Dr. Ashwin R. Maharaj, BSc MB BCh FACS

12/11/2023

Today I got one of the greatest pieces of news in my professional life. A patient that I was caring for on Saturday suffered a cardiac arrest while we were performing a gastroscopy for him. We immediately started CPR and for the next six minutes we watched him become blue and his eyes glazed over, and I feared the worst that we had lost him. With the expert help of my team; recovery and procedure room, nurses, and my expert anesthesiology colleague, primarily with high-quality CPR, (with the heel of your clenched, hand press, hard and press fast on the lower part of the breastbone, at least 2 inches in depth in adults, at a rate of about 100 to 120 compressions per minute.) (get somebody to call 911 as soon as possible)

We were able to return a pulse to a man I thought we had lost. I heard today that he was responding well to the sound of his daughters voice, and we are very hopeful that he will come off his breathing tube and return to his usual activity and enjoyment of life very soon!!

It was not that we gave him fancy drugs, or put a breathing tube in for him that brought him around … but high-quality CPR, which is the cornerstone of cardiac life-support in such situations. 

I implore everyone of you to learn, basic, cardiac life-support BCLS through the American Heart Association and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada courses that will give you the skills needed to save a life as we did a couple of days ago. 

https://cpr.heartandstroke.ca/s/bls?language=en_US

09/30/2022

First Laser assisted Hemorrhoidoplasty (LHP)cases in Canada. 10 cases in and no problems, no calls or texts with severe pain after surgery. 🤞🏾Thanks to Paul, Gil and Eduardo and team at Clarion/Neo/The Clinic at Beverly Hills/ Thornhill Endoscopy and the trust in me from my patients to help my patients get here.

09/21/2022

Presenting minimally invasive surgical hemorrhoid therapy experience at the European Society of Coloproctology conference in Dublin

09/20/2022

One of my great inspirations to go into medicine and eventually surgery 😍😍. M*A*S*H

“Mike Farrell and I today toasting the 50th anniversary of the show that changed our lives - and our brilliant pals who made it what it was. MASH was a great gift to us.”
- Alan Alda
9/17/2022

09/10/2022

Recently returned from 30 year medical school reunion. Very happy to see my mentor who took me through my first appendectomy!!!

08/25/2022

Attended RCSI Scientific Meeting; connecting with Mentors and Colleagues was awesome!!

07/20/2022

You are invited to a Zoom webinar. Given by Dr. Ashwin Maharaj

THE DOWN LOW ON ALL THINGS THAT CAN GO WRONG WITH ONES BOTTOM:
HEMORRHOIDS
FISSURES
FISTULAS
ABSCESSES

When: Jul 20, 2022 20:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Jul 20, 2022 20:30
Aug 17, 2022 17:00
Sep 13, 2022 10:00
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04/15/2022

With great sadness I heard today the passing of the son of the originator of the Shouldice repair, Dr. Byrnes Shouldice. Both Drs Shouldice, Edward Earle and Byrnes championed and perpetuated, respectively, the simple timeless elegant genius of the continuous running non absorbable suture and the utility of the patients own tissues in the repair of primary groin hernias. Their legacy will leave on forever in the groins of their many hundreds of thousands patients and surgeons like me who will never forget.

06/26/2021

Loved chatting with you about my guides in my professional and personal development!!

NEW EPISODE ALERT🚨: "My Father was a GP". Please join me to hear the amazing story of Dr. Ashwin R. Maharaj, BSc MB B*h FACS.

Dr. Ashwin Maharaj, Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, Member of American College of Colorectal Surgeons, Outpatient Gastrointestinal Medicine and Natural Tissue Hernia Repairs, Clinical Lead Minimally Invasive Hemorrhoid Therapies is our special guest on Pulse by healthjobhub, Healthcare Superheroes Podcast with host Prasanthi Naidoo, founder of healthjobhub.com.

Hear his incredible story about what inspired him to become a physician and the work he does today.

Link to podcast:https://anchor.fm/prasanthi-naidoo/episodes/My-Father-Was-a-GP-e13dfu6

04/10/2021

The erstwhile enemy symptomatic hemorrhoid