Bindy

@DrJMinhas @dejolaleye @Leic_hospital Can't wait to sort to collaborate again. Still up for the blood flow dissection study?

@bindusmaximus @dejolaleye @Leic_hospital Fantastic news @bindusmaximus ! Look forward to catching up soon. 💪🏽🥳

Congratulations to our entire head and neck cancer multidisciplinary team on establishing our Transoral Robotic Surgery Service in UHL @Leic_hospital with excellent patient outcomes in our first year 🙌🥳. It has been my privilege to lead our transoral robotic service at UHL and treat patients with throat cancers. We had a poster presentation of our first year robotic surgery outcomes at the British Association of Head and Neck Oncologists (BAHNO) in London 🙌👏👌. Thank you to our Chief Executive Richard Mitchell and UHL leadership for their support and the Samworth Foundation for the funds to purchase the daVinci Xi robot. We have had some excellent outcomes for our cancer patients. For diagnosis, we have found the cancer primary 86% of the time using the robot (tonsillectomy and tongue base mucosectomy). For treatment, patients who had robotic oropharyngectomy and neck dissection have avoided chemoradiation 75% of the time. This is remarkable as it means these patients avoided the toxicity of chemoradiation (given over 6 weeks) like difficulty swallowing, dry mouth, tiredness and did not require feeding tubes or dental extractions. All 25 patients are alive and cancer free except in one case of recurrence in the neck. There were no primary bleeds and only 2 patients had secondary bleeds managed conservatively on the ward. There has been no return to theatre and no need for gastrostomy feeding tubes. Pain generally settled after two weeks and swallowing returned to near normal at three weeks. These are excellent results in our first year providing head and neck robotic surgery in Leicester 🙌👌👏👏 I just want to say a big thank you to every member of our head and neck MDT including Mr Conboy, Mr Mair, Mr Ekrim, Mr Tanweer, Mr Uddin, Mr Ashokkumar & all our surgeons; Prof Vaidhyananth @RamVaidhyanath, Dr Harieaswar, Dr Lam, Dr Niyaz, Dr Menon, Amy Barnes and all our radiology team; Pathologists, Oncologists led by Dr Sri Thiagarajan, Anaesthetists Dr Prea Ramasamy, Dr Hughes; Theatre teams led by Amy, Lisa, Megan, Joy and Co; Allied Health - Speech therapists Clair Sussenbach; Dietitians Catherine Hanlon, McGuinness; ACP Tracy Robinson and Macmillan nurses Laura Shields, Natalie Bull and support Aisha. Kinmonth and Ward 9 nurses led by Matrons Charlie and Petrova; Tracheostomy nurse Amy Croson, Cancer pathway coordinators, ENT Clinic staff, Admins and ENT Secretaries ❤️ We did this together as a team ❤️

@dejolaleye Great works as always my friend

I delivered an oral presentation today on a webinar focused on ‘Health inequalities and disparities in cancer care among ethnically diverse groups’ organised by the Dudley Group of Hospitals 👌 My talk was on ‘Tackling disparities in head and neck cancer outcomes’. I shared our experience working collaboratively with the Oracle Head and Neck Cancer UK @OracleHNCUK with CEO Tamara Kahn @TamsykKahn, Dr Gianina Postavaru @uniofleicester, Dr Naina Patel and Aleks. It was most enriching to work with the South Asian Health Network @SAHealthAction, Highfields Rangers Black community and the Bangladesh community 👏👏 We raised awareness of head and neck cancer symptoms and explored how to reduce exposure to risk factors such as tobacco / paan/ gutka chewing which cause cancers of the tongue and cheeks amongst our South Asian communities. Anyone with difficulty swallowing, hoarseness, a neck lump, shortness of breath or weight loss lasting more than 3 weeks, should please see their GP and be referred urgently to our head and neck multidisciplinary team @Leic_hospital. The key lessons we learnt in working with ethnically diverse communities in Leicester is to ensure they have ownership and we listen to their perspectives and suggestions. It is to work with the respected voices in those communities, collaborate with other research groups and ensure representation of the communities in co-producing any outputs. It is important to approach engagement with an open mind and be sensitive to cultural perspectives. Aside our work in Leicester, there were a series of really insightful presentations on reducing health inequalities amongst the black population from Dr Omolade Allen, Dr Andrew Dalton, Mrs Jill Guild, Mr Chidi Molokwu, Miss Georgette Oni (keynote speaker), and Mr Akinfemi Akingboye - organiser 👏👏👌 There is much work to be done in raising awareness of cancer symptoms and ensuring equitable access for ethnically diverse communities 🙏

Oral screening @oncology_care conference in London #OPC24

@dejolaleye @ejoeyward @BAHNOOfficial @LeicesterAHP @merckgroup @TamsykKahn @UoL_SoPVS @Leic_hospital @uniofleicester @Oracle_Cancer @SAHealthAction @LeicResearch @ENT_UK @RCSnews @infoHANCUK @marsh_ek @nang_tege Great presentation today @dejolaleye

@ejoeyward @BAHNOOfficial @LeicesterAHP @merckgroup @TamsykKahn @UoL_SoPVS @Leic_hospital @uniofleicester @Oracle_Cancer @SAHealthAction @LeicResearch @ENT_UK @RCSnews @infoHANCUK Yes it was a joy to see you in the audience too. A big thank you to you, @marsh_ek, @bindusmaximus, @nang_tege for your support with our last head & neck cancer awareness /screening day at Highcross, Leicester 👏 Belgrave next to raise awareness that chewing paan causes cancer🙏

I presented at @BAHNOOfficial our work co-producing a head & neck cancer awareness campaign with ethnic minority communities in Leicester 👏 Funded @LeicesterAHP @merckgroup Presented with @TamsykKahn & Dr N. Patel. Collaborated with Dr Postavaru & A. Jakubowska @UoL_SoPVS 👌

@foxiehan @NSTC123 @stephan33226445 @SarahBanderasPe @BenCosway @JamesOHaraNCL @winipoo2000 ❤️

@foxiehan @NSTC123 @stephan33226445 @SarahBanderasPe @BenCosway @JamesOHaraNCL @winipoo2000 Awesome faculty 👍🏽

Come and see us in the highcross shopping centre tomorrow from 10am, find out more about how to reduce the risk of head and neck cancer and the signs and symptoms to look out for!

Today is #HPVawarenessday, an important day to spread awareness of the free HPV vaccination offered to Year 8 boys and girls in the UK. youtu.be/B92Ir2AS8Tk

@Ajithpgeorge Agree; we do them with robot for this paper due to 10 years of access to robot, prior to that they were done with LASER in our institution. The robot is simply a tool (knife/fork/spoon analogy); need to do what is in right in your institution/hands to give best to your patients.

@lizzyelsey That's the key to being a consultant; like minded people who are supportive 😊

Top advice for finding a new consultant post: Find somewhere with lovely colleagues. People who are approachable, kind and want you to succeed. I am so lucky.

Excited to get this instructional video on #TORS lateral oropharyngectomy out there. Nice animations about relevant anatomy, positioning, exposure and video with @TVASurg @YaoCMKL #mihirpatel @AHNSinfo pie.med.utoronto.ca/TVASurg/projec…

@DrJohndeAlmeida @TVASurg @YaoCMKL @AHNSinfo Love this @DrJohndeAlmeida ; can wait to show this to our trainees.

@endoscope_i @VRDesktop Can't wait to see wait to see what you get up to when Apple Vision comes to the UK 🙌🏾

With the help of the amazing @VRDesktop we can now really explore the role of spatial computing in 3D endoscopy. Some tweaks and software development but watch this space as we predict wearables will be the future of minimal access surgery

📢Last week for abstract submissions for @BAHNOOfficial 2024 conference. Don't miss your chance to contribute and showcase your valuable research and insights. Closing date is this Sunday, February 4th—Carpe diem!!

@lizrossauc @HeadStoke @CTRCardiffUni Love this 🙏🏽

I am delighted to report that @HeadStoke are officially open to recruiting to the PATHOS trial! Our entire team have worked hard to get us up and running & I’m so pleased that we can now contribute and help guide future treatments for our OPSCC cancer patients @CTRCardiffUni

Our latest #PhD studentship is waiting for your application!! Come work with us @DerbyUni and help us understand more about #HPV and #HeadandNeckCancer derby.ac.uk/research/degre…

@ejoeyward @lizrossauc Hope you had a lovely day yesterday and was full of merriment 🍸🎅🏽

@bindusmaximus @lizrossauc Merry Christmas, Bindy. Hope you are well.

Merry Christmas! 🎄

@dejolaleye @Leic_hospital @RMitchell_NHS @DanielB22654425 @LeicshN @RamVaidhyanath @Amyebarnes17 Great news to hear 👍🏾

I led our UHL head and neck robotic surgery team to observe transoral robotic surgery in Leeds 👌- P. Conboy, M. Mair, P. Ramasamy ❤️ Thank you to Mr Jim Moore (ENT Surgeon), his team & Dr Bilmen (Anaesthetist) 👏 We will apply these tips to care for patients @Leic_hospital 🙏