Jonothan Earnshaw

retired surgeon in Gloucestershire, UK. Former Lead,NHS AAA Screening Prog. Former BJS Editor, now Director of @bjsacademy

[Jonothan Earnshaw @JJEarnshaw]

@LiveLCFC Nikki Bramhill

[BJS Academy @BJSAcademy]

⏰ Last chance to apply!

Editor Assistant bursary applications close on 30 April.

🤔Thinking about it? Listen in to last year's assistants on why you should!

🔗 Apply now: https://t.co/afRxcRjU9X

Supported by the BJS Foundation Charity Committee, our bursaries aim to support early-career surgeons who are curious about the world of surgical publishing.

#surgery #AcademicPublishing @LMaggino @YungLeeMDMPH @HansL16 @villesallinen @JJEarnshaw @robhinchliffe1 @BJSurgery @BjsOpen @MalinASund @evanscolorectal

[BJS Academy @BJSAcademy]

🎥 Meet Laura Maggino, former Editor Assistant, now Associate Editor for @BjsOpen

Tune in as she shares her experience with BJS and BJS Open — and what makes the bursary so rewarding.

Supported by the BJS Foundation Charity Committee, our bursaries aim to support early-career surgeons who are curious about the world of surgical publishing

📆Interested? Applications are open!
🔗https://t.co/afRxcRjU9X

#AcademicSurgery #Surgery @BjsOpen @BJSurgery @villesallinen @LMaggino

[BJS Academy @BJSAcademy]

🗓️ Deadline: 30 April!

Our Editor Assistant bursaries — funded by the BJS Foundation Charity Committee — support future leaders in academic surgery.

🎙️Hear more about this opportunity from Charity Committee Member Rocío Anula.

🔗 https://t.co/afRxcRjU9X

#Surgery @BJSurgery @BjsOpen @rocioanula

[BJS Academy @BJSAcademy]

👀 Ever wondered what it’s really like to be a BJS Editor Assistant?

Supported by the BJS Foundation Charity Committee, our bursaries aim to support early-career surgeons who are curious about the world of surgical publishing.

Hear from Jonothan Earnshaw (former BJS Editor-in-Chief) and Professor Malin Sund (former Editor Assistant, then BJS Editor, now joint BJS Editor-in-Chief) as they discuss the role, the application process, and how it helps shape future surgical leaders.

🗓️ Deadline: 30 April

🔗https://t.co/afRxcRjU9X

#AcademicSurgery #Leadership #EarlyCareerSurgeons #AcademicMedicine #Surgery #Publishing @BJSurgery @BjsOpen @JJEarnshaw @MalinASund

[Jonothan Earnshaw @JJEarnshaw]

@BJSAcademy Will be available on @BJSAcademy soon, if you missed it.

[BJS Academy @BJSAcademy]

🎺 🎉 NOMINATIONS ARE OPEN!
➡️ https://t.co/sorwMD1jlJ

Nominate an exceptional individual for the BJS Award:

💫 Celebration of excellence in surgical science.
💫 Recognises a discovery, innovation or scientific study that has changed clinical practice.

⏳ Nominations close 26 June 2026.

#2027BJS Award #ShapingSurgicalScience #LeadingSurgicalEducation #SoMe4Surgery @BJSurgery @BjsOpen #surgery #surgeon #medical #medicine #2027BJSAward #ShapingSurgicalScience #LeadingSurgicalEducation #SoMe4Surgery @BJSurgery @BjsOpen @asgbi @IfsoSecretariat @ACPGBI @BAETS_UK @Augishealth @OPSORE @amcgmx @spcir @CerrahiTurk @VSGBI @ALRSGBIAcademy @BritishHernia @STARSurgUK @ASiTofficial @roux_group @spigc2018 @_WACS_Surgeons @cosecsa @NIHR_GSU @websurg @me4_so

[BJS @BJSurgery]

Open excisional haemorrhoidectomy versus transanal haemorrhoidal dearterialization for grade III haemorrhoids: open-label #RCT
➡️ https://t.co/5Bz4y0FZNP

🧪 Single-centre RCT (n=50) comparing open excisional haemorrhoidectomy (OEH) vs transanal haemorrhoidal dearterialization (THD).

📊 Clinical failure was much higher with THD (61% vs 8%; P<0.001), with all reoperations occurring in the THD group.
⚖️ Both techniques improved symptoms and QoL, but OEH was more effective overall.
💥 OEH caused more early postoperative pain and longer recovery (21 vs 14 days; P=0.010).

🎯 Take-home: OEH offers superior durability, while THD may reduce short-term pain at the cost of higher failure and reoperation rates.

Work by Ignacio Fernandez-Hurtado , Naila Pages-Valle , Maria F Sarubbo , Olga Claramonte-Bellmunt , Santiago Baena-Bradaschia , Jose A Cifuentes-Rodenas , Xavier Serra-Aracil

#ColorectalSurgery #Haemorrhoids #RCT #SurgicalOutcomes #QoL #SoMe4Surgery #MedTwitter #SurgEd #Surgery @RCPSGTrainees @aecirujanos @SEIQuirurgica @iss_sic #MedicalTechniques @BJSAcademy @young_bjs @BJSOpen @evanscolorectal @robhinchliffe1 @bplwijn @MalinASund @nfmkok @TejedorPat @paulo_sutt @PVaughanShaw @JJEarnshaw @juliomayol @ksoreide #colorectalsurgery #StepUp4CRC @FightCRC @ACPGBI #ERAS @dice_europe #Crohn #proctology @Dukes_Club @ACPGBI_EduTrain @AECP_FAECP @PelvExGroup @escp_tweets @YouESCP #TeachMeColoproctology
#Some4COLoprocto

[BJS @BJSurgery]

🏃‍♂️Multimodal prehabilitation, when implemented hospital-wide, did not reduce postoperative complications or length of stay in a real-world cohort
These findings suggest that prehabilitation should be targeted to high-risk patients rather than applied universally
➡️ https://t.co/LzLXfdfpiD

Work by Luuk D Drager , Femke Atsma , Dieuwke Strijker , Linda A G van Heusden-Scholtalbers , Monique J M D van Asseldonk , Jonas Rosenstok , Joost P H Seeger , Sjors Verlaan , Laurien M Buffart , Cornelis J H M van Laarhoven , Baukje van den Heuvel , the F4S PREHAB Collaborative Group

#SoMe4Surgery #MedTwitter #SurgEd #Surgery @RCPSGTrainees @aecirujanos @SEIQuirurgica @iss_sic #MedicalTechniques @BJSAcademy @young_bjs @BJSOpen @evanscolorectal @robhinchliffe1 @bplwijn @MalinASund @nfmkok @TejedorPat @paulo_sutt @PVaughanShaw @JJEarnshaw @juliomayol @ksoreide #colorectalsurgery #StepUp4CRC @FightCRC @ACPGBI #ERAS @dice_europe #Crohn #proctology @Dukes_Club @ACPGBI_EduTrain @AECP_FAECP @PelvExGroup @escp_tweets @YouESCP #TeachMeColoproctology
#Some4COLoprocto #some4UGI #uppergi #esophagealcancer #gastriccancer #reflux @ISDE_net @Augishealth @roux_group @T4UGIS @SARONG_Trial @YoungIFSO #bariatricsurgery

[BJS Academy @BJSAcademy]

🚨 REGISTER NOW | BJS Academy Virtual Journal Club
➡️https://t.co/C4IbIzjeDo

This interactive event will feature two trainee presentations and expert-led discussion exploring surgeon wellbeing and resilience, based on research published in BJS and BJS Open.

💬 Attendees can submit questions live through the Q&A chat.

🗓 Thursday, 2 April ⏰ 18:00 GMT
🌍 Open to our international surgical community.

#Surgery #MedEd #JournalClub #surgeon #trainee @BJSurgery @BjsOpen @JJEarnshaw

[Jonothan Earnshaw @JJEarnshaw]

Who would you choose?

[BJS Academy @BJSAcademy]

❓ 2027 BJS Award: Have your nomination ready?

💥The nomination must be confidential.
💥It must not be communicated with the nominee.
💥Nominations must be made on the online form.
💥For more information visit ⬇️
https://t.co/2ajk6asaGm

⏱️Less than one week until the nomination window opens - 2 April 2026!

#2027BJSAward #ShapingSurgicalScience #LeadingSurgicalEducation #SoMe4Surgery @BJSurgery @BjsOpen #surgery

[BJS Academy @BJSAcademy]

🆕 Webinar - BJS Award 2025 winner, Professor James Shapiro
➡️ https://t.co/FQK9yOYNWF

Enjoy a special webinar featuring Professor James Shapiro, recipient of the 2025 BJS Award.

🏆 Alongside esteemed colleagues, discover his groundbreaking surgical achievements in islet transplantation, the road to the “Edmonton Protocol” and the impact on Type 1 Diabetes.

To explore all content related to the 2025 BJS Award winner, visit the dedicated page: https://t.co/HEwrhyGQ5k

❓️Has the 2025 Award winner inspired you to nominate for the 2027 BJS Award ? The nomination window opens 2 April.

#2027BJSAward #ShapingSurgicalScience
#LeadingSurgicalEducation #SoMe4Surgery
@BJSurgery @BjsOpen

[Jonothan Earnshaw @JJEarnshaw]

Best wishes to both. BJS in safe hands.

[BJS @BJSurgery]

The BJS Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of Malin Sund and Martyn Evans as the new Joint Editors-in-Chief of BJS, effective 1 April 2026.

Both bring outstanding scholarly achievement, leadership, and extensive experience in surgical research and academic publishing.

We are confident that under their joint stewardship, BJS will continue to advance its mission of publishing high-quality research that informs surgical practice and improves patient care globally. For the full announcement, please visit this link:

https://t.co/orFPE7k2TS

Please join us in welcoming Malin and Martyn to their new roles!

@MalinASund @evanscolorectal

[BJS @BJSurgery]

Systematic review of the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery indicators with quality assessment of modelled estimates
➡️https://t.co/1RD0jbjbUt

📊 Systematic review of 44 studies/policies assessing Lancet Commission surgical indicators across 217 countries
⚠️ Reporting remains limited:
 • Access to surgery: 39% met target
 • Workforce density: 50.3% met target
 • Surgical volume: 31.5% met target
 • Financial protection: 0 countries met targets
🌐 Major disparities: high-income countries consistently outperform LMICs
📉 Many modelled estimates lack transparency and validation

🏠Global surgical system monitoring is fragmented and incomplete. Without standardized, routine data collection, progress toward 2030 goals cannot be reliably tracked.

Work by Theophilus T K Anyomih , Anita E Agbeko , Alazar B Aregawi , Kathryn Chu , Richard Crawford , Ewen M Harrison , Sivesh Kamarajah , Elizabeth Li , John G Meara , Albane Mulliez , Soha Sobhy , Richard Sullivan , Elizabeth Tissingh , Thomas G Weiser , Aneel Bhangu , Dmitri Nepogodiev

#SoMe4Surgery #MedTwitter #SurgEd #Surgery @RCPSGTrainees @aecirujanos @SEIQuirurgica @iss_sic #MedicalTechniques @BJSAcademy @young_bjs @BJSOpen @evanscolorectal @robhinchliffe1 @bplwijn @MalinASund @nfmkok @TejedorPat @paulo_sutt @PVaughanShaw @JJEarnshaw @juliomayol @ksoreide #some4hpb #some4tpl @DPCG_official @pancreatitis_nl @PancreasClub #PancreasClub2023 #PancreaticCancer #Pancreatitis #HCC @PanCAN #PanCANawareness @EurPancClub @P_C_E_ @dice_europe #PancreaticCancer #cholangiocarcinoma #colorectalsurgery #StepUp4CRC @FightCRC @ACPGBI #ERAS @dice_europe #Crohn #proctology @Dukes_Club @ACPGBI_EduTrain @AECP_FAECP @PelvExGroup @escp_tweets @YouESCP #TeachMeColoproctology
#Some4COLoprocto #some4UGI #uppergi #esophagealcancer #gastriccancer #reflux @ISDE_net @Augishealth @roux_group @T4UGIS @SARONG_Trial @YoungIFSO #bariatricsurgery

[BJS @BJSurgery]

🚨 Editor Assistant recruitment announcement! 🚨

✍️ Applications are welcome for our next intake of Editor Assistants.

🧐 To apply, please submit an abridged CV (2 pages maximum), which includes a publication list of only your top 10 publications (plus the number of total
original full-length publications). Your covering letter (1 page maximum) should explain your interest in the position. Your application should be submitted in
a single PDF by 30th April 2026.

🙌 Good luck!

@BjsOpen @BJSAcademy

[BJS Academy @BJSAcademy]

🆕 Comment on: Prophylactic antibiotics in hand trauma surgery: a network meta-analysis
➡️ https://t.co/4ceRbuRkYB

What are your thoughts? Comment below🗨️

@bjsurgery #surgery

[BJS @BJSurgery]

Survival After Pathological Complete Response Following Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy vs Chemoradiotherapy in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
➡️ https://t.co/vVEWLBc67v

📊 Individual patient data from 7 phase III RCTs (n=1,044 ESCC patients, 6 countries)
💊 NAC vs 🔥 NACRT → pCR rates: 6.9% vs 34.2%
🔎 Among patients achieving pCR (n=192):
 • 5-year OS: 97.5% (NAC) vs 70.4% (NACRT)
 • 5-year RFS: 80.8% (NAC) vs 63.7% (NACRT)
📈 Multivariable analysis confirmed a significant survival advantage for NAC in the pCR subgroup

🎯 Take-home: pCR is not biologically equivalent across modalities. ESCC patients achieving pCR after NAC have an exceptionally favourable prognosis—raising the question of whether this group could be considered for future surgery-avoidance or watch-and-wait strategies.

Work by Jun Okui , Satoru Matsuda , Kengo Nagashima , Yasunori Sato , Hirofumi Kawakubo , Thomas Ruhstaller , Peter Thuss-Patience , Magnus Nilsson , Fredrik Klevebro , Lijie Tan , Shaoyuan Zhang , Thomas Aparicio , Guillaume Piessen , Charlène van der Zijden , Bianca Mostert , Bas P L Wijnhoven , Takahiro Tsushima , Hiroya Takeuchi , Ken Kato , Yuko Kitagawa

#SoMe4Surgery #MedTwitter #SurgEd #Surgery @RCPSGTrainees @aecirujanos @SEIQuirurgica @iss_sic #MedicalTechniques @BJSAcademy @young_bjs @BJSOpen @evanscolorectal @robhinchliffe1 @bplwijn @MalinASund @nfmkok @TejedorPat @paulo_sutt @PVaughanShaw @JJEarnshaw @juliomayol @ksoreide #some4UGI #uppergi #esophagealcancer #gastriccancer #reflux @ISDE_net @Augishealth @roux_group @T4UGIS @SARONG_Trial @YoungIFSO #bariatricsurgery

[BJS Academy @BJSAcademy]

🚨NEW RULE🚨 2027 BJS Award

💫 Nominations CAN be made by an organisation, including societies, associations, colleges and bodies

Does your organisation have someone in mind?

Read up on all the guidelines before the nomination window opens on 2 April: https://t.co/y8pyFLKcVy
#surgery #surgeon #medical #medicine #2027BJSAward #ShapingSurgicalScience #LeadingSurgicalEducation #SoMe4Surgery @BJSurgery @BjsOpen @asgbi @IfsoSecretariat
@ACPGBI @BAETS_UK @Augishealth @OPSORE @amcgmx @spcir @CerrahiTurk @VSGBI @ALRSGBIAcademy @BritishHernia @STARSurgUK @ASiTofficial @roux_group @spigc2018 @_WACS_Surgeons @cosecsa @NIHR_GSU @websurg @me4_so

[BJS @BJSurgery]

Surgery for interplanetary space missions
➡️ https://t.co/Neo5dAtzQh

This review summarizes previous work on surgery in microgravity and proposes robotic surgery as the best solution for positive astronaut-care outcomes, with a complete technical workflow that covers the crew, robot, and environment

Work by Raghav Khanna , Yang Li , Matthew Cook , Preeti Sawant , Raymond Hounon , Danielle Carroll , Lakita Lowe , Lukas Lindenroth , Toktam Mahmoodi , Nicholas Raison , Alejandro Granados , Anu Ojha , Christos Bergeles , Alberto Breda , Sebastien Ourselin , Prokar Dasgupta

#SoMe4Surgery #MedTwitter #SurgEd #Surgery @RCPSGTrainees @aecirujanos @SEIQuirurgica @iss_sic #MedicalTechniques @BJSAcademy @young_bjs @BJSOpen @evanscolorectal @robhinchliffe1 @bplwijn @MalinASund @nfmkok @TejedorPat @paulo_sutt @PVaughanShaw @JJEarnshaw @juliomayol @ksoreide #SoMe4Trauma #emgensurg @WSESurgery @NELANews #EmLap @ASGBI_MA #some4peds #colorectalsurgery #StepUp4CRC @FightCRC @ACPGBI #ERAS @dice_europe #Crohn #proctology @Dukes_Club @ACPGBI_EduTrain @AECP_FAECP @PelvExGroup @escp_tweets @YouESCP #TeachMeColoproctology
#Some4COLoprocto #some4hpb #some4tpl @DPCG_official @pancreatitis_nl @PancreasClub #PancreasClub2023 #PancreaticCancer #Pancreatitis #HCC @PanCAN #PanCANawareness @EurPancClub @P_C_E_ @dice_europe #PancreaticCancer #cholangiocarcinoma

[BJS Academy @BJSAcademy]

🚨 REGISTER | BJS Academy Virtual Journal Club
➡️https://t.co/R60vOhhX16

This interactive event will feature two trainee presentations and expert-led discussion exploring surgeon wellbeing and resilience, based on research published in BJS and BJS Open.

💬 Attendees can submit questions live through the Q&A chat.

🗓 Thursday, 2 April ⏰ 18:00 GMT
🌍 Open to our international surgical community.

#Surgery #MedEd #JournalClub #surgeon #trainee @BJSurgery @BjsOpen @JJEarnshaw