Shivan Sivakumar @ShivanSivakumar

Husband, dad, cat fan, Pancreatic cancer researcher, Assoc Professor University of Birmingham. HPB medical oncology consultant, NHS. Football, Cricket, Golf Oxford, England Joined October 2012

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Shivan Sivakumar @ShivanSivakumar

2 months ago

100% true

Dr Phil Hammond 💙 @drphilhammond

2 months ago

100% true

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James Good @drjamesgood

2 months ago

🧠 This chart popped up in my feed via @balajis It shows the exponential growth in human brain size and complexity over evolutionary time. It got me thinking about oncology. Cancer medicine now sits at the convergence of: 🧬 Biological complexity 🙏 Moral gravity 🚀…

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GMCharlatan 🦀 @GMCharlatan

3 months ago

Consultants at UH Plymouth are forcing residents to create rota to prescribe for a PA How about the feckless shits supervise their own PAs? reddit.com/r/doctorsUK/co…

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Anirban Maitra @Aiims1742

4 months ago

🤠 👉🏽 🗽 news: I will be joining @nyulangone on September 1, 2025 as Director of the GI Cancer Center & Associate Director of Translational Research at @Perlmutter_CC. I am excited to start the next chapter of the Maitra Lab in NYC & build a strong GI cancer research program.

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Shivan Sivakumar @ShivanSivakumar

5 months ago

Super proud of our trials team today! We have randomised the first patient in the UK to a major phase 3 trial in pancreatic cancer that has the potential to change first line treatment for patients.

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Shivan Sivakumar @ShivanSivakumar

6 months ago

Delighted to have the opportunity to present to the NIHR strategy board on Birmingham’s leading pancreatic cancer trial portfolio with infant in tow (inset day equals daddy day care).

Gail Marzetti @GailMarzetti

6 months ago

Delighted to have the opportunity to present to the NIHR strategy board on Birmingham’s leading pancreatic cancer trial portfolio with infant in tow (inset day equals daddy day care).

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Shivan Sivakumar @ShivanSivakumar

6 months ago

I would love to see a real world evidence study of giving mounjaro or ozempic to newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes patients in the nhs. It would be a gamechanger for patients and the nhs.

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Bill Ackman @BillAckman

7 months ago

I promised to come back to @X after I investigated the facts concerning @EPotterMD's video post about @UHC and its health insurance subsidiary, UnitedHealthcare. To review, I made an @X post in response to Dr. Potter's videos and X posts about an overzealous representative of…

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Shivan Sivakumar @ShivanSivakumar

7 months ago

Well said! How we have let postgrad training turn into this international free for all is incredible. Not sure why we need a review to do this. Why leave a whole generation of UK doctors dissatisfied

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Shivan Sivakumar @ShivanSivakumar

7 months ago

The solution to this is simple. To change medicine away from being a shortage profession under UK immigration law and to prioritise UK medics. Complete waste of UK taxpayer funding here. No other country’s medical profession behaves like this.

Royal College of Physicians @RCPhysicians

7 months ago

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Dr Done @Dr_Done_

7 months ago

Doctors are mugs for allowing this to happen The less you’ve trained the more you’re paid

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Ian Daniels FRCS @bottomdoc

7 months ago

@ShaunLintern If this was a doctor/nurse - their name would be all over the media with demands for justice, criminal charges & a trial- so why when an organisation, through organisational failure leads to deaths of pts do we not see someone from the organisation as being held responsible ??

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College of Medicine and Health (UoB) @unibirm_CMH

7 months ago

New study led by Dr @ShivanSivakumar shows why there are differences in prognosis between different pancreatic tumours, understanding why in some instances immunotherapy fails, which will help identify potential avenues for improved treatment approaches. birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/panc…

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Shivan Sivakumar @ShivanSivakumar

7 months ago

Ecstatic to see this out! Important implications for immune targeting in pancreatic cancer. Has been a labour of love! Lots of fantastic collaborators and important new early phase trials being set up! nature.com/articles/s4146…

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Inflammation and Ageing @InflamAge_UoB

7 months ago

Huge congratulations to @drdhruvparekh on his appointment as Medical Director of Research, Development & Innovation (RDI) @uhbtrust!🎉 A fantastic leader in Critical Care & Respiratory Medicine, Dhruv will drive cutting-edge RDI, strengthening ties with @unibirmingham & beyond 👏

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Timothée Olivier, MD @Timothee_MD

7 months ago

How many patients with advanced or metastatic cancer respond to immunotherapy (checkpoint inhibitors)? Our new paper in the International Journal of Cancer tackles this question, led by @AlysonHaslam with @VPrasadMDMPH 🧵 1/8

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ExplosiveEnema @ExplosiveEnema2

7 months ago

2 Students start medical school in 2013 One drops out and becomes a PA, the other continues their Medical degree By 2021 the Medical Student is in their first GP training post... The PA is a GP Partner Madness

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7 months ago

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Shivan Sivakumar @ShivanSivakumar

7 months ago

I wonder how this would look if only UK applicants can apply in round 1!!! Everyone knows the reason for exponential rise in applicants and no other country in the world does this rubbish.

Dr Luke Craddock @DrLukeCraddock

8 months ago

I wonder how this would look if only UK applicants can apply in round 1!!! Everyone knows the reason for exponential rise in applicants and no other country in the world does this rubbish.