Sign up for a free webinar launching University of Leicester’s annual ‘Breaking Barriers' Refugee Week. Find out what it means that we're a University of Sanctuary, and how you can get involved through volunteering. 📆Monday 1 March ⏰12noon 💻eventbrite.co.uk/e/we-are-citiz…

❌The risk of weapon contamination should not be forgotten. ❌More than 11.5 million people in #Syria are affected by the presence of explosive remnants of war. In 2020 and with the support of #ICRC and Syrian Red Crescent👇

Excellent data from #COVID19Vaccine efficacy after 1st dose in Scotland-preprint paper: Pfizer vacine 85 % effective for #COVID19 related hospitalisation at 28-34 days Oxford Vacine 94% Combined vaccine effect for >80yrs 81% Dr Nikita Kanani (she/her) Dr Harpreet Sood @PHE_uk ed.ac.uk/files/atoms/fi…

This month in our Transplant Oncology series we review #LiverTx for Cholangiocarcinoma with two world experts Dr Julie Heimbach from Mayo Clinic and Prof Gonzalo @sapisochin from Toronto! Register now and see you on Wed 17 Mar! 👉 bit.ly/LiverTxMarch21

Type 2 diabetes increases your chances of #pancreaticcancer. Reducing your body weight and alcohol consumption as well as exercising more often reduces the risk of type 2 diabetes. Find out more about #diabetes as a risk factor: bit.ly/2AjrWer

1 in 20 hospital admissions has some error with 1 in 20 of those serious = 1 in 400 chance of major harm Many errors are preventable by human factors application including better team working, lowering authority gradients, effective communication & optimising our performance

U of T Department of Surgery Ranked 4th in the World torontoaotransplantfellowship.com/u-of-t-departm…

New case added to our library of HPB lap cases! pie.med.utoronto.ca/TVASurg/projec… This month's release is a pediatric laparoscopic segment 6/7 liver resection by @BAmirSayed and @sapisochin. Let us know what you think about the new content on the case page! #SoMe4surgery #MedTwitter

Proud to share that we have performed a landmark 1000 live donor liver transplant in Toronto since the start of the program in 2000. Gratitude to all the donors and to an amazing team Ajmera Transplant Centre UHN

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Very informative talk about pushing the boundaries in paediatric liver surgery by the inspiring @BAmirSayed what a great place to train University Health Network The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) TorontoHPBFellowship TVASurg

#PancreaticCancer epidemiology: understanding the role of lifestyle and inherited risk factors. Review in Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology by Alison Klein nature.com/articles/s4157…

Today NEJM: POINTER trial DutchPancreatitisSG: immediate drainage of infected necrotizing pancreatitis does not improve outcome. In fact, postponed drainage approach: 39% only required antibiotic tx and 22% necrosectomy. Wonderful 🇳🇱 nationwide collab! nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

“My Acute Pancreatitis” is now available for free download for iPhones. The App is for patients, carers and healthcare professionals to educate and inform about this potentially devastating disease. apple.co/3GAlNb3 LondonHPB HPB Dublin Hpb North_Newcastle The Roux Group NIGPS

HPB unit Hospital del Mar IHPBA [email protected] Mohamed Abu Hilal Nicola de'Liguori Ca Pancreas Verona Great. Few observations: 1.”Falciform wrap” probably not the best name. “Teres wrap” seems more appropriate. 2.In the video, the GDA stump remains uncovered. We put in on top in open/robotic #Whipple 3.Good evidence pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34746958/

I’m thrilled to have officially opened Space Park Leicester, our new home for collaborative research in space science, supporting business growth and excellence across the region. Thanks to Tim Peake @GeorgeFreemanMP Leicester City Mayor and our guests for coming to celebrate with us

Diagnosed at 72. Enjoying his 76th birthday celebrations last weekend. Thank you for every day... Leicester's Hospitals HPBLeicester Pancreatic Cancer UK