Douglas Thorburn

Liver Doctor, Royal Free and UCL. Autoimmune Liver Disease, Biliary Endoscopy and Liver Transplant.

[PSC Support @PSCSupportUK]

@LiverTrust @PSCSupport @Rj_kilcoyne @_ShivaniSharma @dougton @DoM_UCL @uclmedsci @RoyalFreeNHS @AstonUniversity @ucl @UniofHerts You can also watch and share this from our PSCSupportOnline YouTube channel https://t.co/Sc0fyyuqj1 #LetsBeatPSC

[Jon Potts @pbendoscopist]

Love the liver? Bonkers about bile? Passionate about the pancreas? Join our team @RoyalFreeNHS, the home of hepatology.
Locum PB Cons post now open, DM for more info https://t.co/8zzNengOL9 @GWebster_endo @dougton @GastroLearn @BSGTrainees @EASLedu @RFHJohnConnolly

[Jon Potts @pbendoscopist]

Love the liver? Bonkers about bile ducts? Apply for our @RoyalFreeNHS pancbil SCF posts starting in September. Learn complex ERCP, Spy, diagnostic & therapeutic EUS alongside top level hep, HPB & LT - the full shebang! https://t.co/KsrhFQLHKg @BSGTrainees @GWebster_endo @dougton

[Rachel Johnson @RachJohnson1996]

Exciting new opportunity for a Clinical Research Fellow in liver transplantation, working with @dougton, @NHSBT_Stats and Prof Julia Verne on equity of access to liver transplant https://t.co/l3iwFtoKMJ. Please share @BTStransplant @rhitylr @herricksociety

[Douglas Thorburn @dougton]

@Drfattyliver @IanARowe Age is a strong predictor of waiting list mortality so to maximise population survival older patients with same disease severity are prioritised. This was an anticipated outcome of the scheme. Post LT survival whether to 5 or 10 years doesn’t compensate for that. We’ve tried.

[Douglas Thorburn @dougton]

@AutoImmuneLiver @Drfattyliver @IanARowe Yes easy to blame system when fundamental issue is discrepancy between supply and demand. Solution is increased utilisation marginal dbds and dcds supported by nrp and perfusion technology hand in hand with LDLT.

[Douglas Thorburn @dougton]

@aelsharkawy75 @IanARowe @Drfattyliver @EASLedu Manuscript(s) in preparation to build on the story…

[Douglas Thorburn @dougton]

@aelsharkawy75 @IanARowe @Drfattyliver @EASLedu Scheme introduced in 2018 and several years of data on impact (covid disrupted https://t.co/wTM0CRjCm3) produced for independent national liver offering scheme (NLOS) monitoring committee chaired by @IanARowe reviewing data 3 monthly now 6 monthly. NLOS 2.0 on way.

[Douglas Thorburn @dougton]

@aelsharkawy75 @IanARowe @Drfattyliver @EASLedu Still minimal listing criteria for CLD based on UKELD but agreement that we should explore moving to M1 of TBS (predicted survival without LT) in time to align with TBS offering.

[Douglas Thorburn @dougton]

@aelsharkawy75 @IanARowe @Drfattyliver @EASLedu In UK we uniquely offer dbds nationally on transplant benefit score (TBS); maximising the difference in survival at 5 years between anticipated survival with LT with that organ v. survival without LT so that utility is considered in addition to need. 21 recipient 7 donor factors

[HWUFC @hwufc]

Last game of the year for the newly assembled 20s squad. Impressive 11 wins in 13 games.

An excellent young group marshalled by captains @ConorMcCabe01 and @ArchieSpence9 have grown together over time

Thanks to all the Parents and family that support us both home and away 💛💙

[Douglas Thorburn @dougton]

@jmullinjourno 👏👏👏need you every week…

[Steven Masson @DrStevenMasson]

The UK liver transplant program response to the ‘first-wave’. Collaborative, resilient and future-planning. Resuming liver transplantation amid the COVID-19 pandemic https://t.co/PD3cE6kXzb @dougton @AdairAnya @LancetGastroHep

[Douglas Thorburn @dougton]

New data on fibrosis biomarkers in AILD. Interesting mechanistic insights and highlight the potential as intermediary endpoints for clinical trials. https://t.co/FqmzAyuhG5

[Douglas Thorburn @dougton]

PSC a challenge to the clinician but an even greater challenge to the patient/their family. So much can be done to help people feel better, understood and supported even in the absence of effective therapies. Let’s crack this @PSCSupportUK @PSCPartners

[PSC Support @PSCSupportUK]

Please help us raise the profile of PSC today on #PSCAwarenessDay 🙏

🤷‍ A complex liver disease
😩 Daily symptoms like fatigue, pain & itch
👨‍👩‍👧 Can affect anyone at any age
❌ No medical treatment

#LetsBeatPSC #PSCSupport #PSCAware @EASLedu @EuropeLiver @LiverPatients

[Douglas Thorburn @dougton]

@jelce22 👍 & why just a few!

[Douglas Thorburn @dougton]

@drobeirne @DavidPatch1 👍

[Martine Walmsley @F8Martine]

Hats off to @NHSBT_Stats @NHSBT @Johnforsythe100 @dougton today talking to liver patient orgs (#LPTC): safely maintaining urgent liver transplant services during the COVID19 pandemic and bringing transplant numbers back to pre-COVID19 levels - bringing hope in uncertain times 🙏

[Douglas Thorburn @dougton]

@Whatyousayiswh1 @GWebster_endo @PereiraGroup That’s the best place to start...

[Douglas Thorburn @dougton]

Delighted our super colleague @pbendoscopist has been appointed consultant in the RFH/UCL liver service. Already made a massive contribution to the joint RFH/UCLH PB medicine team. We and our patients are very fortunate!! @GWebster_endo @RajivJalan1 @DavidPatch1 @PereiraGroup