James MacFarlane

After 4 years The CAPITAL meeting is finally making a return! Will we meet you there? #CAPITAL #pituitary #Leiden

Our new original article and literature review on the diagnostic utility of 11C-methionine PET/CT in primary hyperparathyroidism by Huynh et al. has just been published in Clinical Endocrinology! #methionine #parathyroid onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Very pleased that our latest manuscript is now available online! doi.org/10.1186/s40658… We optimised PET image reconstruction using a 3D-Printed phantom including a radioactive pituitary tumour and surrounding anatomy. @CUH_NHS @Cambridge_Uni @MGEndoGroup @Prusa3D

#MeetTheTeam Kevin Huynh is a visiting 4th-year medical student from Leiden University with a particular interest in pituitary disease. He has worked on several projects regarding endocrine imaging, and pituitary tumours. He also runs this Twitter account on behalf of the team.

#MeetTheTeam Daniel Gillett is a Senior Clinical Scientist at the Department of Nuclear Medicine. His work in endocrine functional imaging has focused on the optimisation of image acquisition and post-acquisition image processing for improved image quality and interpretability.

#MeetTheTeam August Palma is an endocrine research/specialist nurse with particular interest in pituitary and adrenal conditions. He has played an essential role in several trials on primary aldosteronism, AVP-deficiency and functional imaging in pituitary adenomas.

Check out our new review “Novel imaging techniques in refractory pituitary adenomas” by MacFarlane et al. that has just been published in Pituitary! link.springer.com/article/10.100…

#MeetTheTeam Prof Mark Gurnell is Professor of Clinical Endocrinology and Clinical SubDean at the University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine. He has led and overseen the development of novel techniques for functional imaging for pituitary and adrenal disorders.

Our new review entitled “Molecular Imaging of Pituitary Tumors” by Gillett et al. has just been published in Seminars in Nuclear Medicine! sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #pituitary #molecularimaging #functionalimaging #PETCT

@DrBenLovell @hormone_doc Intentional insulin overdose

Dear endo Twitter - is there EVER a scenario where you would stop a patients (type 1 DM) long acting insulin? I teach that you NEVER NEVER NEVER stop this, but I do remember that ‘there is no such thing as “never”’ in medicine and now I’m curious @hormone_doc

@JonnyGucks Happy Birthday! I turned 30 on nights in May. Will probably turn 31 in the same way :/

I’ve just turned 30 while on (my last ever set of) nights. Won’t miss nights or being medical SHO but will definitely miss the lovely j27 team 🎂❤️ meanwhile me rn...

@DrJas_Cheung Good luck Jason

Anxiously waiting for this morning’s spinal surgery For the first time in my life Get to see things from the patient perspective: questions, nervousness, uncertainties. Also life under COVID-19 pandemic too, especially peri-operative home shielding and other challenges.

@mevparekh I thought I was the only one w/ the coconut cortado

How to impress your registrar: Turn up to work on time Engage with the ward round Laugh at my shite banter with the patients Try a coconut cortado with me as it’s my favourite coffee Have lunch with me Ask if you can come to clinic Go home on time

@KatrinaSheikh So good. Seriously stylish cat.

Bank holiday a year ago today 😳 A time when I had a freshly cut hair, didn’t know what PPE stood for and I was at my peak fitness. *sigh* #StayHomeSaveLives #COVID19 #doctor #InThisTogether

@dr_ashwitt @GavinPrestonMD I'm keen to triple accredit in biscuits, D&E and GIM. Will be talking to my TPD.

Patient: ‘Doctor, I know it’s not your speciality, but do you know much about biscuits availability in this hospital?’ Quick to reassure that my primary speciality is, in fact, biscuits. However the college won’t recognise it so I’ve put down Respiratory and Gen med as well.

@ZakiHassanSmith That's a tea!?

@cpesyna @DrLindaDykes @ColumbiaSurgery This is great :)

So pleased to have colleagues like ⁦@ColumbiaSurgery⁩. No cases? ICU fellows and attendings slammed? Impromptu procedural strike force! From a couple days of having this up and running, I promise it’s a godsend. Consider working this in to your hospital’s plans for #covid

@MariaFleseriu @PituitarySoc @MelmedShlomo @DrSusanSamson1 @Karavitaki_Niki @OHSUBrain @biermasz Really enjoyed this and felt Webinar format worked excellently!

"Essentials of Pituitary" Mastercourse Webinar @PituitarySoc; a joy chairing it, glad didn't cancel as >100 fellows listened to worldwide experts for 8 h &forgot a little the #COVID19 crisis in our hospitals. @MelmedShlomo @DrSusanSamson1 @Karavitaki_Niki @OHSUBrain @biermasz