Nathan Walker

Today in @NatureMedicine we report that AI can predict 130 diseases from 1 night of sleep🛌 We trained a foundation model (#SleepFM) on 585K hours of sleep recordings from 65K people—brain, heart, muscle & breathing signals combined. AI learns the language of sleep🧵

@earwegoagain @LSTMnews @LivUni @_ATscale @MLW_Programme Massive congratulations Tom 👏🏻👏🏻 incredible achievement

This week it was my great pleasure to attend my PhD graduation from @LSTMnews amongst friends and family and given my thesis topic of assitive technology for hearing, it was fitting and poignant that assitive technology helped me out on the day @LivUni @_ATscale @MLW_Programme

💷 ADVOCACY WEEK | Day 3 The True Investment in Surgical Training Every surgical trainee represents a significant national investment. In England alone, a host Trust receives: • £13,933 per trainee in placement fees • £30,856 in average salary contribution When scaled to the UK’s estimated 7,471 surgical trainees, this amounts to an annual government investment of ~£334 million. That’s £334 million of taxpayer funding intended for training. But intention doesn’t equal impact. We need greater accountability to ensure that the money allocated for training is actually used to deliver training. This is not simply a call for more funding; it’s a call to reappropriate existing budgets so they serve their true purpose. It’s time to shift the narrative. Training budgets must train. Trainees and patients deserve nothing less. #NoTrainingTodayNoSurgeonsTomorrow #ASiTAdvocacyWeek

Surgical trainees, we hear you. Limited operating time, intense competition, and financial + wellbeing pressures all underlined below. This report offers solutions, from fairer recruitment to flexible training and real equity. With national reform underway, now’s the time to act.

@NIHRresearch @Prof_IainBruce @JayaNichani @newman__tracey @Haroon_ENT Massive thanks also go to @JJkenth @earwegoagain @KMilinis @matt_zamm @andslau @winipoo2000 @DrJamesGlasbey @Sivesh93 @kennethmclean92 for all their help, support and advice with interviews! Incredibly excited to see what the next 3 years hold and beyond! #PhD

Beyond delighted to share that I have been awarded an @NIHRresearch Doctoral Fellowship to complete my PhD in childhood hearing loss! Incredibly grateful for all the support of such a strong team of supervisors @Prof_IainBruce , @JayaNichani , @newman__tracey , @Haroon_ENT 1/2

🚀 Boundaries in surgery end HERE. Got an idea, innovation, or project that can change the game? ASiT Innovation Summit 2025 is your stage. 📅 Abstract submissions are NOW OPEN — deadline 14th September 🏆 8 categories of prizes to be won 🔗 tinyurl.com/ASITIS25 Submit your abstract. Break boundaries. Join us at the Summit.

New recommendations for research in children's hearing health from parents/carers and children themselves! @BAPOrl @BAPOJuniors @ENT_AudsNews @NDCS_UK @BAAudiology @ent @AlderHeyENT @LivUni

✨ ISTG x ASiT at Freyer 2025 ✨ A fantastic day at our inaugural Freyer collaboration with @asitofficial — and huge congrats to both ASiT and Freyer on 50 years 🎉 Massive thanks to our brilliant presenters 👏 @GalwaySurgery @ASiTofficial

An absolute delight to represent @ASiTofficial at the inaugural ASiT x @ISTGofficial session at the 50th Freyer Symposium in Galway. All fantastic presentations. Thank you for such a warm welcome and hope to see as many of you as possible at ASiT Innovation summit + #ASiT50 !

⏳ 1 week left to nominate for the ASiT #Silver Awards 2026 🏆 Recognising surgical trainers who go above and beyond to support and inspire the next generation 👏 🗓️ Deadline: 22 August 2025 Nominate here 👉 asit.org/about/asit-tra… Check the categories below 👇👀

The #LengReview has major implications for surgical training. ASiT’s response outlines what this means for trainees and what must come next. 🔗 tinyurl.com/ASLR25

📝 Research Representative - Applications OPEN! Oversee ASiT’s research output: ⚡Be the single point of contact for trainees on any academic pathway ⚡ Establish links with NIHR, grant providers & academic support networks ⚡Shape research strategy & annual workplan ⚡ Run “Preparing for a Career in Academic Surgery” event & “How to Write a Paper” session Single seat • 2-year term • Starts Aug 2025 🗓️ Deadline: 11 June 2025 ℹ️ Apply now & read more ➡️ tinyurl.com/ACMR25

🌍 Regional Representative applications are OPEN! 🌍 👉 Serve as the local voice for trainees in your deanery, link your region to ASiT Council and shape surgical training 🌟 12 seats across the UK & ROI ⏰ Deadline: 11 June 2025 Apply 👉 tinyurl.com/ACMR25 🧵 1/2

🌟 ASiT Council Recruitment 2025 🌟 🗣 Applications to #TeamASiT are now OPEN! Become part of the largest surgical trainees’ association and help us promote #excellence in surgical training. If you’re passionate about: 🚀 Delivering surgical training at the #highest ⬆️ standards 🚀 Representing the #voice of surgical trainees in ALL #grades and ALL #specialties ♾ 🚀 Mentoring the next #generation of surgeons 🧗‍♂️ 🚀 Organising surgical #education events locally and nationally 👩🏽‍🏫 🚀 Networking and forming #lifelong friendships and working relationships …then ASiT is the place for YOU! 🚨 Apply by 11 June 2025 at tinyurl.com/ACMR25 We look forward to welcoming you at your first Council meeting! 🤞

🚫 Discrimination has no place in surgery. ASiT is appalled by The Times “Skeleton Staff” article and the outdated, sexist, and transphobic stereotypes it perpetuates. Such narratives undermine the #inclusivity and progress our profession has fought hard to achieve. We stand with @BritOrthopaedic, @bota_uk and the @WomenSurgeonsUK in challenging these harmful depictions. Surgery is a career for all, everyone deserves a workplace built on respect and #equality. Read our full statement here: 🔗 tinyurl.com/asittimes

🤖 Landmark in ENT surgery: China completes the world’s first remote AI+robotic glottic tumour resection. Surgeons in Shanghai operated on a patient 5,000km away in Xinjiang with submillimetre precision—zero delay, zero incisions. #MedTech #RoboticSurgery en.people.cn/n3/2025/0312/c…

@surgicalsheel @nhsUHLG @Declanfj @RyanDBaron @ResearchSurgeon Fantastic appointment, and so well deserved. Congratulations!!!

I am delighted to have been appointed as a substantive HPB consultant surgeon @nhsUHLG. I can’t wait to join the team and pay forward the truly fantastic training I experienced there. @Declanfj @RyanDBaron @ResearchSurgeon.

ASiT and the Surgical Specialty Training Organisations (SSTOs) call for urgent assurances following the decision to abolish NHS England. Surgical trainees must be protected during this transition, with training structures, national recruitment, and workforce support safeguarded. No training today, no surgeons tomorrow. 🔗 tinyurl.com/DNHSE @10DowningStreet @wesstreeting @DHSCgovuk @DHSCmedia @socialmediaAOT @e1v1m1 @bota_uk @BSoT_UK @Dukes_Club @herricksociety @TheMammaryFold1 @ASGBI_MA @FitOmfs @PLASTAUK @roux_group @RouleauxClub @ntccts @TriPS_PaedSurg

@LittlePersonDoc @RCSnews @ASiTofficial @TMitchellFRCS @RobertaASiT Hi I can confirm I personally asked a question about physician associates in surgery that were answered individually by each of the presidents of the 4 colleges 👍🏻

@RCSnews @ASiTofficial @TMitchellFRCS @RobertaASiT I believe no questions on the use of PAs have been permitted. Why is this the case?

'Resident doctors aiming for surgical careers are missing out on vital theatre experience'. At the @asitofficial conference, @TMitchellFRCS calls on the UK government to ensure their training review protects essential surgical training opportunities. 1/2