Koushan Kouranloo

Rheumatology registrar in South London. Alumnus @LivUniMedicine. Rheumatology Trainees’ Co-Rep for South London. Interested in #catvideos. Opinions my own.

[Koushan Kouranloo @KKouranloo]

In Chicago for #ACR25 & very excited to be presenting our work “A misleading malignant malady” at the Thieves Market!

Come and say hello if you’re around on Tuesday! 👋🏼😁

@ACRheum

[Koushan Kouranloo @KKouranloo]

@MaxLyon1 @NIHRresearch @MeghnaJani Congratulations Max! 👏🏼👏🏼

[Koushan Kouranloo @KKouranloo]

@LemonReneeNi @CleClinicMD @VasculitisFound @UIowa_Rheum Many congratulations Lemon! 👏🏼🍾

[Koushan Kouranloo @KKouranloo]

That’s a wrap #BSR25!

Thanks so much to everyone who attended our session on #MedEd in rheumatology!

Huge thanks to our wonderful speakers @ProfMAnderson , Dr Louise Pollard & @DrJennyChristie for their pearls of wisdom & @chriswincup for co-chairing🙏🏼

@RheumatologyUK

[Koushan Kouranloo @KKouranloo]

Extremely excited to be chairing the 1st lecture of trainees’ section at #BSR25 next week alongside Dr @chriswincup on #rheumatology & #MedEd

We have amazing speakers including @ProfMAnderson , Dr Louise Pollard & @DrJennyChristie!

Join us on Monday at 9am!👋🏼 @RheumatologyUK

[Koushan Kouranloo @KKouranloo]

Many congratulations @Mumtaz_Patel_1 ! 👏🏼🥳
Absolutely delighted to see you in the PRCP role. You’re a true role model for us all.

[RCP Resident Doctor Committee @RCP_RDC]

Congratulations to Dr @Mumtaz_Patel_1!

We look forward to working with you to improve conditions for early career doctors. Together, we can ensure that the #NextGen of physicians is empowered, valued & equipped to thrive in a changing healthcare landscape.

[Koushan Kouranloo @KKouranloo]

Thank you @HealioRheum for the shoutout!

Undergraduate exposure to rheumatology remains poor and we ought to do better to increase the awareness and teaching of our speciality!

@RheumatologyUK

[Healio Rheumatology @HealioRheum]

Some medical specialties are more popular than others...

🔍But for #rheumatology, low interest may be "due to a lack of awareness of what the specialty entails, and this is rooted right from the undergraduate level," @KKouranloo & colleagues wrote 👇

https://t.co/T6PZGT3JpD

[Koushan Kouranloo @KKouranloo]

@ArmenYuri @GeorgievMD @LinaMladenova @DDoskaliuk @FragoulisGeorge @KardumZeljka @Tati03153937 @ivan_padjen @MiskovicRada @JK77775 @BurhanFatihKoy1 Congratulations! 👏🏼

[Koushan Kouranloo @KKouranloo]

Hot off the press! 🔥

Do #students get enough #rheumatology teaching at Med School?

Does the amount of this teaching vary based on location? And has it changed over time?

Find out more➡️
https://t.co/X7AvlY8Aha

Thanks @DrJennyChristie for your support & supervision.

[Koushan Kouranloo @KKouranloo]

Back in the UK after a wonderful #ACR24

Thank you @ACRheum for the opportunity to showcase our poster on factors associated with participation in rheumatology clinical trials & many thanks to @chriswincup for your mentorship!

See more on ➡️ https://t.co/8c6Aj9R9us

[Roger Federer @rogerfederer]

Vamos, @RafaelNadal!

As you get ready to graduate from tennis, I’ve got a few things to share before I maybe get emotional.

Let’s start with the obvious: you beat me—a lot. More than I managed to beat you. You challenged me in ways no one else could. On clay, it felt like I was stepping into your backyard, and you made me work harder than I ever thought I could just to hold my ground. You made me reimagine my game—even going so far as to change the size of my racquet head, hoping for any edge.

I’m not a very superstitious person, but you took it to the next level. Your whole process. All those rituals. Assembling your water bottles like toy soldiers in formation, fixing your hair, adjusting your underwear... All of it with the highest intensity. Secretly, I kind of loved the whole thing. Because it was so unique—it was so you.

And you know what, Rafa, you made me enjoy the game even more. 

OK, maybe not at first. After the 2004 Australian Open, I achieved the #1 ranking for the first time. I thought I was on top of the world. And I was—until two months later, when you walked on the court in Miami in your red sleeveless shirt, showing off those biceps, and you beat me convincingly. All that buzz I’d been hearing about you—about this amazing young player from Mallorca, a generational talent, probably going to win a major someday—it wasn’t just hype.

We were both at the start of our journey and it’s one we ended up taking together. Twenty years later, Rafa, I have to say: What an incredible run you’ve had. Including 14 French Opens—historic! You made Spain proud... you made the whole tennis world proud.

I keep thinking about the memories we’ve shared. Promoting the sport together. Playing that match on half-grass, half-clay. Breaking the all-time attendance record by playing in front of more than 50,000 fans in Cape Town, South Africa. Always cracking each other up. Wearing each other out on the court and then, sometimes, almost literally having to hold each other up during trophy ceremonies.

I’m still grateful you invited me to Mallorca to help launch the Rafa Nadal Academy in 2016. Actually, I kind of invited myself. I knew you were too polite to insist on me being there, but I didn’t want to miss it. You have always been a role model for kids around the world, and Mirka and I are so glad that our children have all trained at your academies. They had a blast and learned so much—like thousands of other young players. Although I always worried my kids would come home playing tennis as lefties.

And then there was London—the Laver Cup in 2022. My final match. It meant everything to me that you were there by my side—not as my rival but as my doubles partner. Sharing the court with you that night, and sharing those tears, will forever be one of the most special moments of my career.

Rafa, I know you’re focused on the last stretch of your epic career. We will talk when it’s done. For now, I just want to congratulate your family and team, who all played a massive role in your success. And I want you to know that your old friend is always cheering for you, and will be cheering just as loud for everything you do next.

Rafa that!

Best always, your fan, 

Roger

[Koushan Kouranloo @KKouranloo]

@SahilJa09303150 Many congratulations again! It was a pleasure to be able to help. 😊

[Koushan Kouranloo @KKouranloo]

Absolutely delighted to catch up with friends and colleagues and hear about the wonderful work of @AWIRGROUP 👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼

[Mrinalini Dey @DrMiniDey]

Celebrating @AWIRGROUP at their #ACR24 reception

#MenCanJoinToo

@RheumNow @synovialjoints @gwenesta_melton @KKouranloo

[Koushan Kouranloo @KKouranloo]

Post on-call, bleary-eyed, early morning start with a B’day cupcake and posters for #ACR24

Excited to catch up with all friends and colleagues across the pond! 😃👋🏼

#AllAboutBalance
@ACRheum

[Koushan Kouranloo @KKouranloo]

Had a fantastic two days at #CBC24 listening to colleagues from across the U.K. presenting their challenging rheumatology cases.

Many thanks @RheumatologyUK for giving me the platform to speak and to share our work on septic arthritis

Remember it’s not always #CrystalClear! 😃

[Mrinalini Dey @DrMiniDey]

🦠Case of #GonococcalArthritis presented by @KKouranloo at @RheumatologyUK #BSRCBC

📝Plenty of learning points on #SepticArthritis

🩸Consider targeted 16s-PCR when suspecting septic arthritis due to #Gonorrhoea

🧐Be sure to ask about traditionally taboo topics!

[Neil Stone @DrNeilStone]

Those who do not learn from history are doomed to the repeat it

[Koushan Kouranloo @KKouranloo]

@jessmwchan @RheumatologyUK @GSTTnhs It was so great to meet you and to see you present your fantastic work Jessica! And congratulations on the very well deserved prize! future rheumatologist in the making! 👏🏼👏🏼

[Koushan Kouranloo @KKouranloo]

#HappyHalloween to #Reviewer2 ! #AcademicTwitter

[Mrinalini Dey @DrMiniDey]

🤩 Completely over the moon (& shocked) to have been shortlisted for the prestigious @womenoffuture Award in the Science category alongside some remarkable nominees!

🙏🏼 Huge thank you to those who kindly supported my nomination & to #WomenOfTheFuture for shortlisting me!