George Ramsay is a Senior Lecturer in the Health Services Research Unit, having joined the unit in 2021. He is also a Consultant Colorectal and General Surgeon in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.
Before moving to HRSU, he was a SCREDS clinical lecturer in the Rowett Institute of the University of Aberdeen. His clinical training started in the University of Edinburgh where he undertook his undergraduate training, followed by his surgical training in the North and North East of Scotland. During his training, he took time out to undertake a PhD in Mucosal Immunology studying the lymphocytes in the small and large intestine that are key to maintaining health of these organs.
His current research interests are in describing and characterising Emergency General Surgery, assessing and improving outcomes in colorectal cancer management and medical education.
Qualifications
BSc Medical Microbiology
2004 - University of Edinburgh
MBChB Medicine
2007 - University of Edinburgh
PhD Mucosal Immunology
2015 - University of Dundee
Environmental signals that control T lymphocytes in the Gastrointestinal Tract
Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Association of Coloproctologisty of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Chair of the Emergency General Surgical Subcommittee of ACPGBI
Latest Publications
The management of splanchnic vein thrombosis in acute pancreatitis: a global DELPHI consensus study
Scott, M., Ghazanfar, M., Windsor, J. A., Ramsay, G., Bekheit, M., Splanchnic Vein in Acute Pancreatitis Study Group, Ke, L., Smith, M., Giovinazzo, F., Mohamed, M., Pandanaboyana, S., Huang, W., Ahmed, I., Siriwardena, A. K.
Dietary fibre supplementation enhances radiotherapy tumour control and alleviates intestinal radiation toxicity
Then, C. K., Paillas, S., Moomin, A., Misheva, M. D., Moir, R. A., Hay, S. M., Bremner, D., Roberts (nee Nellany), K. S., Smith, E. E., Heidari, Z., Sescu, D., Wang, X., Suárez-Bonnet, A., Hay, N., Murdoch, S. L., Saito, R., Collie-Duguid, E. S. R., Richardson, S., Priestnall, S. L., Wilson, J. M., Gurumurthy, M., Royle, J. S., Samuel, L. M., Ramsay, G., Vallis, K. A., Foster, K. R., McCullagh, J. S. O., Kiltie, A. E.
Our group's paper on the Management of Acute Cholecystitis in Scotland: A population Wide Cohort Study, presented by Mr Sendhil Rajan won the Moynihan Prize of the ASGBI meeting in May 2023