Professional qualifications
MB
- Chb
- FRCS(G)1981
- FRCS(Ed)
- 2005 MD 1985
Current posts
Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon, Gartnavel General Hospital and Western Infirmary
Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, University of Glasgow
Vice President Surgical - Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow(2007-2012)
Clinical availability
Monday afternoon
Current memberships:
Fellow of the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland
Member of the Association of Upper GI Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland
Member of the British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society
Member of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland
Member of the British Association of Surgical Oncology
Member of the British Association of Cancer Research
Fellow of the St Mark's Association
Member of the Royal Medico-Chirurgical Society of Glasgow
Fellow of Cornell University Medical College
Member of the West of Scotland Surgical Association
Year of first qualification
1977
Personal interests
Flying (holder of Private Pilot's License - Group A aeroplanes)
Reading ( all sorts of stuff)
Tennis, Cycling
Computing, web design and digital video editing
Professional interests
Special clinical interest in complex laparoscopic surgery
Managment of colorectal cancer surgery
Inflammatory bowel disease
Surgical treatment of obesity (gastric balloons, bands and bypass)
Biliary (gallstone) disease
Experience
My training background was based in the West of Scotland but involved prolonged stays in both London and New York City to acquire specific clinical and technical training. As a junior surgeon I followed an academic track and was a clinical Lecturer on Surgery in the academic surgical unit at the Western Infirmary for several years. Having been appointed a Consultant Surgeon in Glasgow in 1989, I now provide a full clinical programme in surgical gastroenterology and emergency surgery. My referral practice has focused on the management of gastrointestinal malignancy, inflammatory bowel disease and severe obesity. This latter activity has developed markedly since 2004. I have provided a substantial component of the available surgical service in Scotland for bariatric (morbit obesity) surgery, and was the first to offer laparoscopic surgery for these patients in Scotland.
I participate in multidisciplinary team working, in both clinical radiology and colorectal cancer management.
Research
Colorectal cancer,(technical factors and outcome), obesity surgery, surgical assessment
