Dr Ann-Marie Howell Profile
Dr Ann-Marie Howell

@amrhowell

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Surgeon, Colorectal Consultant at Chelsea and Westminster Foundation Trust, PhD,FRCS,

Imperial College
Joined November 2011
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@amrhowell
Dr Ann-Marie Howell
5 months
First day as a Colorectal Consultant @ChelwestFT and get to hang out with @ljmuirhead as a first priority! Matching outfits not essential but could become our thing?
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
3 years
#FRCS positive! Thank you to all my amazing teachers! And long suffering family!
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
2 years
First list back @ChelwestFT and got to do a list with @ljmuirhead !! Doesn’t get more fun than that!
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
3 years
Why is it that every exam you are about to sit is the BIGGEST exam of your life? True at 10years old...still true now! #FRCS
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
3 years
Sad to be leaving such amazing colorectal trainers. Thank you for all of the opportunities, expertise and patience! @PaulZiprin @bowelsurgeon @EmmaVCarrington @Dr_Jamie_Murphy @MSouvatzi George Reese, Barry Paraskeva @ImperialNHS
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
4 years
Saying goodbye to the best colorectal team ever was harder than I thought @DrSarahCMills @DrOliverWarren @ckontovo @DaulatzaiNajib @DrChrisNicolay @DanielBaird_ @ParisTekkis @VCsurgery Thank you @ChelwestFT for the amazing training!! So grateful #proud
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
3 years
#awre2022 @DrOliverWarren a convincing case for MDT for managing your complex abdo wall reconstructions
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
3 years
Surely the greatest? Strong leader, exceptional surgeon and academic all whilst being a patient, holistic and inspiring mentor. All trainees she teaches want to work again for @DrSarahCMills
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The Dukes' Club
3 years
Today's nominee is worth the wait... @DrSarahCMills is described as "taking the time to ensure trainees have the support they need to learn from her" @ChelwestFT @WomenSurgeonsUK #IWD2021 #colorectalwomen #ILookLikeASurgeon
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
3 years
I feel so seen
@SophWPerez
Sophia Williams-Perez, MD
3 years
The only phrase I would’ve added is “sleep when you’re dead” @DGlaucomflecken #SurgTwitter our self-deprecating wait is finally over
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
3 years
Great talks so far at #ACC2021 #ACPGBI Limit pelvic floor clinics to 8 patients... this is likely to have trainee support! Looking forward to @DrSarahCMills FIT talk!
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
2 years
@GeorginaHicks and I are enjoying excellent colorectal teaching at ACC today by @DrSarahCMills and @DrOliverWarren @ACPGBI
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
4 years
Such an important article for men and women who are both parents and surgeons.
@GianlucaPellino
Gianluca Pellino
4 years
Beautiful leading article in @BJSurgery by my friend @ClaireDonohoe6 (2019 Editor Assistant) and @HelenMohan1 Pregnancy, parenthood and second-generation bias: #WomenInSurgery   inspirational #colorectalresearch #SoMe4Surgery #ILookLikeASurgeon
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
3 years
Unpopular opinion but colorectal surgery is full of bosses like this! Choose colorectal!
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Scott Durairaj
3 years
This is certainly true for me, I hope it’s true for the people I have led over 30 years in the NHS #Leadership2021
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
3 years
I NEED this #LEGO set. Robotic anterior resection set up please when it gets marketed. @gall_tamara take a look!
@DrShakuriRad
Jay Shakuri-Rad, DO, FACOS
3 years
Well the #LEGO set with the kids is complete. We even did three prostatectomies by 3pm (see clock on wall). My 5 year old did them all outpatient since he wanted them to go home and be with their friends. He's already better than his old man 😂 #roboticsurgery #medtwitter
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
3 years
My top life goal is now to own this stamp
@MrHunterSmith
Hunter Smith
3 years
My colleague Pippa is leaving and her farewell card is doing the rounds. One person has used a bespoke farewell stamp and another has just written ‘& Michael K’ below someone else’s message. Stunning.
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
1 year
@philtozer1 @Dukes_Club Fair but hoping older children going to bed is not quite the palava it is for the 0-5 years old
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
4 months
Thank you @AdmTonyRadakin_ for making my @RoyalNavy obsessed 8 year old so happy! So thoughtful to write back to him, he is thrilled! "If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader" #royalnavy
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
3 years
This is accurate. LITERALLY can’t believe there is no CRP point of care test. Oh the lives we would save in general surgery!
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
5 months
@DrOliverWarren @ChelwestFT @ljmuirhead @DrOliverWarren if you have a beige trenchcoat we can retake tomorrow
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
4 years
Just had a “spirited” discussion with a lovely Uber driver about the vaccine. He was shocked that doctors were queuing up to have it. “Maybe it’s not poisonous then”!
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
1 year
@DrSarahCMills @ChelwestFT @MicolLupi @DrOliverWarren Thank you!!! We appreciate you! Did you do the NELA?
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
3 years
@TGNieto I thought this exact same thing. Nothing should start at 7pm if it’s trying to be parent friendly.
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
3 years
Fantastic Abdominal Wall Reconstruction webinar #cawr @ChelwestFT @StMarksHospital @DrOliverWarren . Exciting to see how we can do this better.
@DrOliverWarren
Oliver Warren
3 years
About to start the first of our autumn webinar series on complex abdominal wall reconstruction live from @ChelwestFT with @JamesCarn @AM_colorectal @colorectal_jay and colleagues #awr @BritishHernia @eurohernias @ACPGBI
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
1 year
@RoshanaMN Uterus tax as I like to call it
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
3 years
It’s so beautiful
@AshleyGWinter
Ashley Winter MD || Urologist
3 years
Bountiful OR scrubs. No scrub machine. #thristTrap
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
1 year
@Dukes_Club @roux_group @ASGBI_MA @RouleauxClub @ASiTofficial @TheMammaryFold1 Deja vu comment here but why is the parents in surgery talk once again right at children’s bed time? 7pm in most households with small children is prime parent-child time. Can we do better?
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
4 years
@DrMahim Laugh!!
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
4 years
So good! 😂
@davidnnaumann
David Naumann
4 years
“We’ll only send for the patient if the surgeon is here.” Next 45 mins:
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
4 years
This really upsets me
@DougDrachmanMD
Douglas Drachman
4 years
For those of us who carefully sort and deposit our scrub tops and bottoms in the ScrubEX... ... they all wind up in the same bin below!!!
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
3 years
@FrancisBoulle Israel deaths per 1million pop 743, Sweden 1141 It’s the only stat that matters
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
1 year
Listened to the recording last night, very useful, thanks @Dukes_Club and great talks, especially Roshani Patel
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The Dukes' Club
1 year
Parents in surgery webinar🌟Starts at 7pm tonight! Just 1 hour left to the first webinar of the year ⏰ Still time to register for free and join: Dukes' Club/ACP membership is not required @roux_group @ASGBI_MA @RouleauxClub @ASiTofficial @TheMammaryFold1
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
4 years
Amazing work Tamara @gall_tamara
@gall_tamara
Tamara Gall
4 years
All the trainees enjoyed this trial and gained impressive MIS skills. The difference though was even greater than expected - the robot wins. Lap videos v v painful to watch and score (not recommended!) @Walrawashdeh
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
2 years
This is fascinating
@9Nylon
9/0 Nylon
2 years
Little decisions made many years ago continue to exert their influence on what we do each day...
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
3 years
Best one yet!
@UKGastroDr
𝗗𝗿 𝗔𝗷𝗮𝘆 𝗠 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮
3 years
He finally did it - and it is brilliant! @DGlaucomflecken #Gastroenterology #GI #MedTwitter
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
4 years
Exciting research
@TechColoproctol
Techniques in Coloproctology Journal
4 years
Pelvic exenteration made easier by the robotic platform, the second largest series from 2 hospitals in Melbourne: -no mortality - minimal morbidity - 100% R0 resection A review of the literature shows similar results #SoMe4Surgery #colorectalresearch
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@amrhowell
Dr Ann-Marie Howell
3 years
@DrRMKwasnicki Where is the pocket square though
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
4 years
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@amrhowell
Dr Ann-Marie Howell
4 years
This is why I joined Twitter
@McSpaffin
McSpaff
4 years
How Koalas are weighed. You are welcome.
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
2 years
@RoshanaMN Stages of rota grief: absolute disbelief, double checking, followed by blind rage at the random faceless powers that be, followed by bargaining with anyone anywhere to reduce your night shift burden followed by wearied acceptance on account of running out of energy to fight again
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
3 years
@JCM_MDPI
JCM MDPI
3 years
#mdpijcm #Review “The Emerging Role of Robotics in Pelvic Exenteration Surgery for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer: A Narrative Review” by Tou Pin Chang et al. More info at #roboticsurgery #pelvicexenteration #rectalcancer
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
3 years
A scientific and social gap that needs closing. Women pay the price during the pandemic
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
3 years
Pre hepatic, hepatic or post hepatic?
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
2 years
Adored this textbook when I was at medical school, might be time to buy an update!
@jdcamcolorectal
Justin Davies
2 years
Two years of work comes to fruition tomorrow with the launch of the 14th edition of this Cambridge institution of a surgical textbook. Many changes! A huge honour to be asked to replace Prof Calne and Prof Ellis, and to join friend and colleague Prof Chris Watson as co-editor 😎
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
3 years
@gall_tamara found your birthday present
@JJcolemanMD
Jamie Coleman, MD FACS
3 years
Don’t worry folks. For the low, low price of $2200 you too can give the special mom in your life her very own porcelain (jade) gallbladder.
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@amrhowell
Dr Ann-Marie Howell
3 years
@MontyMatson ST7 General Surgical LTFT trainee in London. Had two pregnancies during surgical training also. Happy to share
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
3 years
Apt
@OOCThickOfIt
out of context the thick of it
3 years
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
3 years
The paper I have been waiting for
@therealtlewis
Trystan Lewis
3 years
I’ve never felt fully comfortable treating appendicitis with antibiotics, I’m glad that this agrees!
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@amrhowell
Dr Ann-Marie Howell
3 years
@DrRMKwasnicki @BAPRASvoice @PRSGlobalOpen Unfollowing you immediately on principle
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
1 year
@AM_colorectal leading a great session on abdominal catastrophe #intestinalfailure #ACPGBI2023
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
3 years
What am I looking at and why can I not stop looking?
@DrAdnanA1
Dr. Adnan Abdulkadir
3 years
Excellent way to close the abdomen temporarily. Zip it
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
2 years
@MarkarSheraz @DrOliverWarren @AM_colorectal @JamesCarn He can’t afford my agent’s fees for photographs…
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
3 years
@MarkarSheraz @gall_tamara @marta_penna Fortunately for you @MarkarSheraz most solitaire diamond pendants look like polyps. Just make sure it is large enough for resection, @marta_penna isn’t a gastroenterologist...
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
4 years
@MarkarSheraz “I get knocked down...but I get up again” Tubthumping, and now it’s in your head, you’re welcome!
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
2 years
Can’t wait for this!
@VCsurgery
Valerio Celentano
2 years
Registrations open for our ileoanal pouch surgery study day (23/6/23) and IBD surgery wet-lab course (11/5/23). In person attendance. E-mail us at chelwest.j-pouch @nhs .net @ACPGBI @Dukes_Club @YouSICCR @YouESCP @ColorectalDis @colo_research #colorectalsurgey #IBD #jpouch
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
1 year
@MarkarSheraz Thoughts and prayers with @marta_penna for a decade with Sheraz
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@amrhowell
Dr Ann-Marie Howell
5 years
Full house at the London IBD Surgery Symposium
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@amrhowell
Dr Ann-Marie Howell
2 years
Game changer
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
2 years
Can’t believe I am retweeting Jeremy Hunt but this sounds hopeful!
@Jeremy_Hunt
Jeremy Hunt
2 years
@RoshanaMN Thanks for reaching out @RoshanaMN I've been raising the pensions issue repeatedly & it was a key recommendation in our recent workforce report. It is crazy not to fix this when there is such a big capacity crisis in the NHS - will keep on the case...
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
1 year
@JeremyNewman33 @MarkCheetham @RoshanaMN Women are not weak. This part is true…
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
3 years
@GeoMalietzis @MarkarSheraz @roux_group @asgbi @Augishealth @Dukes_Club @RCSnews @gall_tamara They need to keep us in training for this number of years in order to make the quota for the rota. I don’t see a workforce solution to enable a 1:8 oncall without trapping us in training.
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
2 years
@bowelsurgeon Estimated time till they are stolen/borrowed…3 days
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
4 years
Can absolutely relate. Although mini valleys continue along the upward curve, and not reached the second peak yet...
@naimslim
Naim Slim
4 years
For surgical types... (disclaimer: my own experience!) Mount Stupid = Core Surgical Training Valley of Despair = ST3/4
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
2 years
Great images
@VNikolian
Vahagn C. Nikolian, MD
2 years
A review of the critical view of the myopectineal orifice. Step by steps through an MIS inguinal and a summary of the landmark publication by Drs. Daes and Felix. #OHSUHernia Full video: #herniageeks @OHSUsurgery @BehindTheKnife
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
3 years
@ACPGBI Hurrah! Well done ACPGBI!
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
3 years
@PaulZiprin But seriously…don’t touch them
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
3 years
@JJcolemanMD
Jamie Coleman, MD FACS
3 years
🤨😒🤦🏻‍♀️
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
2 years
@gall_tamara @philip_pucher Some of us are not worthy enough to go north of the ileocaecal valve.
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
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@DrMahim @BBC @amateuradam No it’s still going!
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
3 years
@ReeseW Oh my goodness. This is standard in the UK.
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
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@CTAbdoPelvis I hate it but it's true
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@amrhowell
Dr Ann-Marie Howell
3 years
@amit_pawa I just don’t know, and I can’t stop wanting it to be a thing but it may just be hugely wrong!
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@amrhowell
Dr Ann-Marie Howell
3 years
@DrRMKwasnicki @aimeedimarco Slightly mourning the passing of your ridiculously young Twitter self. Legitimate excuse for drinks?
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@amrhowell
Dr Ann-Marie Howell
3 years
@thomasdolphin I don’t believe you
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
3 years
@traumakhan What about if your job is really fun though? Did they adjust for that?
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
2 years
@Jordanfletch6 @DCRjournal @DaniloMisko So nice Jordan! Love your videos
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
1 year
@VCsurgery @ibdpouchsurgery @carloal0926 I want one!!! Does it come in pink?
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@amrhowell
Dr Ann-Marie Howell
1 year
@mrnigeldsouza @clifford0584 Thanks Nigel, needed this answer, easy to forget the good bits
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@amrhowell
Dr Ann-Marie Howell
3 years
@AnaesthesiaABC So many questions
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
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@MemeRegOnCall Unless you are a surgeon…we aren’t required to formally reflect…
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@amrhowell
Dr Ann-Marie Howell
4 years
@BeccaBrass I really needed this thread!
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@amrhowell
Dr Ann-Marie Howell
4 years
@DrSarahCMills @JCST_Surgery @cripps_neil @lapcoleadmark @stevebrownsheff Excited to see #surgicalendoscopy is a priority @JCST_Surgery @DrSarahCMills and that we can raise the training bar higher with polypectomy. Surgical trainees should #ownthescope
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Dr Ann-Marie Howell
3 years
@silv24 They wrote the headline on purpose to increase their Altemetrics. It has done nothing but promote their journal. Therefore they are not remotely sorry.
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@amrhowell
Dr Ann-Marie Howell
4 years
@MarkarSheraz @Oesophagusuk @roux_group @Bhaskar23859803 @frcscompanion @T4UGIS @ASiTofficial @Dukes_Club I was like: can’t believe you gave your own paper as the answer... and then I was like oooooh this paper is super amazing and interesting. So once again Markar=1, Howell=0
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