James B Maurice

Gastroenterology & Hepatology consultant; Christian; husband & dad. Not in that order! Tweets my own.

[James B Maurice @jamesbmaurice]

I encourage people to listen the excellent @EASLnews podcast Talk Liver To Me with @tom_marjot - been waiting a while for a liver podcast like this- engaging, clinically relevant, conversant...excellent for the commute!

[BASL education feed @BASLedu]

BLTG webinar Transplant for CCa & the EMPHATIC study/commissioning evaluation
24th March 2026 18:30 - 19:30
Register via the BASL website https://t.co/QQQLNOv5Bn
Speakers - Prof Doug Thorburn, Prof Maria Hawkins and Sally Falk
@OTavabie @basl_events @BSGTrainees @RoyalFreeNHS

[James B Maurice @jamesbmaurice]

@ebtapper I have to say I find it helpful for improving polyp detection, and not losing them when found, but I worry about dependence and deskilling and associated rising costs. Will be mitigated if aids remove and discard to reduce histo costs

[James B Maurice @jamesbmaurice]

Anyone else noticed the paradoxical positive correlation between increasing life expectancy in western populations and ever increasing disease prevalence, incidence and burden reported by specialists in their talks?

[James B Maurice @jamesbmaurice]

Interesting lusutrombobag has been withdrawn from the UK. I have yet to prescribe a thrombopoietin agonist for my patients. Lack of hard outcomes in trials and less conservative guidelines probably coming together. Can't say I'm too disappointed by the news

[James B Maurice @jamesbmaurice]

@SyedAAhmad5 Would any of these citation numbers be in the top thousand cancer articles list?!

[James B Maurice @jamesbmaurice]

Biochemical remission rates fairly stable at 77% in this UK cohort of AIH over last 30 years, but managing to achieve it with less steroids https://t.co/KsRlKkdcAc

[James B Maurice @jamesbmaurice]

The more we recruit into the @AvbReact trial the more I realize what an important study it is. Encourage sites to consider signing up if you haven't already

[James B Maurice @jamesbmaurice]

This was a nice review. Rarely see significant hepatic sequelae from sarcoid in my practice, but this paper gives a good practical steer on stepwise management approach

[Elliot Tapper @ebtapper]

Very nice review on sarcoid and the liver
By my friend Ethan Weinberg and THE Raj Ready

https://t.co/NZ1tkyMXLY

[James B Maurice @jamesbmaurice]

You have advanced cancer with 3 months to live. You have come to get the results and discuss management options.

[James B Maurice @jamesbmaurice]

I had an interesting conversation with a friend about AI. I worry we need to define what is an irreducible human task. He said we need choice to define that. So here's a series of thought experiments for how you could access healthcare:

[Elliot Tapper @ebtapper]

It would be nice to wake up after the era of sweeping predictions, when demand for published thinkpieces on AI in meded/clinical care dries up and we are back to taking care of patients who may or may not have used ChatGPT and have been recorded by DAX but still need us to help

[James B Maurice @jamesbmaurice]

You have an embarrassing discharge and itch. An intimate examination and series of questions is required.

[Frontline Gastro @FrontGastro_BMJ]

🌟 New in Frontline Gastroenterology:
First reported use of maralixibat post-liver transplantation for intractable pruritus due to ischaemic cholangiopathy.

🔍 Key points:
• Conventional therapies (bezafibrate, naltrexone, cholestyramine, UDCA, antihistamines) failed
• Serum bile acids dropped (135 → 26 µmol/L)
• No interaction with tacrolimus-based immunosuppression
• Graft function remained stable

💡 IBAT inhibitors may offer a new option for refractory post-transplant cholestatic pruritus, but further evidence is needed.

👉 Read the case: https://t.co/DBXJVava7T

#LiverTransplant #Hepatology #Pruritus #Innovation #FOAMed

@TheBileDoc @PhilSmithIsBack @OTavabie @dr_aditi_kumar @TrevorTabone @eathar_s
@IrenePerezMD @KGananandan @zare_benjamin @medicalreg @dtleiberman
@BASLedu @BSGtrainees @WorldGastroOrg @SEEDendoscopia @EASLedu
@AmCollegeGastro @Aegastro @SAGES_updates @UHSEndoscopy @WAGE_media

[James B Maurice @jamesbmaurice]

Love the suggestion of pickle juice for cramps in @bbctms - I recommend for my patients with liver disease who get cramps. Want a job in my clinic?? https://t.co/bdd9tToJhL

[teresa smith @treesey]

Both barrels from @sarahjolney1 on the inadequacy of the Equality Impact Assessments for the Leadbeater Bill.

But just look at Christine Jardine MP’s body language as Sarah Olney speaks.
Jardine is the @LibDems equalities spokesperson

[James B Maurice @jamesbmaurice]

I think terms 'tsunami' 'epidemic' should be banned from X and presentations by non public health experts who have a professional vested interest in hyping the prevalence of their personal clinical specialty. Anyone else noticed the 'tidal wave' of these terms??

[Feline_stockholm_syndrome @DrBuHayee]

@FrontGastro_BMJ is gaining a reputation as *the* place for high quality, clinically relevant research to be rapidly reviewed and published. Kudos to the @StMarksHospital team for this and to @PhilSmithIsBack for leading the journal effort

[James B Maurice @jamesbmaurice]

New BASL decomp bundle out. Key now for effective IT systems to implement it as routine care to provide consistently high standards for acute decompensated liver disease wherever you are in the UK https://t.co/gosqEUapxg

[Chris van Tulleken 🏳️‍🌈 @DoctorChrisVT]

The @novonordiskfond - which makes money from obesity drugs - is holding a meeting with food industry funded scientists to 'redefine' an unhealthy diet. This is bad for public health and more than 80 of the world's leading independent food scientists are calling for a boycott. 🧵