Alison McCoubrey

Consultant general/colorectal surgeon with a special interest in pelvic floor disorders & IBD. All tweets in a personal capacity. #ILookLikeASurgeon

[@ACPGBI @ACPGBI]

British Society of Gastroenterology and Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland position on tranexamic acid in upper and lower gastrointestinal bleeding - Trudgill - 2026 - Colorectal Disease - Wiley Online Library https://t.co/VC7japCMtM

[Lee Zhao @lee_c_zhao]

Surgery is a "wicked" environment: feedback is delayed, noisy, and often biased. My essay on why experience doesn't always equal mastery, and how to learn when the feedback loops are broken.

https://t.co/mkHMtpskBV

#MedTwitter #Surgery #MedEd

[European Society of Coloproctology @escp_tweets]

🎥 What a day! From packed sessions to surgical debates, elevator pitches to world-leading scientific content — #ESCP25 came alive at #Tripartite 🇫🇷

A huge thank you to all our speakers, attendees & sponsors who made it unforgettable.

☝️ Catch the best bits in our Day 1 highlight reel.

We’re just getting started — see you tomorrow.

[Nilofer Husnoo @NiloferHusnoo]

Thanks to everyone who's completed this! Sadly, we don't have a single respondent from Northern Ireland - would be nice to have views of clinicians from across the UK. If you know any NI-based IBD physician/surgeon/CNS, please share. Will close study on 31.7.25

[The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh @RCSEd]

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

[Belfast Trust @BelfastTrust]

Our team at Belfast City Hospital Theatres carried out the first robotic operation for general surgery yesterday.

Congratulations to the colorectal team on a successful day in theatres for the robotic assisted procedure.

[Clodagh Connon @ClodaghconnonDT]

Brilliant morning at the NT Colorectal cancer health & wellbeing event @NHSCTrust @macmillancancer @CancerFocusNI @bowelcanceruk @actioncancer @mckee_joanne @alison_doc

[Spencer Althouse @SpencerAlthouse]

Kristen Bell just sang a "Frozen" parody while a montage of every SAG Award nominee's first acting gig appeared on screen

[Alison McCoubrey @alison_doc]

@wyoung68 @UlsterUni Congratulations!

[NI_FTSS @NI_ftss]

✨Surgical Skills Course✨

🗓️ Saturday 11th January 2025
⏰ 08:45-15:00
📍 Quality Improvement and Innovation Centre (QIIC) - Ulster Hospital

Will cover surgical etiquette, suturing skills, laparoscopic skills, urology tips & more.

Tickets will be released Wed. 18th Dec. 19:00

[Andy Tau, MD @DrBloodandGuts]

The current best practice is to clip right colon polypectomy >20mm to reduce delayed bleeding. This is one of my favorite tools , ⁦@bostonsci⁩ Mantis Clip, performing clip-and-drag button closure technique (widest part first to make 2 smaller defects).
#GITwitter

[Alison McCoubrey @alison_doc]

It’s an unpopular opinion to hold these days but I absolutely agree with this. I don’t presume to call my patients by their first name either.

[Becky Lavelle @DrBeckyl]

My yellow badge makes me easy to recognise as a doctor, and people don't need my first name for that. Always happy for colleagues to call me Becky, but professional distance is a thing.

[Keith Siau @drkeithsiau]

ESGE guidelines on the management of lower GI bleeding 🩸

📸: https://t.co/pDrlm7dsxT

[Keith Siau @drkeithsiau]

The pancreas when touched during ERCP 😅

[Alison McCoubrey @alison_doc]

@emmachandranath @DGlaucomflecken Ah, that’s amazing!!

[Calvin Lightbody @DrCJLcoaching]

Why is it so hard to let go at the natural end of life?

My article in The Sunday Post looks at why trying to prolong living, however well intentioned, can actually just prolong dying.

The antidote to our fears is found in realism, honesty and openness.

#FirstDoNoHarm

[Alison McCoubrey @alison_doc]

This is very wise advice 🧐

[Ron Barbosa MD FACS @rbarbosa91]

Some cases should be scheduled as the only operation of the day, as you won't have energy afterward regardless of when they finish.

An example is takedown of an enterocutaneous fistula. Fortunately, those who ought to be doing that case have generally learned this already.

[Jonathan Evans @drjpevans]

Surgeons are too hard on ourselves, it’s okay to not be ‘perfect’. Inspiring talk by Bob Baigrie. @ACPGBI @EYCN_ACP #EYCN #ACPGBI2024

[Stig Abell @StigAbell]

However cynical and hard bitten you are, impossible not to feel something joyful when Coldplay plays with Michael J Fox at Glastonbury

[SWIFTs TikTok @SwiftsTiktok]

A popular creator, Ireland brothers welcomed taylor swift eras tour with a special tap dance to “the tortured poets department”.