Consultant Gastroenterologist & IBD Physician @ Sheffield Teaching Hospitals & World Endoscopy Organisation Centre for Excellence

Sheffield, England
Joined November 2016
Don’t forget about our Facebook live event tonight! We have gastroenterologists Prof Charlie Lees, Dr Nick Kennedy, Dr Nick Powell and Dr Tariq Ahmad, and IBD nurse specialist, Kerry Robinson here to share the latest information about coronavirus.
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Joshua Chew retweeted
Sign up for the 2nd Sheffield Pancreatology Symposium which is taking place on the morning of 12th March. This online meeting will cover both the daily challenges and most up-to-date advances in improving care for patients with pancreatic disease ow.ly/j5z350DGoKC
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Wow, 69% say colon capsule first line diagnostic not appropriate or major reservations! Check out Kjolhede's CCE colonoscopy meta-analysis (or previous Spada one). 87% sensitivity in detecting polyps >5mm. DOI: 10.1055/a-1249-3938. Better than CTC?!
nice.org.uk/Media/Default/Ab… Medical twitter friends, please help me with this! Setting aside the need for cost-analyses, is colon capsule endoscopy ready for use as a first line diagnostic tool?
41%unreservedly, no
19%minor reservations
28%major reservations
12%unreservedly, yes
129 votes • Final results
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Wake up and smell the coffee!
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"Ultimately, workforce shortages are the root of most problems facing the NHS right now. Increasing the workforce, and so reducing workload, is what will make the biggest difference," says RCP president @bodgoddard in his piece for @timesredbox today: thetimes.co.uk/article/nhs-s…
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Sharing a little fun project I did with an old little plant pot! Have a happy day everyone! 😃 #JustForFun
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What a #BSG2019 it has been. It's been brilliant to see #TeamSheffield presenting their work from #pancreatic to #CoeliacDisease, #GIBleeds to #IBD, #CapsuleEndoscopy to #MicroscopicColitis and a Hopkins Awards for Prof Sanders! Already looking forward to their future projects!
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This time last week we had just seen Prof Sanders awarded the Hopkins Endoscopy Prize making the hat-trick for Sheffield with Prof McAlindon @Rockinbanjo and Prof Sidhu! Congratulations again to #TeamSheffield #BSG2019
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Joshua Chew retweeted
The #IBDStandards are all on the IBD UK website ibduk.org with guidance and resources to support implementation.
Looking forward to the the official launch of the #IBDstandards later on this morning. Take a closer look at ibduk.org/ibd- standards! @IBDUKTEAM #BSG2019
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Dr Priya Narula, Consultant Paediatric Gastroenterologist speaking on Transition Care at the annual BSG conference.
Great to hear Prof Hopper @AndrewH14541870 talk about how fine needle biopsy for pancreatic solid lesions improves accuracy with metal biliary stents! #BSG2019 #TeamSheffield
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Great to see Dr Mustafa Jalal @DrM_Jalal explaining how digital skeletal muscle index can be used to predict palliative chemotherapy uptake before patients undergo endoscopic pancreatic biopsy! #BSG2019 #TeamSheffield
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Joshua Chew retweeted
Replying to @BritSocGastro
@BritSocGastro Dr Gloria Tun, IBD fellow from Sheffield presenting her work on infliximab dose escalation in IBD. – at Glasgow, Scotland
Coeliac disease - Do older patients have the most extensive small bowel involvement on capsule endoscopy? Find out with Dr Zamit's poster presentation today #BSG2019 #TeamSheffield
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Great to learn about the effect of infliximab dose escalation in inflammatory bowel disease patients with antibodies to infliximab from Dr Gloria Tun #BSG2019 #TeamSheffield
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A pleasure to learn about idiopathic villous atrophy with Dr Annalisa Schiepatti! Seronegative villous atrophy of unknown origin displays distinctive clinical and genetic features and natural history! #BSG2019 #TeamSheffield
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