Josh Burke
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| Academic Colorectal Resident | @BowelCancerUK PhD | @RCSnews Innovation Hub Lead for Education| @CORESS5 Trustee | @asitofficial Trustee | @GBRMedFootball
Manchester via London & Leeds
Joined June 2011
Delighted to launch The Surgical Leaders Summit at The Surgeon Show. It will be held in London 20th Feb 2026 at iconic The Minster Building. The summit is an exclusive, invitation-only, one-day summit designed to unite the most forward-thinking surgical minds for a day of
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Dr Clare McNaught has been elected as the new President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Dr McNaught will become the College's first ever female President in the College's 520-year history, and will succeed Professor Rowan Parks. Read more: https://t.co/ZSsS9FGcRx
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Wow, what a fantastic afternoon listening to our expert EGS & Trauma faculty! Thank you to all of our speakers and to @JNJMedTechUKIr for their support. If you decided to enjoy the sunshine, don't forget you can still catch up on demand here - https://t.co/ndJtI6TFCL (you will
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Really excited to chair this webinar. A brilliant set of speakers discussing how we translate evidence in to real life practice. Open abdomen, small bite closure, resuscitation and using LA for abscess management all have significant evidence to support - so why don't we do it?
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NEW: DDRB report out below, headline pay awards accepted by gvmnt Note: This is (meant to be) the newly reformed DDRB Make your own mind up 👇but this DOESNT start to restore our lost pay (& therefore, our lost pension) https://t.co/bd9VbZhkYG
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Important letter to be shown if you’re having difficulty being released to be an interviewer in National selection, an examiner, on an arcp panel etc. These activities are the oil in the machine. All trusts benefit and so all should contribute
RCSEd supports a new letter signed by the NHS National Medical Director, the four Chief Medical Officers, the GMC and AoMRC for the appropriate release of medical colleagues for the purposes for carrying out work for the wider health system. Read more: https://t.co/QUHd0R08iI
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Join us on 20th June for Precision in EGS - Putting Evidence into Practice! The latest in our 4 Seasons series, this webinar will give you the chance to rethink, refine, and reconsider your approach to EGS. Registration is FREE for all ASGBI members - https://t.co/zFeOiIOChK
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Congratulations to @garybassmd and the SnapSBO team- proud of @WirralSurgery for their contribution @WUTHnhs @WUTHresearch
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🚨 Surgical Training at Risk – ASiT & RCSEng Demand Urgent Action 🚨 Surgical trainees are being pushed to the sidelines, struggling to get the hands-on experience they need to become the consultants of tomorrow. Years after the pandemic, theatre access is still limited, and
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With @ASiTofficial, we've issued a stark warning to @DHSCgovuk & @NHSEngland that access to operating theatres for surgical training hasn’t recovered since the pandemic & if not carefully implemented, planned government reforms risk adding more barriers:
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Jesper Blomqvist's scoring one of the most under-rated goals from the 90s!
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The @ASCRS_1 clinical practice guidelines for appendiceal neoplasms in one image 👁️💥🔪⤵️! @CiruAndes2 @pferrada1 @SWexner @juliomayol @TomVargheseJr @sminaev2015 @GaertnerWB @CelestinoGutirr
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Can you imagine the rush of adrenaline that must have been experienced when they realised they had accidentally sent this around all their JMOs? @NSWHealth
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Excited to have our review discussing pH monitoring published in Surgical Innovation Thanks to the team @JackAHelliwell @_JoshBurke_ @dgjayneLeeds @leeds_stc ➡️ https://t.co/ll75L1o4oZ
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1. How big is your trocar site incision? Last week we established that a 5mm trocar has an outer diameter of 7.7mm. #surgery @rbarbosa91 @CPark_MD @VNikolian @SAGES_Updates @teachmesurgery @surgicalpizza @MISIRG1 @OMGhanemMD @EmorySurgery @IvyNHaskinsMD
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https://t.co/1DUumYC6gD Free Editorial - in the race to explain creeping fat in Crohn's disease, and the mesentery - Liu, Mao and Rieder are setting a hot pace @IBD_FloMD @IBD_Sir @AGA_Gastro @NatRevGastroHep @LancetGastroHep @NatureMedicine @NEJM @CellCellPress
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The sub diaphragmatic aorta totally exposed by left visceral rotation. #aortaEd Left kidney is fully mobilized to allow kidney up or down aortic endarterectomy. Aortic coral reef: Hypertension, Chronic Mesenteric Ischemia and CLI
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Carotid patch infection ruptured in Internal jugular vein, treated by GSV graft CCA-ICA interposition. Infection occurs 10 years after patch endarterectomy. Patient was referred for neck pain with pulsatile mass and intermittent fever
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I prefer complete division of the proximal aortic neck for proximal anastomosis when performing aortic work. This was a large AAA with occluded iliacs in a 💁♀️Other anatomical criteria included severe neck angulation, small distal aorta and calcified small EIA. #AortaEd for women
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In loving memory of Kath Phipps: friend, confidant and treasured colleague. United will never be the same.
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This must be tweeted every Halloween. I don’t make the rules
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