We are delighted to announce that
@DrNickKennedy
has been awarded a President's Medal 2020 for his contribution to treatment of IBD and the impact of COVID-19 to IDB
The BSG is saddened to hear of the death of Prof Roger Williams, a long-time member of the Society and leader in the development of Hepatology in Britain.
That's a wrap on
#BSGLIVE23
everyone! 🎉 Thank you to all our attendees, speakers, and industry partners 👏 Have a safe journey home and we look forward to seeing you all again next year for
#BSGLIVE24
back in Birmingham!
#BSG2021
: Congratulations to Prof
@Rutter_Matt
who has been awarded the BSG Hopkins Prize Lecture this year 👏 If you missed his lecture on "Improving
#Endoscopy
Through
#Data
" make sure you catch it on-demand!
"As a charity with a duty of care for our members, patients & colleagues, we have decided the ethical & correct action is to postpone BSG2020 to 8-11 February 2021. We appreciate your understanding & continued support at this time." — BSG President
@CathrynmEdwards
The BSG has released a series of important documents for service recovery planning, including:
• a definition for the epidemic cycle phases
• a prioritised list for clinical activities
• a practical approach to the delivery and planning of service
That's a wrap everyone! 🎉 Thank you to everyone who attended
#BSGLIVE22
and a huge thank you to our speakers and industry partners 👏 We hope you all have a safe journey home and we look forward to seeing you all again next year!
We are thrilled to congratulate Dr Sarah Clark on winning the BSG Dame Parveen Kumar for Education and Training Award 2023 for her impressive achievements and work as a trainer! 👏
Congratulations to
@DrChrisLamb
on being awarded the prestigious Francis Avery Jones Lecture 👏🏻 Don’t miss his presentation on ‘Developing a career in academic
#gastroenterology
: Collaborate, Assimilate, Innovate, Communicate, Educate & Celebrate’ at
#BSGLIVE23
in hall 1a!
Climate change has huge adverse effects on gastrointestinal and
#liver
health, and the ability to deliver effective healthcare ♻️ We're proud to announce the development of a strategy on
#sustainability
and the formation of a new working group 👇
We are sad to announce the passing yesterday of former President, Ian Forgacs. He was a positive force for good in gastroenterology and the BSG. He will be missed by members, staff, colleagues and friends. Rest in peace, Ian.
At our AGM last night, with a record attendance online, we said ’goodbye’ and ’thank you’ to our outgoing President
@CathrynmEdwards
She has led us through 2 years of change and challenges and we are very grateful for her leadership.
Congratulations to
@sheiybani
for winning the research trainee project pitch at the BSG-NIHR Introduction to Trainee Research event which took place in Birmingham on 1st April! 👏
@bsgtrainees
@NIHRresearch
Founded in 1937, the BSG has grown from a club to be a major force in British medicine focused on the promotion of
#gastroenterology
and
#hepatology
within the UK. Check out our timeline for a rundown of key dates and events in our 86 year history 🙌
Our latest Meet our Members interview is with Sarah Marshall, Clinical Programme Manager for the Bowel Cancer Screening centre at St Mark’s Hospital. Read about her career and beginnings in
#gastroenterology
below 👇
@SarahTom123
Congratulations to Dr Abhishek Chauhan for being awarded the
@BSGTrainees
Young Gastroenterologist of the Year - Clinical & Translational Science Prize
We are delighted to endorse and share the Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC) Care Bundle for use in outpatient clinics to ensure that all relevant aspects of PBC management are addressed. Download it here 👇
Congratulations to Dr Siwan Thomas-Gibson who will deliver this year's BSG Hopkins Prize for Endoscopy lecture at
#bsg2018
! Find out more here:
@SiwanTG
Meet
@Philip_J_Smith
, Consultant Luminal
#Gastroenterologist
and Honorary Senior Lecturer at Royal Liverpool University Hospital. Read about what he enjoys most about his work and the best advice he's received in our latest Meet our Members interview 👇
The British Society of Gastroenterology was appalled by the findings of this week’s
@BJSurgery
publication reporting on women and men sexually assaulted and raped in the last 5 years. Whilst this study was undertaken in the surgical workforce it would be naïve to think that this…
Congratulations to Dr Omer Farouk Ahmad for being awarded the Trainees Young Gastroenterologist of the Year – Clinical & Translational Science!
@BSGTrainees
Here is our advice on
#COVID19
for patients with Gastrointestinal or Liver conditions, particularly those conditions that require immunosuppressive drugs.
Our UK consensus guidelines on
#IBD
management have now been published in
@Gut_BMJ
. All major UK stakeholders in IBD care have been represented through the 81 clinicians and patients who helped make this possible. Thank you all!
View the article here:
Our warmest congratulations to BSG Research Chair Professor Ramesh Arasaradnam, who has been awarded an
#OBE
for services to the NHS during COVID-19 in the
#QueensBirthdayHonours
!
There's an opportunity now to reboot outpatient gastroenterology and hepatology services. Read the consensus of expert opinion which has been developed by the BSG Clinical Services and Standards Committee, BSG Executive and co-opted members
#COVID
ー19
Registration is now open for the
#BSG2021
Annual Meeting Online! Join us on 8th - 12th November and make sure to register by 1st October to save with the discounted early bird rate🗓️
It is with great pleasure that we invite you to our annual meeting, BSG LIVE 22. After 2+ years, we are excited to be able to bring the
#gastroenterology
community to Birmingham so that together, we may look forward to the future of our speciality
We're delighted to launch the BSG Trainees Podcast! 📻 Tune in for interviews with prominent
#gastroenterologists
about their lives, how they came into their line of work, and what their work entails
@BSGTrainees
#BSGLIVE23
has begun! We’re excited to be kicking off the congress with Masterclass today 🙌 We’re also thrilled to have over 2,400 people registered for the week with over 750 joining us for Masterclass 🤩
As exciting new molecules with differing mechanisms of action enter the therapeutic armamentarium of
#IBD
💊 we are delighted to present our next
#BSGLIVE23
Web Education interview on 'Masterclass: New Drugs for IBD' with
@ibdseb
and
@anjan_dhar6
👇
Congratulations to our new officers
@DebbieShawcros1
, BSG Research Deputy Chair, and
@ThoufeeqMo
, BSG International Deputy Chair! 👏 Find out more about their personal and professional backgrounds 👇
@ResearchBsg
We are delighted to share our latest Meet Our Members interview with John Leeds, Consultant Pancreaticobiliary Physician, Endoscopist and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer. Read it below 👇
@NEndoscopy
We estimate there are around 100 endoscopy fellowships across the UK & Ireland.
Listing them all centrally will support our trainees, and enable teams to attract strong candidates.
It will only take 2 mins to share yours! Thank you for your support.
“I love being a Gastroenterologist because of the great team I am privileged to work with, the huge diversity of patients I treat and the ability to make a difference every day”
#changingthefaceofgastroenterology
We're delighted to announce that our immediate past president
@CathrynmEdwards
has been appointed as
@RCPLondon
registrar.
Dr Edwards takes up post in May and is the first woman to be appointed as RCP registrar in over 500 years.
We're delighted to announce that registration is open for the
@BSGSWiG
annual conference 🎉 Open to all, this conference will feature talks on supporting
#diversity
in the speciality, career transitioning,
#endoscopy
& more! Read the programme & register:
Meet our member and Workforce Lead
@Charl0tteRutter
, a Consultant Gastroenterologist at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge. Read about her route into
#gastroenterology
and what advancements she's most excited about 👇
We are very excited to announce the launch of BSG Campus, a new virtual meeting which will be taking place from 21st – 29th January 2021! Read the full programme and register today:
#BSGCampus
#Gastroevent
#Gastroenterology
#InCaseYouMissedIt
: We released the details of our
#BSG2019
Prize Winners online. The full list of poster and oral presentation winners can also be downloaded here. Do have a look (and RT if you’re listed/pictured)!
Congratulations to Dr Mohammad Farhad Peerally for being awarded the Alistair McIntyre Prize for Improving Gastroenterology Training!
@FarhadPeerally2
@BSGTrainees
Dr Ajay Verma
@UKGastroDr
kicks off session 4 of the annual BSG NIHR introduction to research event for trainees with a talk on conducting impactful research in a busy DGH
@BSGTrainees
🏥
#IBS
remains one of the most common gastrointestinal disorders seen by clinicians in both primary and secondary care. Read the latest BSG Guidelines on the Management of Irritable Bowel Syndrome below 👇
The
#IBD
Section of the BSG and the IBD Clinical Research Group recently released their
#SARS
-CoV2
#vaccination
position statement. Read the full statement and key recommendations here:
The BSG IBD Investigators Day continues this afternoon with an introduction from
@ibdseb
on
#IBD
CRG news, which will be followed by a spotlight on trainees and the future of IBD research 🔬 Watch this space for session recordings, to be shared later this week! 📹
Please welcome Prof Pradeep Bhandari as the new BSG Deputy VP
#Endoscopy
! 👋 Pradeep is a Consultant Gastroenterologist at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, and Professor of Gastroenterology at Portsmouth University 👇
@gastro3570
We're delighted to announce our new
#endoscopy
case series to challenge your diagnostic skills and help you learn from the experts in the field! Read the first edition below 👇
#takethechallange
#takeabite
Our new President,
@awmckinlay
sets out his appreciation for
@CathrynmEdwards
and her term as President.
'An older member was heard to remark, “What is that woman doing?” I would simply have replied, “Taking us into the 21st-century.”
We are delighted to congratulate Dr Polychronis Pavlidis on winning the BMJ Gut best laboratory science abstract for oral presentation with his presentation on “The interleukin 22/ /neutrophil axis is associated with treatment resistance in ulcerative colitis” 🎉
@PolychronisP
We are delighted to invite you to join us for our inaugural BSG Supporting Women in Gastroenterology (SWiG) event. The SWiGday theme is ‘Achieving your Potential’ hosted by BSG President Dr Cathryn Edwards on Friday 12th October 9.00am - 5pm at RCP
The BSG Supporting Women in
#Gastroenterology
(SWiG) section is committed to supporting diversity and underrepresented groups within the speciality 🤝 Hear our members talk about the SWiG Symposium at BSG LIVE'22, we hope you can join us at
#BSGLIVE23
!
#InternationalWomensDay
Happy
#InternationalNursesDay
from the BSG! Today we're paying tribute to
#nurses
👏 thank you for your spectacular hard work and dedication 💙 Our Meet Our Members series interviews some of the amazing nurses in our Society, read them below 👇
@BSGNurses
#BSGLIVE22
kicks off TOMORROW ⏳ with our fantastic masterclasses on
#GI
&
#liver
disorders straight from the experts. Have your ticket at the ready for what is set to be the best BSG annual meeting yet! Register and read the full agenda below 👇
That's a wrap on the 2022
@BSGTrainees
#BSGTaster
Course! Thank you to those who attended - we hope you've been inspired to become future
#gastroenterologists
🙌 a huge thank you to our speakers & trainers for sharing their time and expertise with us 🙏