Prof John Leeds
@NEndoscopy
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Prof Leeds doing all things HPB medicine: advanced clinical practice, EUS, ERCP, training and research. Tweets do not mean endorsement.
Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
Joined April 2020
New signage in our hospital. Can you guess what this one signifies?
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Amazing achievement by my friend and colleague. He has been awarded an MBE for bringing endoscopy services to Sierra Leone. Focussed hard work and all in his own time. Well Dr David Nylander MBE!!!
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I’m absolutely blown away but from August I will be known as Professor John Leeds!!!. Thank you @UniofNewcastle for this amazing honour. I hope I serve you well. And thanks to @Cathxly for the support and encouragement.
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@malinga_r @NHSuk This is simply nuts right? Our place uses this provider but the estates or parking people can ask them to cancel the fines. Either they need to extend to 0900 or you leave at 0815. Get support from Ed sup or HOD.
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Struggling to sleep. Daughter had an operation today for #IBD and am amazed as ever at her resilience. It’s hard to see your kid in pain (even tho she’s 20). It’s also hard not to be there. Too many things going through my mind. Just wanting her to be better….
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It is with great pride that can announce that my close colleague and friend has been elevated to the ranks of professor!! I give you Professor Kofi Oppong. Please note the cake colours are in support of Ukraine…
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This is of course how Santa gets down the chimney. The original therapeutic endoscopist…
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First day back from a weeks holiday. This is my all day endo list!!
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When are we as endoscopists going to let the world know that this is actually a real thing??.#puddingstomach
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Latest paper from our unit showing that about 10% of the time we get 💩 on our faces during any type of endoscopy. Should we all wear face shields routinely then??.
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@suzi1dore Big big kudos. My daughter (20) had a subtotal colectomy over Christmas and just spent a few days away. Because of people like you she feels comfortable wearing her bikini with her ileostomy bag visible. This is truly one of the best things about social media. Thank you.
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Did our first EUS GJ today. Technically gone very well. Saw the patient this afternoon and they were so grateful. Hope that there will be clinical success too. #advancedendoscopy.
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Christmas Day meal on New Years Day as daughter has been in hospital. She is doing so well and an amazing young woman. So glad we could all be together.
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Ok in Twitter blackjack this is 21!!.Honoured to meet up with The Bollipo and The Siau. @drkeithsiau @stevenbollipo
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@DrEilidhMaria @Iromg It’s actually 3 Eilidh. The medical degree is 2 degrees and equivalent to a masters degree anyway. This is why we don’t need to do a masters to be eligible for an MD or PhD in the U.K. They don’t know the sacrifice that we’ve already made and what we’re worth until we’re gone….
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Just noticed that I’ve crossed the 3000 mark for followers. Honoured and humbled to have so many people decide to do so. Thanks so much and hope that I will remain interesting enough to remain on your followers list. Thanks all!!
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Daughter improving slowly post op. Bit of ileus yesterday but now feeling up to watching a Muppets Christmas Carol!!.What an admirable woman she truly is.
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Pleasant surprise this evening. Have been doing intermittent fasting (16:8) for the last about 5 weeks and some took a photo of me. Left is late December 23 and right is today. Still a fair way to go but have to say am feeling good.
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Nothing like a variceal bleed at 04:00 to bring you to full wakefulness!!.
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Been there. Turn up for your kids. Nothing and I mean nothing else matter more….
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Hard to believe this young lady is just over 2 weeks following major surgery! So grateful everything is going so well.
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What is worse for patient care?.1. Striking to allow improvement in workforce conditions and creation of a happy and sustainable workforce. 2. Carrying on regardless without appropriate support until there are no nurses/doctors left and patients are dying in ambulances….
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Thinking of those receiving their GCSE results today. Hope you all get what you need to progress to the next stage. If you don’t though, it’s not the end of the world as people think. I got 1 B, 4 C’s, 3 D’s and an E (English) and still made it to med school….
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This time last year we were in hospital waiting for the dorta to be well enough for discharge following a subtotal colectomy. This year we are all together enjoying each others company. My family has always been the greatest gift ever…
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Delighted to have invited to be an Associate Editor for Frontline Gastroenterology as HPB lead. Looking forward to helping the journal on from strength to strength. @FrontGastro_BMJ
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Full support to the nurses today who are striking. I hope that the government notice and action something. NO ONE else is able to do your job and the pandemic showed how valuable you all are. We are with you all the way!!!.
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North Tyneside 10k complete!! We t wasn’t fast and it wasn’t pretty but I did it!!! Thanks for all the support particularly from these nutters. Recovery ravioli at the Links Gallery…
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North Tyneside 10k today. I’m not fully ready but am doing it for charity. 2 years ago could barely walk with L5 disc prolapse. The aim is not a time. The aim is completion and fundraising.
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Eid adha Mubarak to all my Muslim friends and colleagues.
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I’m asking those who love the outdoors to post a picture. A picture that YOU took. Just a picture. No description. The goal is to regain peace harmony without negativity. Please copy the text,put a picture on YOUR page,and let's look at these beautiful pictures. Here's mine.
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@DrEilidhMaria @Iromg Many don’t and it’s something to be proud of. We worked damn hard to achieve what we have become and despite the bile (sorry PB had to get that word in) spewed by some, the vast majority of the country still appreciate us for what we do.
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Proud of our hospital. Complex procedure done in IR with advanced endoscopy component. Best part, both consultant IR and PB endoscopist are women. Successful procedure done by Dr Bidour AwadElKarim and Dr Georgia Priona. @BritSocGastro
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Calling all BSG members. I am standing for election onto the endoscopy committee and would value your vote. Vote opens soon….
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Dr Daisy Sutcliffe presenting our duodenal EMR data. She’s only an F1 but has gone above and beyond to get this data together and has been rewarded by having an oral presentation at #BSGlive24
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@jtrebach Friendliest is the liver as basically the most forgiving organ there is. Pancreas defo the meanest. Just have to look at it in the wrong way and it gets all angry and vindictive taking the lungs, kidneys and pretty much and other organ it can down with it….
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This guy presents the actual issues and I share very much the same background. When I graduated (1998) I had <£10K debt and was paid proportionally more. Able to get a house at the end of PRHO yr and all debt gone by about 2 yrs. The government can change all of this easily.
1. Tomorrow i will be supporting the NHS #ConsultantsStrike.About Me:.➡️ I am a cardiology consultant / professor @UHNM_NHS .➡️ i was from a working class background, i went to a state comprehensive. My dad left school at 16, mum at 12. I am the first / only member of my family.
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@Iromg @DrEilidhMaria You need to fact check yourself and research why the NHS is in this state - if the government funded it properly then there wouldn’t be the gaps. The main groups not doing routine work on a weekend are not the doctors.
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@DrEilidhMaria N=9 PAs and no mention of the number of med students. Does correct for age or life experience and largely utterly meaningless….
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Calling all potential PB endoscopy fellows. Our job is now live and open for applications. 1 year fellowship in Newcastle U.K. with opportunity to train in advanced EUS and ERCP as well as non-endoscopic management of PB patients.
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On world IBD day big shout out to my daughter who deals with this on a daily basis. Oh and she also has arthritis. Love her. One day there will be a cure…
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Happy 25th Anniversary to my amazing wife @LeedsClare I know we (you) don’t look old enough for this. Love you so much and so proud of the life we have together. #amazedshehasntkilledmeyet
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Finally met @UKGastroDr in person despite feeling like I’ve known him for years. I know I’m part hobbit but he’s clearly part giant!. Coffee soon?
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Don’t usually do Halloween but thought I’d carve a cool pumpkin this year… whaddya think?
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So proud of @dabalota as first week completed as our new PB endoscopy consultant colleague. Best bit - full day of EUS and ERCP and a FULL FEMALE TEAM!!! @BritSocGastro @BSGTrainees @BSGSWiG @NUTHseniormedi1 @ScrubsNHeels
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@drkeithsiau There is no evidence that colonoscopy makes any difference in patients with acute lower GI bleeding. Sort them out then do a good procedure as an outpatient. Inpatient prep is simply pants….
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Considering a career in pancreaticobiliary medicine/endoscopy? Come and be our fellow. One of the largest services in the U.K. and long established training scheme.
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Great Axios course today at the NSTC with my colleague Manu Nayar. Great models and delegates with support from @bostonsci and @FujifilmUK
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EUS upskilling course yesterday at the Freeman. So proud to watch my colleague Dr Bidour AwadElKarim do some live cases including a tricky biopsy. Aiming to improve EUS provision nationally and internationally. @manuknayar @MitraVikramjit
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Emotional morning as middle child heads off to Nottingham for Uni. Eldest interviewing for a new job progressing her career and youngest starting sixth form. It’s all moving in Casa de Leeds…
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@ShaunLintern Also missing the point that out of hours and weekends etc are COMPULSORY effectively. This narrative of “they will earn more for…” is a false economy.
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Proud of this one: Dr Evelyn Lim. Has brought together the U.K. data on ampullectomy and presented an oral presentation at #ESGEDays2024 and will be at #BSG also. Lots of great discussion had. Love supervising and seeing such growth in our trainees.
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Day 3 of the Stoke course. Large stone jammed in the distal duct. Trainee led through a fistulotomy!!!
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@RoshanaMN The problem is that he is not alone. Personally I think it shows he’s the ‘snowflake’ for being complicit with this for years. People like this need calling out and marginalising until this kind of behaviour is not ‘normal’ and women can just get on with their work in peace.
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Happy new year to all. Let’s try to generally be a bit nicer to each other and work towards a happier world. Work hard, spend time with those that you love and love you back. Value that which is truly valuable and learn what true satisfaction means. Looking forward to a good 2023.
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@hm_quigley I worked with a great SHO colleague many years ago now (☹️) who used to reply to things like this with “I haven’t done the course” and watch panic and confusion ensue….
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Great day chairing the BSG PB trainees symposium along with @huggett_matthew and Noor Bekkali. Many thanks to the speakers, BSG and Wafaa Ahmed for organising. @dredgodfrey @GastronautIan @manuknayar @drnataliegastro @helpatologist @TMenabawey
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@9Nylon This is appalling. Also don’t really understand why they felt the need. First author is very important but so is senior (last) author as denotes responsibility for the paper. This consultant could have taken last author and kept their dignity….
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Tell me you’re in Glasgow without telling me you’re in Glasgow!!
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Proud to have contributed to this spectacular meeting. Great to be part of such an awesome community. Article locally says we’re surgeons but lol. #euroeus2014.
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Happy anniversary to my beautiful wife. 23 years and looking forward to many more. @LeedsClare
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Just crossed 2000 followers!! Thank you all so much for this. Hope that my tweets remain helpful and edifying.
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@UKGastroDr @PatrickMackle4 @RCPhysicians @parthaskar @mmamas1973 @DrLKVaughan @DrAsifQasim Isn’t there a risk though that paperwork may then have ‘member of the RCP’ on it and the affiliate bit gets a bit lost?.
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This is for anyone learning ERCP (that includes me as we are still learning daily). How to do a precut - exemplar.
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Happy anniversary (24 years!!!) to my beautiful wife. Here’s to at least 24 more…. @LeedsClare
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So sad to hear that Matthew Perry has died. Listened to his book over the summer where he so eloquently describes his struggles with drugs and alcohol. He played so many roles but I will always love and remember Chandler Bing. RIP
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FINALLY managed to get this published. New score to predict outcomes after acute lower GI bleeding.
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This is how I will remember her. Smiling, happy, full of joy and spreading that joy wherever she went. Last time I saw her we were joking about greetings cards. So sad that she is gone. She leaves an enormous hole in our lives and will be deeply missed.
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Todays list:.EUS drainage.EUS/ERCP.EUS/ERCP.EUS GB drainage.EUS biopsy.EUS biopsy.EUS.OGD previous GB Axios assessment.Necrosectomy. #PBendoscopy.
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Is it wrong that I sometimes feel offended in supermarkets when buying alcohol the shop assistant barely looks at me before hitting the “clearly over 25” button?.
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@SusilPallikada1 Gastro by far. Whole GI tract and adjacent organs, infectious diseases, autoimmune, cancer, endoscopy, physiology, interaction with sturgeons. Not even scratched the surface.
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Solidarity today for the doctors that are striking for the next 72 hrs. If we want high quality healthcare which is free at the point of source then the government needs to sit up and listen. These are highly trained professionals who deserve better. #JuniorDoctorsStrike.
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Feeling knackered after the Kielder half marathon. Thanks to all who have supported me this year with running and sponsorship. Aiming to increase research and improve outcomes for patients with pancreatic cancer.
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@LouiseAllard18 And have completely missed the point. Your relative wage, pension, ability to get a house and save is INCOMPARABLE with the current set of doctors. Please take a breath, look up from your comfortable life and see what is happening in the real world. Good grief….
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@DGlaucomflecken Recommend you have a proper Sunday roast with all the trimmings. Go to a pub that does a carvery. Also recommend an afternoon tea which is more than just tea….
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EUS GBD vs Transpap drainage:. Success rate.EUS-GBD 96.7% vs 78.9% P<0.001),. Adverse event rate.EUS-GBD 7.8% vs 8.8% ns . Recurrence cholecystitis.EUS-GBD 3.8% vs 3.0% ns. Late adverse events rate.EUS-GBD 1.3% vs 13.4%, P=0.006).@GIE_Journal @Stentingwoman @BilalMohammadMD.
In GIE's Articles in Press: “Comparison of long-term outcomes of EUS-guided gallbladder drainage and endoscopic transpapillary gallbladder drainage for calculous cholecystitis in poor surgical candidates” by Tadahisa Inoue et al.
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Fabulous result for the Endoscopy unit at Newcastle today. Passed our @JAG_Endoscopy visit well. Due to exceptionally hard work from all u der the leadership of @ChrisGastroDoc @capsuleclare .Well done all. Proud to work here. @NUTHseniormedi1 @NewcastleHosps.
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Our fellow post is out. Suitable for senior GI trainees with experience in PB medicine and endoscopy. Opportunity to train in advanced EUS and ERCP as well as managing PB medicine patients. One of the highest volume centres in the U.K.
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Started to watch #BREATHTAKING and decided to stop. This is exactly how it went down. This does not feel like the kind of television I want to watch right now. Maybe I will come back to it at some stage. Maybe….
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@drkeithsiau @ASGEendoscopy This needs to start with patient selection as the best way to prevent post ERCP pancreatitis is not to do the procedure on someone in the first place eg young woman with GB in situ with stones in duct >10mm - straight to surgery please….
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As an advanced endoscopist this advert has me worried…. IYKYK…
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Fun afternoon cashing in birthday voucher. Got to fly a plane!!!
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@RoshanaMN It’s gonna be work to rule then. I think they have NO idea how much work gets done because we just get on with it. That was fine when our pay/pensions etc recognised this. Now… not so much. They are ultimately responsible for the whole health service but have no clue.
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Was elected onto the @BritSocGastro endoscopy committee. Looking forward to continuing the drive for high quality endoscopy. Thanks to all that voted for me.
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Great day today teaching on the North Tees stricture management course.
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Fabulous three days in Dublin for #ESGEDays2023 met some legends and learnt loads. To quote Mr Schwartzenegger “I’ll be back”….@DrSalihTokmak @stevenbollipo @drkeithsiau @MarcusHollenba1
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Todays list:.EUS/ERCP.ERCP.ERCP.ERCP.Necrosectomy .2 EUS FNB.2 EUS.EUS GB drainage.Plus remote supervision of a duodenoscopy list for the fellow in the afternoon
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Just realised I’ve crossed 4000 followers and to be honest I’m stunned!!. Hope I continue to be of some interest….
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Fab morning supporting Dr Ayman Namera and the South Tees team in advanced PB endoscopy. Delivering appropriate high quality interventions locally is important work. Well done guys!! #collaboration #spy #EHL #Axios @bostonsci
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