🗓️ Join this free regional research event to learn about the @NIHRresearch Insight programme on Wednesday 13 May, 10am to 5pm. 🔎 Find out how to apply to start #YourPathInResearch and meet researchers in the #EastofEngland. Register your free place here ➡️eventbrite.co.uk/e/insight-r…

📣 Health professionals @CPFT_NHS can apply for up to three years of funding to complete Masters for Research Delivery Leadership courses with @NIHRresearch. Start #YourPathInResearch with support. 🌱 ⬇️ Find out more below and don't forget to apply by midday Wednesday 1 July! ⚠️

Thank you to nursing & #AHP leads @MikeSeaman18 & @JoFishpoole for wearing #Red4Research to show your support! 🤝 We're working together to bring more #research opportunities to all professionals @CPFT_NHS so you can start #YourPathInResearch! #ImproveCPFT #ResearchWithCare

📣Apply for masters courses and bursaries to lead clinical research! @CPFT_NHS health professionals from all backgrounds can start #YourPathInResearch with programmes supported by @NIHRresearch. ⚠️ Deadline 12 noon Tuesday 1 July 2025 More information: 👉 nihr.ac.uk/career-developmen…

📣 We're looking for a colleague to bring more #research to children & young people's services @CPFT_NHS on a part-time secondment! 🛣️ Start #YourPathInResearch by joining our team to make a difference to #NHS care & #ImproveCPFT. Apply here by 26 March: ➡️cpft.nhs.uk/latest-vacancies…

📣 Nurses & AHPs @CPFT_NHS can apply for funding to start #YourPathInresearch and support a planned application for your chosen @NIHRresearch career development award. More #NHS professionals' expertise and skills needed in #research! Find out more apply by Tuesday 27 March 👇

📣 Colleagues @CPFT_NHS invited to apply for 3⃣ new part-time posts to bring more #research to people using our services. Great opportunity to start #YourPathInResearch and make it more diverse and inclusive to serve everyone. Apply here by 23 February: ➡️ cpft.nhs.uk/latest-vacancies…

📣 Good opportunity for @CPFT_NHS nurses and #AlliedHealthProfessionals to start #YourPathInResearch with funding and support from @CambridgeBRC! Apply by Wednesday 20 November to grow your #research skills and career #ImproveCPFT 👇

A great @NIHRresearch scholars session this week, when I finally got a chance to meet colleagues I've only seen in the context of Outlook emails! Some fantastic sessions on implementation and building resilience, and I particularly enjoyed challenging my perceptions with a sociological way of thinking when approaching healthcare research We also had a great talk from the director of the #NIHR Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) Programme, Prof Kevin Munro #NWRSP5 also enjoyed a gentle debrief🍺 afterwards. Sometimes a bit of social lubrication can help generate new approaches and ideas. · • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • · #BePartofResearch #whywedoresearch #yourpathinresearch

📝 An eye on audit: Our annual David Wong Audit Symposium Prize Our junior doctors, foundation year doctors and even two medical students all submitted their abstracts for this annual prize event, which took place yesterday 11th September at the conference center in the new @LivHospitals The objective is to showcase exceptional audits, and foster collaboration, across the Mersey region. We want to highlight areas of good practice, recommend improvements, and for this event to serve as a platform for sharing action plans and proposed changes. More than that, we aim to empower our trainees, #foundationyear doctors and medical students to lead the way in improving patient care. 🤲 Described by our clinical director Mark Batterbury as "amongst the highest quality we've ever had", it was a resounding success as all nine entries were delivered with aplomb, and well-received by a captivated audience. The contenders were judged by a panel of senior clinicians from @LivHospitals, including the esteemed Prof Wong himself. 🏆There were two prizes in the symposium - one for the greatest impact in clinical practice, awarded to Zhihang Cheng (Effectiveness of local anaesthetic in #squintsurgery) and another for the best presentation, awarded to Jae Yee Ku (introduction of a patient information leaflet with pictures and videos to improve patients’ certainty of their posturing instructions after #vitreoretinal surgery) - I enjoyed editing Jae's videos and they are available at the bottom of this tweet. Both award-winners were presented with the hallowed symposium scroll - see picture of scroll's bestowment and contents below. ‍🎓A very special well done to the two @LivUni medical students who presented, which was novel for the symposium. Kathryn Orobosa-Ogbeide, at very short notice, presented her audit on impact of ruthenium brachytherapy plaque removal pre-planning on dose accuracy in choroidal #melanoma treatment, and Timothy Boey presented on screening for #AxialSpA in #HLAB27 associated #Uveitis, auditing patients presenting to the #Ophthalmology clinic. For both students, we hope the experience with be invaluable. Timothy completed this audit under my supervision, with guidance from @NASSexercise, and he received excellent feedback for his audit - photograph of him fielding questions adeptly below. 📋 Thank you once again to all participants for promoting this culture of continuous improvement, collaboration, and knowledge sharing, wherein our junior staff and medical students can obtain invaluable experience in data analysis, research, and communication, and their professional development is fostered by their mentors and their peers. · • —– ٠ ✤ ٠—– • ·· • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • ·· • —– ٠ ✤ ٠—– • · Jae's videos: • Drops after #eyesurgery - youtube.com/watch?v=MSYLj6WO… • Patient instructions after #macularhole surgery - youtube.com/watch?v=TdkjO4xb… • Patient instructions after #retinaldetachment - youtube.com/watch?v=iK2Lvjpj… · • —– ٠ ✤ ٠—– • ·· • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • ·· • —– ٠ ✤ ٠—– • · @IanAPearce @navbeare @davidfmelia @SimonPHarding #ocularoncology #oncology @proudlibyandoc @nihalnkenawy @usmanS2000 @jigsmehta1 @neeru_vallabh #MedicalResearch #whywedoresearch @ProfRachelW #yourpathinresearch #BePartofResearch @EyeNewsMag @OphthoMag #ophthotwitter #ophthtwitter #MedTwitter #MedEd #vitreoretinalsurgery #VRsurgery @drdamoeyes @LivUniHLS

🏝️ The eye isn’t an island floating about on its own in the ether…. It is intrinsically linked to the rest of us. Systemic Diseases (and their treatments) can affect the eye. 🚨 How much do you know about immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs, or ICPis)? We are riding the crest of a wave in these exciting developments in #cancertherapy, which have revolutionised the fight against cancer. However, they do have side effects which affect other parts of the body. Alongside our colleagues in other departments, we join in the fight against immune-related adverse effects (irAEs), striving to ensure that our patients still get their life-saving treatments. 🆕 Here is another fine paper from our prolific Matthew Fenech in Orbit – deftly presenting a dyad of #lacrimal gland inflammatory complications of immune checkpoint inhibitors, a finding that (to the best of our knowledge) hasn’t previously been described! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.… Our co-authors are Ayodeji Ajanaku, James Hsuan , Austin McCormick, Simon Shamas. We hope this adds to the growing body of knowledge on the complexities and challenges of these immensely promising treatments. 👨‍🏫Matthew is presenting an e-poster of this topic at the 42nd @esoprs meeting in Rotterdam next week (esoprs.eu/), and plans to expand this with a national study. This is an apposite continuation to the work of our @IvanSychev, who presented a large series of neuro-ophthalmic complications ICIS/ ICPis, for the @EunoSsociety meeting in the same city.  Hull-based pop-rock outfit #thebeautifulsouth did proclaim “It could be Rotterdam, or anywhere…" but looks like it’s mainly Rotterdam at the moment (Apart from Liverpool or Rome). 🛟 These groundbreaking treatments are changing #cancer and saving lives, and new therapies are on the near horizon. However, we will all need to be aware of the spectrum of adverse events - whether affecting eyes, skin, GI tract, liver, endocrine glands, lungs. Early recognition & management of these irAEs are vital to prevent severe or life-threatening outcomes. ⚕️Next year at our annual Medical Ophthalmology @MOSUKNews meeting, " In with the new but not quite out with the old"😊,  our late-morning symposium will be themed on #ophthalmic toxicity related to immunotherapy. So far, most of these have been in the area of #OcularInflammation/ #Uveitis, but as Matt and Ivan have shown us, there are many other possible manifestations. We look forward to an oncological perspective from @AOlssonBrown, and I will cover, as best I can, the ocular manifestations of #immunotherapy and targeted therapy. Please put Wednesday 26th February in your diaries! 🤔Want to learn more about Immune toxicities? @immunobuddies (Anna & @RickyFrazer1) have just passed their 100th episode 🎉! Subscribe here: spoti.fi/3Xu4Qtd A little chat with them a while back about #eyehealth with immuno-oncological treatments. Suffice to say, things have moved on a lot since then! Listen here: bit.ly/3ARF5dJ · • —– ٠ ✤ ٠—– • ·· • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • ·· • —– ٠ ✤ ٠—– • · Also check out: The Immuno-Oncology Clinical Network: ioclinicalnetwork.co.uk/ Let's keep sharing cases and collaborating, so we can be aware of the potential adverse effects of these important medications. 🫂 • —– ٠ ✤ ٠—– • ·· • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • ·· • —– ٠ ✤ ٠—– • · #Ophthalmology #CancerResearch #Immunotherapy #Oncology #MedicalResearch #Neuroophthalmology #Neuroscience #neuroClues #education @LivHospitalsRI @UKNOS #whywedoresearch #yourpathinresearch #BePartofResearch #oculoplastics #orbital @EyeNewsMag @OphthoMag @BIOS_Orthoptics @esoprs @ASOPRS @EURETINA @BIPOSA1 #Oncology #Immunobuddies #EUNOS @NANOSTweets @NANSIG1 @RCOphth @theABN_info #ophthotwitter #MedTwitter #MedEd @uknosoc #EUNOS2024 @neurochecklists @OrthoptResearch @followIOA #Ophthalmologists #Neurologists #VisionScientists #Orthoptists #RareDisease #rheumatology #dermatology #oralmedicine #neurology #genitourinarymedicine @DrLindaDykes @AbhijitSurgPath @IOClinicalNet @yekeduz_emre

Good luck to our #research intern #physiotherapist Emmanuel! 🌟 Thanks for starting #YourPathInResearch with @CPFT_NHS Windsor Research Unit on a @NIHRresearch internship, we hope to work with you as a physio Principal Investigator leading studies with #AHP expertise in future!👍

🔆 Colleagues @CPFT_NHS are invited to start #YourPathInResearch with support from a @NIHRresearch Insight award. Gain advanced research skills & knowledge with a funded Masters in Research (MRes) degree course over 1-2 years. Find out more and apply: ➡️ intranet.cpft.nhs.uk/downloa…

🎨A Palette of Possibilities: Uveitis North-West Training Day at the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 3rd July 2024 🖼️The fusion of art and medicine creates a real tapestry. At the @WhitworthArt ni Manchester, we hosted the fourth meeting in our series which aims to foster a comprehensive understanding of uveitis, its complexities, and the latest advancements in treatment & management. 🖌️The gallery provided a serene and culturally enriching environment. Its walls, adorned with both historical and contemporary artworks, served as a symbolic backdrop for the day's theme - in particular the intricate and delicate artistry involved in diagnosing and treating ocular inflammation. 🧑‍🎨 Our canvas had four speakers today (#Uveitis consultant Joanne Wong orchestrating excellently, I could finally take a step back as deputy chair). The works in the gallery, particularly those of Caribbean-British artist & poet John Lyons, and Shirley Craven's vivid textiles reminded us of the importance of innovation, #empathy, and a #multidisciplinary approach when managing ocular #inflammation, painting a hopeful future for patients and practitioners alike. ‣ After I gave a "The Year Ahead" preview for upcoming #Uveitisresearch/events, our 4 artists peppered their well-crafted sessions with interesting cases. ‣ The first session was led by Guillermo de la Mata, #MedicalRetina consultant @ManchesterREH, delving into the fundamentals of Indocyanine Green angiography and providing intriguing cases that demonstrated #ICGAngiogreaphy in real-world scenarios, including a deft teasing of #whitedotsyndromes with these angiographic allies. ‣ Following this, Ajay Patil, Uveitis/ #NeuroOphthalmology Specialist @uhbtrust discussed retinal #vasculitis in a neuro-ophth context. Through occlusive and non-occlusive cases , Ajay shed light on the critical link between #retinalvasculitis & systemic diseases including #Behçet's disease, #sarcoidosis, demyelinating disorders & more. ‣ Then, Eleftherios Agorogiannis, Uveitis consultant @ManchesterREH, brought a dynamic and interactive element to the day with his emergency #uveitis session. Presenting 10 challenging cases peppered with vivid images, he actively engaged the trainees. ‣ Finally, Helen Devonport, consultant ophthalmic surgeon @BTHFT concluded the presentations with an informative & inspiring canvas of White Dot Syndromes. 🙏Thank you for our engaged trainees, fellows, speciality doctors, nurses and other ophthalmic practitioners - these days couldn't be successful without all of you championing the beauty of medical science and the artistry involved in providing our care through a broader, more compassionate lens. Thanks to the lovely staff at the gallery. 🌟Uveitis NW was launched as a collaboration between two medical ophthalmologists at @ManchesterREH and @StPaulsNews eye unit - Amira Stylianides and myself. Its goal is to educate and update trainees and fellows on the latest #research and practice without cost to them. ⏭️ Our next meeting will be a combined Uveitis North-West X Uveitis National Clinical Study Group day, Wednesday 29/01/25 at Liverpool RCP Spaces at The Spine! · • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • ·· • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • ·· • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • · 🧑‍🎨🎨🖌️ 🖼️ @EyeNewsMag @OphthoMag @YoungUveitis @UveitisSociety @BUSNAUSA @uveitis_auvea @LivHospitalsRI @LivuniILCaMS @livuninews @NIHRresearch @NIHRCRN_nwcoast @LivUni @LivUniHLS #whywedoresearch #yourpathinresearch #BePartofResearch #uveitis #ocularinflammation #scleritis l · • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • ·· • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • ·· • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • ·

🚀Liverpool leading the nation in clinical trials targeting IL-6 pathways 🚀Picking the Jabuticaba🍇 St Pauls' Eye Unit @LivHospitals is leading the charge in clinical trials targeting Interleukin-6 (IL-6) pathways - a crucial player in inflammation and immune regulation. IL-6 is produced by various cells in response to inflammatory stimuli, playing a vital role in B cell differentiation, T cell influence, and the production of acute-phase proteins. With IL-6 targeted therapies showing promise for autoimmune diseases and certain cancers, we're investigating its potential in treating non-infectious uveitis and #thyroid eye disease. Elevated IL-6 levels contribute to the inflammation damaging ocular tissues in uveitis and play a significant role in inflammatory milieu within the orbit. By targeting #IL6, we hope to reduce #inflammation, improve patient outcomes, and enhance the quality of life for those affected by these conditions. 📈 Our Achievements: ‣ We have recruited the first patient nationally and already exceeded targets in our uveitic #macularedema trial, where I serve as Principal Investigator. ‣ We have screened and recruited more patients for a #thyroideyedisease trial than the rest of the country combined. I am Chief Investigator for this @genentech @Roche clinical trial 📅 Just today, we have welcomed four clinical trials patients to our Clinical Eye Research Centre (CERC) today. This progress is a testament to the hard work of our entire CERC team, and our #research nurses Darina Koneva, Sandra Taylor, Florina Caban. Special thanks to our multidisciplinary clinic team, especially my joint orbital clinic with Austin McCormick (bit.ly/3VSoy1h), and our #Uveitis service with fellow consultants @navbeare, Nicholas Beare, Savita Madhusudhan and Shi Tan, our trainees, fellows, and our #ophthalmic pharmacists. And of course, thank you to our patients without whom we could not advance medical science and discover new treatments - from Insulin to Infliximab... 🍇Targeting IL-6 is like picking the Jabuticaba—a unique and promising discovery that, with careful study and nurturing, could yield significant benefits. Jabuticaba, a fruit native to Brazil 🇧🇷, is relatively unknown outside of its indigenous region and requires a complex set of conditions to thrive. Growing directly on the trunk of its tree, it is packed with antioxidants and possesses remarkable anti-inflammatory health benefits. It symbolizes our dedication to exploring new treatments, offering new hope to patients and advancing the frontiers of medical science. 🌟 Thank you to our fantastic patients for helping us in this journey of innovation and excellence in patient care!🌟 · • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • ·· • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • ·· • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • · @stpaulsnews @EyeNewsMag @OphthoMag @YoungUveitis @UveitisSociety @BUSNAUSA @uveitis_auvea @BOPSS @LivHospitalsRI @LivuniILCaMS @livuninews @esoprs @ASOPRS @NIHRresearch @NIHRCRN_nw_wld @NIHRCRN_nwcoast @NIHRCRN_gman @NHSNWRD @LivUni @LivUniHLS #NIHR #whywedoresearch #yourpathinresearch #BePartofResearch #uveitis #ocularinflammation #scleritis #vasculitis #whywedoresearch #oculoplastics #orbital · • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • ·· • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • ·· • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • ·

Finding new perspectives when it comes to communicating research with my fellow NIHR research scholars last Friday at the Liverpool Science Park, adjacent to the magnificent @LiverpoolMet cathedral. Our objective was to unlock and practice ways of communication our research to patients and the public. Within our short arts and crafts exercise (this was always my worst subject at school) I attempted to turn my ethos of medical ophthalmology research and clinical practice into art: a single eye, brimming with vibrant, shining possibilities at its centre - each spark symbolizing our quest for clues to link the eye with systemic disease through research and innovation (!) OK, I wasn't very well so please excuse my slightly delirious creation. Thanks for putting up with me @thejanakennedy, and @gregwoodley1 and the @NHSNWRD team! • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • · #whywedoresearch #yourpathinresearch #BePartofResearch @NIHRtakepart @LSPsocials @NIHRresearch @NIHRCRN_nw_wld @NIHRCRN_nwcoast @NIHRCRN_gman @LivUni @LivUniHLS

Uveitis CSG - June 2024 Newsletter Full version online: t.ly/DDFJu Dear Colleagues, Welcome to the Uveitis CSG Newsletter Summer Solstice Greetings🦋🌿🌞! We hope you are enjoying long, heady days (outside of clinic) and a few balmy nights Our mission: "To make it possible for every patient with uveitis to participate in research" · • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • ·· • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • ·· • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • · 1.   Research Update UK #Uveitis Studies #ClinicalTrials in the UK: ‣ ASTUTE  (UK investigator -led)  Recruitment closed in June 2024 .Thank you to everyone from clinical and research teams and especially UK patients who have championed this investigator led study ‣ CLARITY TRIAL (Priovant) Phase 3 RCT in non infectious uveitis is seeking UK approvals to open in selected sites ‣ ADVISE (NIH) has closed International Clinical Trials: ‣ Meerkat/Sandcat (Roche) Phase 3 study of Vamikibart for cystoid macular oedema Non Clinical Trial Research ‣ Mechanisms in Ocular Inflammation (@UniofOxford) – basic science of uveitis Please let us know if you are conducting research in uveitis and you’d like support or for us to publicise your work. · • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • ·· • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • ·· • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • · 2. June 25th 13:30-14:30 (UK Time) Uveitis CSG Patient Involvement Group Webinar To launch our new patient involvement group, Miss Kanchan Bhan is leading a “Meet the Specialist” panel for a Patient and Carer Q&A style webinar on medications and side effects. Please spread the word to your patients and research participants in particular. Email info@uveitisstudygroup.org for joining instructions · • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • ·· • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • ·· • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • · 3. Developing PICOs for Uveitis: calling all research-active uveitis specialists We are calling all uveitis speclialists who are/have been research active in any field related to uveitis to participate in a chaired Uveitis PICO workshop. The new Research Priorities for Uveitis collating this community’s opinions about where future research should be focused has been published alongside a priority refresh for other ophthalmic specialities. Article Link: rdcu.be/dJhEw We are now developing the key research questions you would like to see answered through the PICO process, a standardised framework for developing health related questions. The outcome will be some clear research questions which major funders including @NIHRresearch and @fightforsightUK have agreed to prioritise for funding. This is major step forward for researchers in uveitis and we need your help. Email us to express interest or suggestions for people we should be approaching to take part in Uveitis CSG PICO workshop. · • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • ·· • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • ·· • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • · 4. Patient Involvement Group Help your patients shape the future of research. Let us know if your department would like to distribute flyers for the Patient Involvement Group or just refer your patients to the patient page on uveitisstudygroup.org / ask them to email us. · • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • ·· • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • ·· • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • · 5. Endogenous Candida Endophthalmitis In the UK, there is limited guidance on screening for endophthalmitis in candidaemia. FIA, BIA and ICS are collating the opinions of diverse specialists to ultimately create a position statement that is collaborative and changes UK practice. Follow this link to the google form: forms.gle/7CHZjAFSTkTdSrcp9. This is a short survey that should take about 5 minutes of your time · • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • ·· • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • ·· • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • · 6. National Axial Spondyloarthritis Society (NASS) We are collaborating with NASS to overcome the 8.5 year delay to diagnosis of axial SpA. After a session at RCOphth annual congress in Belfast, we continue our survey which targets Ophthalmologists for assessing the knowledge of axial SpA and AAU: surveymonkey.co.uk/r/MWQ7PWX Below are links to materials that NASS has curated that may help: • NASS act on axial SpA campaign: actonaxialspa.com/healthcare… • Hints and tips for recognising axial SpA in Ophthalmology: actonaxialspa.com/recognisin… • Papers of interest on axial SpA and AAU: actonaxialspa.com/ophthalmol… UCB Videos: cloud.info.ucb.com/NASS_all_… and cloud.info.ucb.com/NASS_all_… · • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • ·· • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • ·· • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • · 7. July meetings for your diary 3 July 2024: Uveitis North-West teaching day - Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester • Interpreting FFA and ICG Images in Uveitis Marte Ugarte • Emergency Cases in Uveitis Eleftherios Agorogiannis • Neuro-uveitis Ajay Patil • White Dot Syndrome Helen Devonport 11-13 July 2024: Moorfields International Uveitis Symposium organised by Mr Carlos Pavesio checkout.moorfields.nhs.uk/p… · • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • ·· • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • ·· • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • · If you know of any AHPs/nurses/doctors who would like to be members of the UK uveitis clinical network, please contact us on info@uveitisstudygroup.org · • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • ·· • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • ·· • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • · @stpaulsnews @LivHospitals #NIHR #whywedoresearch #yourpathinresearch #BePartofResearch #uveitis #ocularinflammation #scleritis #vasculitis @EyeNewsMag @OphthoMag @YoungUveitis @UveitisSociety @BUSNAUSA @uveitis_auvea

BOPSS, Leeds June 2024 🎉One of the busier and more intellectually stimulating part of my working week is the Joint Orbital Inflammation clinic I run weekly with my talented colleague, Austin McCormick. 🤞 I had promised him that I would visit a @bopssnews meeting, and had no excuses not to attend the Update & Recent Advances Day in Leeds, a city I previously lived and worked in for years, hosted by my little brother Sina Ghadiri. The event was based at the @carriageworks_ theatre in the @ElectricPressLS building complex (I last entered this 12 years ago for a very awkward #Kizomba class🕺🏽), with posters and refreshments at @LeedsCityMuseum and social at the magnificent Tiled Hall of the @LeedsArtGallery 📚 Despite being the only ophthalmic physician within a gaggle of #Oculoplastic & Orbital Surgeons, there was easily enough learning to be absorbed from an extensive overview of the latest developments and breakthroughs in oculoplastic and orbital surgery, in a day filled with engaging presentations and interactive sessions led by renowned experts in the field. 🔬 Topics ranged from innovative surgical techniques to advancements in patient care, and overviews on the latest oculoplastic-perspective management in Ocular Cicatricial #Pemphigoid (Saul Rajak) and #ThyroidEyeDisease (Jimmy Uddin). We are in a golden era for #clinicaltrials in TED, and there is a lot of optimism that our management of this challenging disease will move forward. I hope that my field, Medical Ophthalmology, will be key here, working alongside our Oculoplastic/Orbital colleagues. 🗣️It's always delightful to hear Geoffrey Rose's stimulating talks - a pair of sessions on management of functional #epiphora and of #canaliculitis. Intriguing talk on optic nerve sheath fenestration in #IIH by @drsachinsalvi 👥 One of the best aspects of the meeting is reconnecting with colleagues and friends from the #oculoplastic and #orbital community, and I couldn't have predicted how many friendly faces I would see there. It was a very collaborative atmosphere as we shared experiences, discussed challenging cases, and hopefully I promulgated the value of #medicalophthalmology alongside our fantastic surgical colleagues - striving to advance our collective mission to enhance patient outcomes. (Read more here: bit.ly/3VSoy1h) 📰 Our fellows and trainees have been seeing a gamut of fascinating cases in our weekly Orbital Inflammation clinic. Our current TSC trainee Matt Fenech brought his excellent orbital #KimuraDisease paper to the meeting - watch out more fascinating papers from him coming soon, and also from Ayodeji Ajanaku. Within our unique service, we encourage our trainees and fellows to share the learning from our patients' cases, and thank our amazing patients for allowing us to share and collaborate with our colleagues nationally and internationally. 🍛The culinary highlight was the Thai green curry. I didn't get a chance to try the jambalaya but it certainly looked pleasant. Overall, a nice meeting - Austin, I may attend again! · • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • ·· • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • ·· • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • · @LivHospitalsRI @LivHospitalsRI @livuninews @stpaulsnews @LivHospitals #whywedoresearch #yourpathinresearch #BePartofResearch #oculoplastics #orbital @EyeNewsMag @OphthoMag #idiopathicintracranialhypertension @BIOS_Orthoptics @esoprs @ASOPRS

#NIHR RSP Writing Retreat - June 2024 Foxgloves were well and truly out as we spent a couple of days writing in one of the finest residential libraries in the world – Gladstone's Library in North Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 We @NIHRresearch Scholars Cohort 5 spent three days grant-writing as we bid to get some of our early-stage ideas and projects into fruition, to impact our patients and the future of multidisciplinary healthcare research in the UK. Founded by Britain's Liberal Prime Minister of 12 years, the #library is dedicated to dialogue, debate and learning for open-minded individuals. William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898) was a political titan, switching from the #Tory party to the Liberal party and subsequently serving as Prime Minister four separate times during the #Victorian era. #Gladstone believed in education – he was a scholar, orator, and lifelong bibliophile who amassed an immense personal library of over 32,000 printed books.  After his death, the bulk of his remarkable book collection was bequeathed to establish Britain's first prime ministerial library and nation's first residential library, now known as Gladstone's Library – and a Grade I #listedbuilding. Located in Hawarden, Flintshire in Wales, just a few miles from Gladstone's boyhood home, the library opened its doors in 1906 and for my money is one of the world’s finest residential libraries, with a quarter of a million printed materials across a wide array of subjects. Our retreat was facilitated by Dr Steven Lane and Dr Mark Goodall, two fine fellows who helped us tweak and expatiate our applications.  Many of our cohort are allied health professionals, and for me it’s been great seeing the research appetite in our greater #multidisciplinary teams in the region. We shared ideas and thoughts on each others’ projects, fleshed out our narratives, engaged in informal peer review, then went to the reading room to work in the afternoons and evenings without distractions and in peaceful surroundings. As I was working, I looked up and saw some classic tomes of #Persian poetry, and also promised myself that at some point I’ll work my way through the many volumes of Fishes of the British Isles. The library complex houses a restaurant, lounge and a number of bedrooms. Once tired, my bedroom was only a few steps away from the library reading room. There were a number of interesting portraits in the residential corridors and other spaces (photos of Mkrtich Khrimian (Patriarch of the #Armenian Church and looks a serious figure) and Gregory of Nazianzus). There was also a crow resting on the lawn who watched us for the entire three days, ensuring that we didn’t dilly-dally and focused on aims and objectives whilst at this beacon of intellectual pursuit and literary heritage. Nice to bump into @mjgladstone – the @LivUni NHS Foundation Trust womens' academics retreat was checking in as we were checking out! · • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • ·· • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • ·· • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • · @NIHRtakepart @NIHRCRN_nwcoast @GM_PSRC @gladlib @NIHRCRN_nw_wld @LivHospitalsRI @LivUniIPH #whywedoresearch #yourpathinresearch #BePartofResearch @NIHRCRN_gman @LivUniHLS @LivuniILCaMS @LivUniLibrary @livuninews @TheChristieNHS @MFTnhs @AlderHey @CarrolEnitan @dremilyrclarke

With fellow NIHR Research Scholars on our writers' retreat at one of the finest residential libraries in the world - the Gladstone Library in Hawarden 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿✍🏼 Founded by Britain's Liberal Prime Minister of 12 years, this is a meeting place dedicated to dialogue, debate and learning for open-minded individuals We are working mainly on grant-writing · • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • · #whywedoresearch #yourpathinresearch #BePartofResearch @NIHRtakepart @NIHRCRN_nw_wld @NIHRresearch @NIHRCRN_nwcoast @NIHRCRN_gman