Prof Richard Pollok

Consultant Gastroenterologist at St George’s Hospital & St George’s University of London specialist in Inflammatory Bowel Disease and gastrointestinal infection

[Prof Richard Pollok @RichardPollok]

Timely IBD diagnosis critical-clock ticking from symptom onset which may precede diagnosis by years https://t.co/IbrMtTO2xs #IBD #GItwitter #MedTwitter

[Kevin Whelan @ProfWhelan]

Thanks for highlighting our review of dietary guidelines in GI 👇🏼

[William Dalrymple @DalrympleWill]

Mark Tully was a giant among journalists and the greatest Indophile of his generation. He was also a uniquely warm, generous, gentle, kind and helpful man, at whose feet I was honoured to sit for many years as he patiently explained the subtleties & nuances of India. As the voice of BBC India he was irreplaceable, a man prepared to stand up to power and to tell the truth, however uncomfortable. Both privately and professionally, he will be much, much missed.

[Prof Richard Pollok @RichardPollok]

Looks like a robust RCT in moderate/severe colitis well done m. Trouble is there are so many different tapering regimens-the findings feel right when I think of my clinical practice. I give 40mg pred 2/52 then reduce 5mg/wk. What do others do?

[Prof Richard Pollok @RichardPollok]

Finally someone’s done this study https://t.co/cLElADTnVi

[Samuel Hume @DrSamuelBHume]

10 breakthroughs in medicine in 2025

Read it here: https://t.co/YyaYTKd3Cs

[Prof Richard Pollok @RichardPollok]

Very moving-such a cultural beacon in our lives

[BBC Radio 4 Today @BBCr4today]

“It’s so good… It’s wisdom.”

Reflecting on his guest edit and leaving In Our Time after almost 30 years, Melvyn Bragg gives an emotional reading of Thomas Hardy's 'She, To Him'.

[NEJM @NEJM]

Our latest video in our partnership with @DGlaucomflecken summarizes the final analysis of 23 years of follow-up to evaluate the long-term effects of PSA screening. Read the full analysis for free: https://t.co/QsGtl1BnFT

[vari @vari_wileman]

@sophierharding Please share this important study with your patient groups/networks. All welcome but we need to few more men in the study! @IBDBOOST @ProfChrisNorton @WladziaC @IBD_gastro @richardpollok @StMarksHospital @CrohnsColitisUK @IBD_BioResource @BritSocGastro

[#MondayNightIBD @MondayNightIBD]

It shouldn’t be taboo!
Let’s talk #SUD Substance use disorders in #IBD, raise awareness, understand its impact on IBD & address it

🗳️CMEpolls👇🏽
🆓#CME👉🏽 https://t.co/sd42H9vTGV

🧵#Back2Basics 12/15

Support by edu grants @abbvie @JNJInnovation @TakedaPharma
📌Your career?

[Prof Richard Pollok @RichardPollok]

@alex_ford12399 Some real pearls here Alex

[Prof Richard Pollok @RichardPollok]

Great reflection on a very successful academic career

[Alexander Ford @alex_ford12399]

Delighted to have been asked to write this article by @PhilSmithIsBack for @FrontGastro_BMJ

Hopefully useful for residents and some familiar themes for career academics.

Reflecting on a career as a clinical academic in gastroenterology https://t.co/thygvWzE9I

[Prof Richard Pollok @RichardPollok]

Deprivation-ever was the same :(

[Alexander Ford @alex_ford12399]

Delighted to have been asked to write this article by @PhilSmithIsBack for @FrontGastro_BMJ

Hopefully useful for residents and some familiar themes for career academics.

Reflecting on a career as a clinical academic in gastroenterology https://t.co/thygvWzE9I

[Scott C. Howard @schowardjd]

Now this is how you triage...

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

70 years ago today, Rosa Parks took a seat and started a revolution. By refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama, Parks ignited the Civil Rights movement.

RETWEET to honor her historic legacy! 💙

[Samuel Hume @DrSamuelBHume]

5 medical breakthroughs this week

You can read the full version on Substack: https://t.co/4F1RjmKguu

[Prof Richard Pollok @RichardPollok]

Well done!

[Kevin Whelan @ProfWhelan]

For decades I’ve been obsessed by science.
It's therefore unbelievable to me to be a @Clarivate #HighlyCited2025

Nutrition and dietetics has been amazing to me! The interaction of science, health and food and caring that good nutrition is a human right
https://t.co/syUmDtlcLZ

[Frontline Gastro @FrontGastro_BMJ]

🚨 Thanks to @lukelikeslivers @bhmullish @heatherilewis @salihacooks
for this fantastic article giving clinicians a practical approach to nutrition in cirrhosis 👏

The 🔑 messages are:
1️⃣ Malnutriton and sarcopaenia are common and associated with worse outcomes
2️⃣ Patients should eat 3-5 meals a day with a late evening snack
3️⃣ Micronutrient deficiencies and osteoperosis should be screened for
4️⃣ A high protein diet can protect against HE

👀 Check out the full article below ⬇️

https://t.co/zIH44ZGKEv

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

#GITwitter #livertwitter #gastroenterology #Endoscopy #EUS #MedEd #ALD

#liverhealth #EASL #cirrhosisawareness #alcoholism #gastroenterology #medicine #nutrition

[Samuel Hume @DrSamuelBHume]

5 science breakthroughs this week (🧵)

1. Lupus remission with cell therapy

18 patients with longstanding, treatment-resistant lupus were treated with B cell-depleting natural killer cells (CD19 CAR NK-cells)

There results were pretty amazing: every patient was able to stop conventional immunosuppressants and taper steroids; 13/18 had lupus remission (‘DORIS’)

This approach seems to be roughly as effective as using CAR-T cells — with a gentler safety profile

https://t.co/yjLxPBosaU

[Beatriz Gros @Bealoquebea]

Podcast in the making going through the great paper from @ShahidaDin1 @ross_j_porter regarding colorectal cancer screening in IBD and the @BritSocGastro latest guideline on surveillance

@dr_aditi_kumar @eathar_s @PhilSmithIsBack thanks for the outstanding organization. Honored to work always with friends 🙏🏻❤️

For @FrontGastro_BMJ