Urology Specialist Registrar in London, UK | Uro-Oncology & Academics | Tennis NUT 🎾 | Former @BJUIjournal Section Editor @BURSTurology VC |
London, England
Joined January 2012
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Meg Kulkarni 💙 retweeted
Are you still describing AEs with the term "TOXICITY"? Even when publishing papers reporting graded AEs? If so, I recommend reviewing this notification from @theNCI and noting the date it was released.
He needs to do his homework
He’s NOT the only player in history to get any scrutiny or criticism for being world number 1
Get over yourself Alex
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Meg Kulkarni 💙 retweeted
ESMO 2026 GU recap: PROTEUS, DASL-HiCaP, CAPItello-281, VOLGA, POTOMAC, PE-PE, and LITESPARK-011.
The prostate, bladder, and kidney cancer data to know ↓
Swipe through →
hubs.li/Q04D5dZb0
#ESMO26 #GUOnc
Meg Kulkarni 💙 retweeted
🚨 #CurrentUrology Spotlight
Spermidine and male infertility: beyond semen parameters?
A 60-man RCT found that adding spermidine (4 mg/day) for 3 months improved fertility-related quality of life and sleep quality. Improvements in semen parameters were not statistically significant.
🔗 doi.org/10.1097/CU9.00000000…
#UroSoMe #Andrology #MaleInfertility #SleepHealth
Meg Kulkarni 💙 retweeted
New BMJ Research: How effective is paravertebral blockade versus thoracic epidural during the perioperative period in reducing chronic post-thoracotomy pain?
bmj.com/content/395/bmj-2026…
Linked commentary
bmj.com/content/395/bmj-2026…
Meg Kulkarni 💙 retweeted
🔬 Do clinical trials truly represent the patients we treat every day?
Excited to share the latest publication developed within the PIONEER+ EAU UroEvidenceHub initiative!
📊 Using real-world data from 32,585 patients with newly diagnosed metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC), we assessed the applicability of 12 landmark randomized controlled trials.
🔎 Key findings:
Up to 55% of real-world patients would have been ineligible for individual pivotal trials.
55–60% met at least one exclusion criterion from the trials evaluated.
Anemia, heart failure, and renal impairment were among the most frequent reasons for exclusion.
Importantly, a substantial proportion of patients receiving trial-tested therapies in routine practice would not have qualified for the trials supporting their use.
💡 The take-home message?
Randomized trials tell us whether treatments work under controlled conditions. Real-world evidence helps us understand how applicable those findings are to the patients sitting in front of us.
We need more inclusive clinical trials, better integration of real-world evidence, and treatment decisions that reflect patient complexity not just disease characteristics.
@GGandaglia @Sevans_axelsson @NICOLETTIRosse1 @dr_rajwa @poolik @Uroweb
#ProstateCancer #RealWorldEvidence #PIONEERplus #mHSPC
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Meg Kulkarni 💙 retweeted
What else could be more interesting on your Tuesday evening than @Uroweb webinar covering sperm selection, varicocele tx & hormone selecting @jovcorona @CarloBettocchi @MikkelFode @DinkSmit #JonathanRamsey?? Still time to register webinars.uroweb.org/EAU/webi…
Meg Kulkarni 💙 retweeted
Our campaign is about reducing burnout, returning the time we had to actually fix our services and regaining comparable pay. Here's me explaining on GBNews. #DemandBetter
Meg Kulkarni 💙 retweeted
We have recoded BAUS on Demand to improve functionality. Previous conference videos for @BAUSurology members. The views and likes counters are now working. A lot more content coming soon. Check it out:
baus.org.uk/mybaus/education…
Common in surgery
This is because this is the timetable and there is work to do with fewer skilled and appropriately trained people doing the work
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We were!!
But there is A LOT going on
That frankly should be kept private given this is a private matter - not a public one
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Meg Kulkarni 💙 retweeted
A terrible loss. She was the world's premiere infectious disease reporter -- an icon for all of us in public health science and journalism alike.
It is hard to believe that Helen Branswell has passed away. Just heartbreaking.
On January 4, 2020, Helen wrote STAT's first story on a mystery pneumonia outbreak in China. She saw the pandemic coming well before anyone was paying attention.
Helen was a journalist who knew more than most of the experts she interviewed. She understood the science, the history and the politics of every outbreak she covered. She asked the hardest (and best) questions and never let me get away with a vague answer
Experts learned from her. I certainly did
It's hard to imagine a world of pandemics, biological threats and so much more without a Helen Branswell to explain it all.
statnews.com/2026/10/13/hele…
Meg Kulkarni 💙 retweeted
Dehiscence, infection, seroma, haematoma (DISH): development and validation of a new classification of surgical site outcomes
➡️ doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znag112
The proposed cross-specialty, global DISH Classification facilitates more comprehensive surveillance and audit of SSOs in clinical practice and research, by standardizing reporting of all relevant grades of clinical presentation and management of SSOs
Work by Giles Bond-Smith , Marja A Boermeester , David J Leaper , Philip L Russo , Antonia F Chen , the SSO Working Group Authors , the SSO Expert Panel , the SSO Validation Study Panel
#SoMe4Surgery #MedTwitter #SurgEd #Surgery @RCPSGTrainees @aecirujanos @SEIQuirurgica @iss_sic #MedicalTechniques @BJSAcademy @young_bjs @BJSOpen @evanscolorectal @robhinchliffe1 @bplwijn @MalinASund @nfmkok @TejedorPat @paulo_sutt @PVaughanShaw @JJEarnshaw @juliomayol @ksoreide #some4hpb #some4tpl @DPCG_official @pancreatitis_nl @PancreasClub #PancreasClub2023 #PancreaticCancer #Pancreatitis #HCC @PanCAN #PanCANawareness @EurPancClub @P_C_E_ @dice_europe #PancreaticCancer #cholangiocarcinoma #HPBSurgery #GallbladderCancer #Oncology #LiverSurgery #colorectalsurgery #StepUp4CRC @FightCRC @ACPGBI #ERAS @dice_europe #Crohn #proctology @Dukes_Club @ACPGBI_EduTrain @AECP_FAECP @PelvExGroup @escp_tweets @YouESCP #TeachMeColoproctology
#Some4COLoprocto #some4UGI #uppergi #esophagealcancer #gastriccancer #reflux @ISDE_net @Augishealth @roux_group @T4UGIS @SARONG_Trial @YoungIFSO #bariatricsurgery
Meg Kulkarni 💙 retweeted
I have noticed an up tick in PA anons and PA supporting accounts coming to give an opinion-on my feed- about my views on @lengreview PA protocols.
To help you, I have 3 things to say.
1. I don't have any influence in the system, I am not part of Council @RCPhysicians (powers that be terminated my time).
I have no voice that anyone takes much note of- especially in @NHSE_WTE @NHSEngland circles.
There's a reason I am not in the @HSJnews Non-white influential people list- it's because I don't have influence. That is a fact.
So don't worry at all about my view.
2. Making references to my recent loss in a derogatory way is more a reflection of your upbringing or lack of it.
I spend enough time nowadays in darkness- you can't make it worse.
Avoid it- you never know what happens in your own life in the future
3. You should have the same approach as I do to pro-PA views. I literally don't care at this point. I believe the way in which many have tried and are trying to use PAs is dangerous to the public. You don't agree.
Fine- it's a democracy.
But I will say what I believe to be true.
Also- if you bring heat to a conversation?
Don't flounce off when you get smoked in return.
Refer to point 3- I don't care about your opinion at this point
I hope that helps
Thanks and much love
Partha
Meg Kulkarni 💙 retweeted
Lymphocele cited as major reason in guidelines to avoid LND in prostate cancer. Here we show most almost all lymphoceles (42/43) come from Cloquet's node, which should not be removed during LND. auajournals.org/doi/10.1097/…
A really important topic and a brilliant interview.
📻 Did you catch BBC Radio 2 yesterday?
Our Chair, Mary Garthwaite, joined Dr Allison Gardner MP on the Jeremy Vine Show discussing chronic UTIs.
An estimated 1.6 million women in the UK live with chronic UTIs, it's vital these voices are heard & that change happens now.
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Meg Kulkarni 💙 retweeted
Devastating news 💔
Rest in peace dear Rachna.
medicine.arizona.edu/news/20…