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David Chan

@DavidChan023

🤖OG&Bariatric Surgeon•Hon.Assoc Prof@PlymUni🍎gardener🐔 musician🎹🎸1300 Elo♟️ If you're not happy with what you've got, you won't be happy with what you get

 Plymouth, England
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Joined June 2022
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Happiness and comparisons are a choice bmj.com/cgi/content/full/bmj… @mancunianmedic @UHP_NHS @bmj_latest #NHS #MedTwitter #gratitude #BeGrateful
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@bmj_latestJun 26
Training fruit trees: oesophagogastric surgeon David Chan reflects on practising creativity and patience bmj.com/content/393/bmj-2026…
Training fruit trees: the oesophagogastric surgeon practising creativity and patience

Training fruit trees: the oesophagogastric surgeon practising creativity and patience

David Chan tells Kathy Oxtoby that espalier is a form of escapism “As a surgeon, I am naturally quite impatient,” says David Chan, a consultant oesophagogastric surgeon, service line director, and...

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First persimmon harvest before the frost! #gardening
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First kiwi harvest - slightly small as only a 2 year old vine #gardening
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Scottie Scheffler just gave one of the best (and deepest) press conference answers ever heard.
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Not sure what my wife will make of this when she finds out I've hijacked the hanger for a few weeks.. #gardening #garlic #onion
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Replying to @EndoCollabcom
Full publication here! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3750…
Transgastric drainage of the perforated esophagus: our experiences over 10 years - PubMed

Transgastric drainage of the perforated esophagus: our experiences over 10 years - PubMed

We first described the technique of transgastric drainage of esophageal injuries in 2008. The method establishes vacuum drainage of the lumen of the esophagus, while maintaining patency, effectively...

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First harvest from a 3 year old fan trained peach tree! #GardeningX #GardeningTwitter #Peaches
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😂
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We will ALL remember this one thing 😅 #NorwayChess
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Watch the full clip.
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OH MY GOD 😳🤯😲
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Interested to hear peoples experiences of ergonomics training. If you're a surgical SHO/SpR in the UK, please consider completing this 2 min survey. Are We Training or Straining? forms.office.com/r/v3ZHCm6nJ… @ASiTofficial @asgbi @RCSEd @RCSnews @rcpsglasgow
Please fill out this form

Please fill out this form

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My first grand fork in a bullet game #chess
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I don't think we let our trainees sweat enough. Discuss. #surgery #surgicaltraining #MedTwitter @rbarbosa91 @Neil_J_Smart @maynard_nick @ElliotServaisMD @kfgomez8 @ziadtawad @ArulImmanuel @JohnRTMonsonMD
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Luka Doncic for Anthony Davis might be the most insane trade in sports history
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Latest episode of #SurgeonsLives is full of #Stuffthatmatters with VERY special guest @Neil_J_Smart who discusses career and a sudden cancer diagnosis #lifechangingevent Neil Smart - Surgeon and Unexpected Patient youtu.be/MyXJVsRlZkA?si=BZjr… via @YouTube
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Merry Christmas! #FelizNavidad #ukulele #bass #harmonies
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3/4 You *CANT* fix waiting lists @wesstreeting if senior clinicians prevented from taking on additional shifts / WLI for fear of falling over this very real cliff (as pointed out by @DHSCgovuk), me 👇& many others made *MUCH* work by disastrous administration @nhs_pensions
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An excellent start to our Welsh Surgical Society Meeting in London with @kfgomez8 highlighting the history and eminent surgeons in the Welsh Surgical Society over the last 70 years @RoySocMed #welshsurgeons
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Delighted to have co-authored and co-signed this public letter from academics expressing grave concerns about Kim Leadbeater's Terminally Ill (End of Life) Bill, with over 100 highly esteemed co-signatories from numerous universities and covering numerous disciplines.
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Final episode of this series is now available on Spotify. A wonderful reflective talk with Richard Berrisford - oesophagogastric Surgeon at Derriford Hospital looking back on his career @ALSGBIAcademy @ALSGBandI @LucyLucyHuppler @lydiathenewt open.spotify.com/episode/0fD…

Richard Berrisford – The importance of remaining vulnerable as surgeons; reflections from a varied...

Through The Keyhole · Episode

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Let's get the party started! Guess where?
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