Ismail Cassimjee

Vascular Surgeon Scientist. Johannesburg. DPhil (Surgical Science), University of Oxford.

[Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences @NDSurgicalSci]

Professor Ashok Handa has been recognised as a key contributor to the Medical Humanities Research Hub (MedHum) team, which has been awarded the 2025 University of Oxford Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Research Culture 👏

Read more ➡️
https://t.co/uOcOCX1p0i

[Warras @Shady_Lurker]

And to be fair - last year, my son had a serious medical condition and I took him to JHB Gen. The best Vascular team in the country, end of story.

They sorted that Nigga out. And we still go there for check ups and meds etc. his Dr’s Booi / Cassimjee / Monareng - haai ngiyaba’Bonga ❤️

[Ismail Cassimjee @Ismcass]

@BruceBiccard Congratulations.

[Ismail Cassimjee @Ismcass]

@trisharoymd @Vascupedia_com @vascularIR 🙊They got the name wrong.

[Shaista @shaistac]

And @Discovery_SA is partnering with Israeli Ministry of health for the Future of Healthcare conference in Cape Town!

[Ismail Cassimjee @Ismcass]

@DrAkhilX Takayaus

[Ismail Cassimjee @Ismcass]

'No Propaganda on Earth Can Hide the Wound That Is Palestine: Arundhati Roy's PEN Pinter Prize Acceptance Speech https://t.co/iH4OzkOzzC via @thewire_in

[Ismail Cassimjee @Ismcass]

@DrLe2287 😱🙊

[Satchin Panda @SatchinPanda]

Analyses of Continuous Glucose Monitor data from 8000+ "healthy adults" offers many insights.
~40% who had a morning fasting glucose in "normal range" turned out to be prediabetic and 3% were diabetic. Wearing a CGM once a year is worth it.
https://t.co/vYzN2L69mN

[Alan Dardik MD PhD @adardik]

Congratulations Yuichi Ohashi new publication https://t.co/PcNLlQi7Je using RNAseq to show metabolism may determine AVF patency or failure! Appreciate collaborators @RachelPerryLab1 and Xiaochun Long. @YaleVascular @YaleVBTProgram @YaleSurgery @YaleMed

[Trisha L. Roy MD PhD FACS @trisharoymd]

Fascinating talk from Regent Lee on using “digital contrast” and “green AI”. Translating science to not only help our patients but our planet too! @ESVSmembership translational meeting.

[Charis Antoniades @Charis_Oxford]

Inflammatory risk and cardiovascular events in patients without obstructive coronary artery disease: the ORFAN multicentre, longitudinal cohort study - The Lancet https://t.co/lI8i6G8yMC

[Ismail Cassimjee @Ismcass]

@HadyLichaaMD 😳

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

Today, after the ICJ ruling, I find myself a little bit less disgusted with modern institutions and more hopeful for a trend towards greater justice, fairness, & morals in the face of lobbies, pressure groups, and propaganda outfits.

A warm thank you, South Africa.

[Namibian Presidency @NamPresidency]

Namibia rejects Germany’s Support of the Genocidal Intent of the Racist Israeli State against Innocent Civilians in Gaza

On Namibian soil, #Germany committed the first genocide of the 20th century in 1904-1908, in which tens of thousands of innocent Namibians died in the most inhumane and brutal conditions. The German Government is yet to fully atone for the genocide it committed on Namibian soil. Therefore, in light of Germany’s inability to draw lessons from its horrific history, President @hagegeingob expresses deep concern with the shocking decision communicated by the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany yesterday, 12 January 2024, in which it rejected the morally upright indictment brought forward by South Africa before the #InternationalCourtofJustice that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in #Gaza.

Worryingly, ignoring the violent deaths of over 23 000 Palestinians in Gaza and various United Nations reports disturbingly highlighting the internal displacement of 85% of civilians in Gaza amid acute shortages of food and essential services, the German Government has chosen to defend in the International Court of Justice the genocidal and gruesome acts of the Israeli Government against innocent civilians in Gaza and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

Germany cannot morally express commitment to the United Nations Convention against genocide, including atonement for the genocide in Namibia, whilst supporting the equivalent of a holocaust and genocide in Gaza. Various international organizations, such as Human Rights Watch have chillingly concluded that Israel is committing war crimes in Gaza.

President Geingob reiterates his call made on 31 December 2023, “No peace-loving human being can ignore the carnage waged against Palestinians in Gaza”. In that vein, President Geingob appeals to the German Government to reconsider its untimely decision to intervene as a third-party in defence and support of the genocidal acts of Israel before the International Court of Justice.

[Shaista @shaistac]

Chills hearing my former boss Adila Hassim address the ICJ eloquently and passionately. Amandla!

[Pablo Corral MD @drpablocorral]

👉Coronary Atherosclerosis
Causes, Consequences, and the Passage of Time

A must read editorial by Peter Toth and Allan Sniderman

☝️Trapping of apoB particles within the arterial wall is the root cause of atherosclerosis and the level of the apoB lipoproteins within plasma is the primary, but not exclusive, determinant of the number of apoB particles that will be trapped over time.
Calcification is a histologic hallmark of advanced atherosclerotic disease.
Thus, apoB causes atherosclerosis and CAC is a consequence of atherosclerosis

https://t.co/je4hOPtZpV

[Ismail Cassimjee @Ismcass]

@RegentLee @CMRadiology @rhinohealth1 @eranrad @Klonmich @dkfchang @NDSurgicalSci @UniofOxford @OxfordMedSci Congrats Regent. Excited for the future.

[William Dalrymple @DalrympleWill]

It is open to debate whether Israel's massacre of ten of thousand innocent Gaza civilians constitutes genocide, at least yet. But as these clips from Netanyahu's civil and military leadership show, there can be little doubt of genocidal intent. Here, collected on this link, are clear and unembarrased calls for slaughter, erasure, nuclear holocaust and the levelling of Gaza, all on record, all on camera, from their own mouths. Its utterly, and completely, horrifying.

[Zara Magnusson @zaramagnusson]

A 🧵 of all the protests in support of Palestine WORLDWIDE! ✊🏻🇵🇸

Please share your own pictures and videos in the comments so I can add them too! 🙏🏻

1. Stockholm, Sweden 🇸🇪