Consultant Transplant and Vascular Access Surgeon @CUH_Transplant Research interests in clinical trials, big data and organ donation
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Dominic Summers retweeted
A historic day for Resuscitation Science at @AHAScience #ReSS2026.
ON-SCENE is out in @NEJM — nationwide HEMS ECPR in the Netherlands, cannulation on scene.
40% vs 20% survival to discharge. 36% vs 13% CPC 1-2 at 6 mo. 45 vs 77 min to ECMO flow.
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Dominic Summers retweeted
Delighted to share our @Kidney_Research funded research exploring the psychosocial impact of adverse events following kidney transplantation #andycolefoundation
kidneyresearchuk.org/2026/10…
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Dominic Summers retweeted
Check out our Opinion paper in @Nature, where we write about:
i) The decline in physician-scientist numbers worldwide
ii) Why this might be, based on our own data and others’
iii) Steps to reverse the decline
nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
@rezamotallebov @CharlesSwanton @bealelab
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Dominic Summers retweeted
This afternoon we’ve heard from Siobhán Freeman on exercise & kidney disease, plus Dominic Summers on making transplantation the first choice treatment in end-stage kidney disease. Another fascinating afternoon at #NKFAnnualEvent2026!
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Dominic Summers retweeted
Join me for the RCSEd–ASGBI FRCS webinar on Transplant Surgery.
📅 20 August 2026
🕖 19:00–20:00 BST
🎓 1 CPD hour
We’ll cover organ donation, retrieval and transplant-related FRCS scenarios.
Register: services.rcsed.ac.uk/profess…
#TransplantSurgery #FRCS #RCSEd #ASGBI
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We (Zoë Fritz, Janet Cruze and Weiyi Tan) have a new paper out onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… about what the public think about organ donation and specifically organ donation following sudden out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. 1/n
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This form of donation is challenging logistically, but the public also supported the use of the technology (normothermic regional perfusion) necessary to make this possible. 6/n
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This type of donation works in other countries. Public opinion supports donation in the UK – lets make it happen! (Pilot study underway…) /end
Thanks to @CUH_Transplant @THIS_Institute @ODT_Research
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Dominic Summers retweeted
🇬🇧 UK VA ECMO and ECPR data
📆 2012-22
🏥 All 13 centres
2117 VA runs, 45.5% survival
302 ECPR runs, 30.5% survival
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
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The pre-implantation biopsy story is not over yet - The Lancet Regional Health – Europe thelancet.com/journals/lanep…
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Dominic Summers retweeted
Important first-in-human report today for donor pancreatic islet beta-cell transplant to an individual w/Type 1 diabetes. With genome editing of the cells, there was no immune response induced or need for immunosuppression.
Major implications for transplantation in general @NEJM
nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJ…
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Dominic Summers retweeted
Can pre-implementation biopsy assist kidney selection for #transplantation? Read the findings from the PITHIA trial, a UK stepped-wedge cluster RCT evaluating introduction of a national digital pathology service @Cambridge_Uni 👇
thelancet.com/journals/lanep…
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Very pleased to announce the publication of @PITHIA_trial in @LancetRH_Europe - authors.elsevier.com/sd/arti… @CUH_Transplant. The PITHIA trial is one of the largest trials in transplantation - testing whether a National Digital Pathology Service could increase kidney transplants 1/
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... all the local PIs who hosted our tour of the centres, the @BTRU_ODT @NIHRresearch and all the others who I have left off this list (Sorry!) 8/
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The final word is, of course, why @PITHIA_trial? The Pythia was the Oracle at the temple of Apollo at Delphi, famous for ambiguous predictions of the future. Here she is, looking at a kidney biopsy. Perhaps she should stick to advising Kings... /End
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