Alex Thompson

Excited to announce that we have a position available for a Clinical Fellow for 2 years to work on the BIOPIC Crohn’s Disease trial in Edinburgh - please see below and DM for more information. ⁦@BiopicStudy⁩ ⁦@KGerasimidis⁩ ⁦@j0nnymac1⁩ elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…

@GastronautIan @RIE_Lothian Sorry to miss but looks like it was a really fantastic send off!

Sad day today, but glorious celebration as our Endoscopy Charge Nurse for last 25+y, Helen Chisholm, hangs up her last scope: brilliant leader, ever loyal to her staff, the RIE and NHS. And kept the docs, esp me, firmly in our place! Happy retirement Helen. ⁦@RIE_Lothian⁩

@katjc1 If they all give you joy though….

🗣☎️ Calling the pharmacy version of marie kondo to help me this week in the great desk clear out. 🧠 says bin ❤ says keep forever

We are looking for a Senior clinical fellow in Transplant and HPB Surgery job advert is now live. Please RT Link to advert:  apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/displayjob.asp…

SHAAP Chair Dr @AlastairMacG57 and Alcohol Focus Scotland Chief Executive @AlisonDouglas18 write to the Editor of @TheScotsman following a story suggesting #MUP should be abandoned because of an increase in fortified wine sales👇 Read: scotsman.com/news/opinion/l…

@TomManship3 @roo686 @smlyons1 😁

@TomManship3 @roo686 Raise you a packet of discos

Great team effort from @BritSocGastro @BASLedu #NAFLD SIG producing standards to improve care. Important reading for primary and secondary care. Full access to paper below. Let’s all work to increase standards of care. @rcgp @LiverTrust @livernorth

@amd_churchhouse Congratulations! Great achievement ☺️ enjoy celebrating x

After 3.5 years, 1 pandemic, and 53,640 words that I never thought I could write, here’s someone who finally has a PhD (subject to minor corrections)……

@LeanneStratton @dochill82 Good luck! Will be great…and you’ll be able to have a hot coffee/lunch sitting down! 😊

I always thought I had the best job in the world, but late last February I got an amazing promotion. What a privilege to have spent the past 11 months with my beautiful, wonderful wee baby girl. Tomorrow....the juggle starts 😬 @dochill82

@prakramacha @The_MRC @EdinUni_MeetCIR @EdinUni_IRR @EdinburghUni 🥳 Such good news and so well deserved!

Thrilled to be awarded a Senior Clinical Fellowship by @The_MRC 🍾🍾. 5 more years of #liver #fibrosis #SingleCell #macrophage research on the way @EdinUni_MeetCIR @EdinUni_IRR @EdinburghUni #LiverTwitter

📅 Mark your calendars 📅 Our St Andrew’s Day symposium is the highlight of our educational year and this year it will be a two day festival on acute medicine with over 20 talks! Join in the festivities online and book your place here: events.rcpe.ac.uk/61st-st-andrew… #StAs21

@ruairilynch @NHS_Lothian @NHSTayside Good luck! Will miss you, keep in touch. Enjoy the sound of bleep-silence!!

Last day as a registrar in @NHS_Lothian excited to be starting as a consultant Hepatologist and Gastroenterologist @NHSTayside at the end of August.

Tomorrow marks the 3 year anniversary of minimum unit price (MUP) in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Despite MUP’s success, alcohol deaths & harm remain way too high. SHAAP Chair, Dr MacGilchrist @AlastairMacG57, argues that the MUP level should be raised to 65p/unit without delay: bit.ly/SHAAPBlog21_MUP

@ROForsythe @SamuelDebono @EdinSurg Congratulations! 🙌🏻

Excited about this @SamuelDebono @EdinSurg

@DGlaucomflecken LOVE the ophthalmologist but please may you also hang out with the hepatologist, thanks 🙏🏻

Hanging out (again) with the ophthalmologist

@roo686 Um, are you not also in danger of re-TSD at some point?!

Goodbye forever, old friend!

Last day of my month of parental leave today. Covid means it’s not been quite what I envisioned a year ago but awesome nonetheless. And totally exhausting. Should be compulsory for all dads!