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Professor of Urology (full-time); Consultant Urologic Surgeon (part-time); Professor of Clinical Epidemiology (part-time)
Was an absolute pleasure and honour to be part of the program with British Urology Researchers in Training (BURST) at #BAUS24 in Birmingham 🇬🇧 BURST is an amazing team of smart, driven and kind individuals that will bring urology to the next level I’m privileged to have opportunity to be collaborator and friend with these great individuals and happy that they lead #ARTStrial in the United Kingdom University of Helsinki Research Council of Finland | Suomen Akatemia Sigrid Jusélius Stiftelse | The Sigrid Jusélius Foundation Veeru Kasivisvanathan Aqua Asif Arjun Nathan PHRI Population Health Research Institute
We are reflecting back on our biggest #BURSTatBAUS programme ever! BURST have come a long way over the years thanks to the support of our committee, collaborators and funders. 💡 Our Co-Chairs Arjun Nathan and Kevin Byrnes introduced BURST during our session “Big Data, AI and International Collaboration” on day 1, chaired by Jo Cresswell and Kevin Gallagher. We focussed on the timely topic of AI in urology featuring a keynote by Prof Nikhil Vasdev alongside our presentation of the #RESECT results, the largest dataset on TURBT quality with nearly 20,000 patients. We continued the excitement this sparked in our panel "Will this change the way we do #TURBT forever?,” led by study leads Kevin Gallagher and Nikita Bhatt alongside our star-studded panel of Veeru Kasivisvanathan, Prof Param Mariappan, Elsie Mensah and John Kelly. 🥂 There was no better way to round off the first day than with the annual BURST dinner, proudly supported by medac Pharma UK where we welcomed our amazing project collaborators. 🩸“Emergency Inpatient Haematuria - Time for Change!" chaired by Kevin Byrnes and Nikita Bhatt on day 2 saw the introduction of our latest and greatest project #WASHOUT, investigating the management of inpatient haematuria, with fantastic discussion in our quickfire MDT providing insights on CEPOD management, hyperbaric oxygen, oncological management, interventional radiology and surgical management. This wealth of expert knowledge was put to the test in our round-table discussion with our chair Ben Challacombe pitching clinically relevant cases. ❗️Data collection for #WASHOUT is open. With 300+ sites and 600 cases and counting, sign your site up today https://lnkd.in/epbe-TAb Tuesday also saw Arjun proudly present at the “The Urology Foundation: Show Me the Money” session. We were delighted to attend and are immensely grateful for TUF’s long standing support. 🚀 There was no better way to end our programme than with our final session featuring a pair of debates on controversial areas in urology, chaired by Veeru Kasivisvanathan and Hannah Warren. The first quick-fire debate saw Milan Gopal head-to-head with Caroline MacDonald for the motion "Improving the Pathway in Testicular Torsion in the UK: More than a Pipe Dream?". This generated a wealth of discussion and relates to our #RESCUE study. Our second debate saw the motion "Anticoagulation in The Postoperative Period: How Do We Get the Balance Right?" debated by Kari Tikkinen and alexandra colquhoun. Accompanying this was an introduction to the ARTs trial by Alex Ng. 🎥 We filmed a series of educational vodcasts- a first in BURST history! We thank our guests Nicholas Boxall, Sarah Hillery, Eabhann O'Connor, Sophia Cashman,Mehwash Nadeem, Arjun Nambiar and Prof. Dr. Hashim Hashim for sharing their expertise. Keep your eyes out for the release very soon! 🎉 Thank you to BAUS for their support in taking the BURST programme to new heights, see you at BAUS 2025!
