Prof Vikram Devaraj

Consultant Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon, Associate Prof anatomy @ExeterMed. Lives in the moment but ageing fast. Foodie, Springsteen 🎼& hip-hop lover!

[Prof Vikram Devaraj @vikram_devaraj]

The message over ⁦@glastonbury⁩ ⁦@bbcglasto⁩ #snow patrol says it all! This is what it’s about !

[Prof Vikram Devaraj @vikram_devaraj]

@TheShowstoppers the newts rise up and have a mutiny (or newtany)

[Prof Vikram Devaraj @vikram_devaraj]

@TheShowstoppers they drain the bog and find a hidden civilisation

[Prof Vikram Devaraj @vikram_devaraj]

@TheShowstoppers one of the characters is swallowed by a humpback whale and spat out. Another goes to Dartmoor prison and locked up

[Prof Vikram Devaraj @vikram_devaraj]

Superb service today to say farewell to Bishop Robert Atwell #ExeterCathedral on his retirement. 🎶 choral tributes, anthems & farewells simply stunning! @LLofDevon

[Prof Vikram Devaraj @vikram_devaraj]

Love living & working in this part of the country @DevonLife As a foodie, look forward to this at 9.00pm More4. @whatsondevon #Devon

https://t.co/wOZv1NspuU

[Exeter Med School @ExeterMed]

Brilliant to see the arrival of this incredible #genetic sequencer - it can look at almost all of an individual’s genetic information in a single test within 24 hours. Will form an integral part of our dedicated joint NHS and university research facility. @NIHRresearch @ExeterBRC

[Prof Vikram Devaraj @vikram_devaraj]

🤔Remain concerned about correspondence from the DWP who sent me this notification...

While reasonably accurate, describing me as "The Old Grumpy" does feel a tad unnecessary in formal letters!

[Prof Vikram Devaraj @vikram_devaraj]

@DrMollyDineen @ExeterMed @UniofExeter @Exalumni Lovely to see you Molly & other medics who graduated from Exeter flourishing and looking so well. We are incredibly proud. Clearly channeling my 1970's look ...having delivered the milk tray chocolates..https://t.co/VvZksuYAMP

[Prof Vikram Devaraj @vikram_devaraj]

Random!

Watching 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 v 🇭🇹 @Lionesses. Looked out of rain soaked window. Pair of wild Canada geese viewing the match too!

🤔maybe dropped in to see the goal after nil draw 🇨🇦 v 🇳🇪? 😁

[Prof Vikram Devaraj @vikram_devaraj]

An annual day of celebration merits pulling all the stops out! Incredibly proud of our graduates @UniofExeter @uniofexeHLS @LLofDevon

[Prof Vikram Devaraj @vikram_devaraj]

Almost everything you possess is worth something to someone - knowledge, friendship, your time & love! 😁to gift medical & surgical texts to students, surgeons in training, colleagues & libraries.

“Life is like a book that never ends. Chapters close, but not the book itself.”

[Prof Vikram Devaraj @vikram_devaraj]

#askray what’s the one thing you would want to see happen to make things more level for the hard of hearing community?

[Prof Vikram Devaraj @vikram_devaraj]

Excellent @UniofExeter look forward to the opportunity

#Racism exists & we don’t enter the conversation as equals but we can alter perceptions & perspectives

Active listening should be a universal & legitimate currency. “Where do we want to go and how do we want to get there?”

[University of Exeter News @UniofExeterNews]

Join @ShadesChaudhary @vikram_devaraj @marionojua & VC Lisa Roberts @ 4pm on Weds 26th Oct to discuss confronting racism & action on race equality. At significant moment in UK history we explore how we build a fair, socially just & inclusive society. Info: https://t.co/mdv1bJc5kH

[Prof Vikram Devaraj @vikram_devaraj]

Always relevant, incredibly topical, death remains an inescapable fact of life. Superb new book @talkaboutloss shares experiences.

Compelling conversations help navigate all types of loss in a safe supportive space, renewing life after bereavement. Photo at launch! @KateMoreton

[Prof Vikram Devaraj @vikram_devaraj]

Brilliant to see saris🥻in Exeter worn with grace elegance & style at St Luke’s Chapel @UniofExeter for service of thanksgiving for my mother’s life. 🙏🏽@revhannaha @communitystluke @CoopFuneralcare @UofEChaplaincy @KateMoreton

She would be tickled pink! 🌹

[Prof Vikram Devaraj @vikram_devaraj]

Sometimes things in life don’t have to be prefect and just good enough really will do 🤔

Improvised ligature around a deeply split fig tree & wooden prop are just enough to keep growing & yield delicious gifts.

Great metaphor for life.

Tx for all the messages of support.

[Prof Vikram Devaraj @vikram_devaraj]

Lost my mum today.

90y & 7 coronary stents but mentally agile, frail ready to go.

Feeling self conscious asks “Do you think anyone will stare at an elderly Asian in a pink sari in a wheelchair?”

No I relied there are always loads in Dorset

No what?

No one did! Live life!

[Prof Vikram Devaraj @vikram_devaraj]

Sometimes your day job sucks.

Now and then something wonderful happens.

Someone you never really knew or recall comes up to thank you for what you did, you said, a passing comment, nod or smile.

That was all it was.

It didn’t feature on your radar but it featured on theirs.

[Prof Vikram Devaraj @vikram_devaraj]

How proud am I today?

2022 new 🧑🏼‍🎓👩‍🎓👨🏽‍🎓@UniofExeter @ExeterMed @UoE_MI @ExeterMedSci @ExeterMedTruro & intercalates starting their professional lives🔬🩺🩻.

Doesn’t get better! 😊

“If you can only be one thing in life..be kind!”

“We all dine at the banquet of consequences”.