in Ontario between 2002 and 2018 had a hysterectomy. The complication rate after surgery was low, but increased with more extensive surgery.  @oanto011 @mp_velez https://doi.org/10.1111/aogs.14071

 Our article on menopausal characteristics and risk of cardiovascular disease is now out in @MenopauseJrnl .  Thank you @CIHR_IRSC  Institute of Aging & @clsa_elcv  for your support. Manuscript: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33399323/ Video Summary:

 Lucky to review Cogna Priyanka   Ph.D proposal on the 10th anniversary of my Ph.D. proposal defence. What do we have in common? Both of us proposed to work w/ The MIREC cohort http://mirec-canada.ca   #pregnancy #environment Congrats Priyanka, way to go! @HealthCanada @CIHR_IRSC

Raise your hand if you've had a female mentor, and you know that they have contributed to your impact as scholar. Me! Dr. Patricia Hormaza @upbcolombia   #Clinicabolivariana - Colombia  Dr. Ina da Silva dos Santos @UFPel  - Brazil  Dr. Tye Arbuckle @GovCanHealth - Canada  Dr. Maria-Victoria Zunzunegui @UMontreal  - Canada

Today is #WorldPrematurityDay . As an #infertility specialist, my responsibility is to decrease the risk of #pretermbirth through research and clinical practice.  Thank you @CIHR_IHDCYH , @QueensOBGYN , @QueensUHealth for making this possible, & to my patients for inspiring me.

Congrats Madison Price #qmed2021 on our manuscript acceptance! "Early & surgical #menopause associated with high Framingham Risk Scores in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging" Thx: @CIHR_IRSC & @clsa_elcv x funding  @QueensUGME   x valuing #research in MD curriculum

 Grateful to be part of an institution that values #research as essential to medical education, @QueensUHealth . Congrats to @QueensUGME & #qmed students on a successful research showcase, well done!

Congrats @AvrilynnD on the publication of this case report, great job! Fortunate to work at @QueensUHealth w/colleagues like @docguerin , who nicely responds to my emails when patients like this need her expertise.  Special thanks to our #patient for sharing her case: #PCOS & mTS

 About Patient Advocacy through Research & Teaching: What started as a research question x the #qmed critical enquiry course is now @charlyecoleman et al. paper. Congrats Charly! We hope this @QueensUHealth work using @ICESOntario data improves #fertility x patients w/ #AYACancer

 As a clinician-scientist at @QueensOBGYN , I mentor grad students from @QueensuPHS ...and this is the face of satisfaction we have when our students successfully defend their work. Congrats Pearl, you did an excellent job, now enjoy your well-deserved MSc Biostatistics title!

 Important study led by @QueensOBGYN resident @Jenn__McCall with the mentorship of  @RomyNitsch . Thank you @PSIFoundation for funding medical research and supporting our residents to fulfill your mission “to improve the health of Ontarians” @queensuResearch @QueensUHealth

This is @QueensUHealth research collaboration: When @QueensuDOM @QueensOBGYN @QueensuPHS @QueensGenSurg & coll from UCSF and USC work together to study pregnancy outcomes in women with cirrhosis using @ICESOntario data. Thank you, Dr. Flemming, for leading this important work!

Presenting at ESHRE 2020, not from Copenhagen as initially planned, but from Kingston at 4:00 a.m.

Luciana Gallo, former PhD student, just published her manuscript "Another piece of the Zika puzzle: assessing the associated factors to microcephaly in a systemic review and meta-analysis".  We had the pleasure to have Luciana at Queen's University from September 2017 to January 2019 as part of her PhD program at University of Brasilia. Good job Luciana and " saudades de você " This is the link to the open access manuscript.

Just got this photo and wanted to share the joy of mentoring research students @QueensOBGYN . Flavia 🇧🇷 chose Queen's University and we are lucky to have her. Jillian volunteered with us and will start MD school at  Schulich WesternU . Nakeisha was an EPID499 student and she excelled! I'm proud of them!

In this systematic review led by Dr. Elias, Postdoc at Queens OBGYN, we highlight the importance of monitoring neonatal outcomes in ART pregnancies. Thank you CIHR IHDCYH  for your support.  Link to the manuscript: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32445067/ Review Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2020 May 22. doi: 10.1007/s00404-020-05593-4. Neonatal Outcomes in Singleton Pregnancies Conceived by Fresh or Frozen Embryo Transfer Compared to Spontaneous Conceptions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Flavia T S Elias (1, 2), Danielle Weber-Adrian (1), Jessica Pudwell (1), Jillian Carter (1), Mark Walker (3), Laura Gaudet (1), Graeme Smith (1), Maria P Velez (4, 5) Affiliations 1) Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kingston General Hospital, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, K7L 2V7, Canada. 2) Health Technology Assessment Program, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brasilia, Brazil. 3) Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Newborn Care, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8M5, Canada. 4)...

Amanda Baillargeon (ObGyn resident) officially kicked-off our project with a physically distanced Grand Rounds! Our goal is to improve the reproductive health and quality of life of female adolescents and young adults with cancer.