Chris Collins

General and Upper GI Surgeon

[Eoghan Collins @etmcollins]

Brain inspired computing is a no-go for Fable apparently, cuts too close to biology
I guess it's the permanent underclass for me then😞

[Eoghan Collins @etmcollins]

Finagled it. Fable's version on the left, mine on the right (there's a whole page at https://t.co/Vf3g7ISjMR)
Shockingly I think mine's still better

[Eoghan Collins @etmcollins]

Standard circuit simulation was too slow for what I'm building, so I wrote my own in Rust.
It runs 12,000x faster.

[michaeltmccarthy @mccarthymt7]

https://t.co/r7JZzhOZM0

[michaeltmccarthy @mccarthymt7]

UHG is currently in the advanced stages of planning a new hospital at the Newcastle Road campus. This build would solve the obvious and longstanding infrastructure capacity problem in cancer services for a generation.

It is urgently required.

I understand one of the final challenges to resolve before site preparation can begin, is identifying a new location for the helipad.

One suggestion that I heard mentioned is to relocate the helipad off site.

This would be an astonishing decision that in my opinion would certainly cost lives in situations where air transfer both into and out of UHG was deemed necessary.

I hope the people of Galway and all of the relevant decision makers can find a way to do the right thing here, and keep the helipad onsite.

It would be a spectacular failure of common sense and policy to do anything else.

Let’s do this properly, if not for us, at least for our children!

@HSELive @HSE_West_NWest @uniofgalway @GalwayCoCo @GalwayCityCo @Galway_GAA @Galway_Races @cancercarewest

[Chris Collins @coileainc]

@mccarthymt7 @HSELive @PFHTechnology I have to agree, Michael. I had the same issue and dropped in unannounced, and they had everything up and running in no time at all. They're an incredible asset to the UHG site.

[Chris Collins @coileainc]

@JessieAElliott @CancerInstIRE @UniofOxford Congrats Jessie! Great work!

[The Irish Times @IrishTimes]

Like many students, Ruth McGee (21) has mixed feelings about the extent to which GenAI should be used to assist with assignments. https://t.co/aD003yIpDR

[HSEWestNorthWest @HSE_West_NWest]

Specialists in the Obesity Service, Galway University Hospitals are celebrating #WorldObesityDay by raising awareness of this year’s campaign calling upon everyone to be a part of positive change needed to deal with obesity.
For more info: https://t.co/UiA8dpvSLr
@StaffNewsWNW

[Staff News HSE West and North West @StaffNewsWNW]

Raising awareness on #WorldObesityDay, Bariatric Nurse Specialist @catlynch1990, Obesity Service, Galway University Hospitals with Cork man Aidan Dalton who underwent bariatric surgery in Aug 2023, "The team here just changed my life"
More info: https://t.co/0BTM6AJZJO

[Caitriona Lynch @catlynch1990]

The Bariatric Team raising awareness about Obesity today in Galway University Hospital on World Obesity Day 2025😃 I am so delighted to be part of such an amazing team 🙌🏻 #worldobesityday2025 #icpo #guh #bariatric #ObesityAwareness

[michaeltmccarthy @mccarthymt7]

A new school of pharmacy is coming to @uniofgalway!

It seems likely enrolment will start in 2025.

No longer will highly talented, highly intelligent, highly capable students from the West of Ireland have to travel abroad to Dublin or Cork to get a degree in pharmacy…

This is likely to coincide with the emerging national pharmacist prescribing guidance and legislative changes, which are long overdue.

@JohnGivenjohn played a key role in this.

For some reason that I do not understand, the cancer pharmacists in the West NorthWest are excellent. I think it will be a great place to come to learn.

Check out the fancy new website:

https://t.co/7biIoNCsN9

[University of Galway Surgery 🔬🧬 @GalwaySurgery]

#JobAlert Galway University Hospital is hiring 2 Consultant General Surgeons (s.i. Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery) HSE - West and North West Region - https://t.co/DVtP0VDwdc https://t.co/H1tywejHsC

[Chris Collins @coileainc]

@mccarthymt7 Other than all that sunshine- great place to work and great colleagues!

[michaeltmccarthy @mccarthymt7]

Have you ever thought of moving to the West of Ireland, where the sun shines all year round?*

Do you know how to do operations on stomachs and oesophaguses?

Two new permanent upper GI Consultant surgeon posts now open to recruitment at University Hospital Galway, to support our rapidly expanding upper GI Cancer Surgery Programme: https://t.co/fJJK796342

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

Closing date 24/10/24 but apply today!

@hseNCCP @bmj_latest @NEJM @myESMO @OECI_EEIG @IrishCancerSoc @HSEWestNorthWes @CancerUniGalway @cancertrials_ie @CancerInstIRE @ASCO @coileainc

*except August through to June and parts of July

[Chris Collins @coileainc]

@JessieAElliott @GalwaySurgery @CancerUniGalway @Augishealth @ISDE_net @EuropeanForegut @SAGES_Updates @foregut_journal @young_esde Looking forward to welcoming some new colleagues.

[Chris Collins @coileainc]

@catlynch1990 @GUHAcademic @galway_obesity @ICPObesity @ASOIreland @EASOobesity Congratulations!
Well done!
Great service and great team!!!

[Chris Collins @coileainc]

@HeneghanHelen @svuh @StColumcillesH1 @OSheaHoganLab @naomi_fearon Fantastic Helen! Great to see it open. Congratulations to you and the team!

[Eoghan Collins @etmcollins]

Writing a novel is hard and there’s no write (pun intended) way to do it. That is why, for a change, today I want to share 5 Tips For How NOT to Write a Book, based on my personal experience
A thread 🧵
#WritingCommmunity #WritingTips

[Chris Collins @coileainc]

@RFitzgerald_lab Congratulation! Well deserved!