George Ramsay

George Ramsay
George Ramsay
George Ramsay

PhD FRCS

Senior Clinical Lecturer

About
Email Address
george.ramsay@abdn.ac.uk
Office Address

Health Services Research Unit

University of Aberdeen

Health Sciences Building

Foresterhill

Aberdeen

AB25 2ZD

School/Department
School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition

Biography

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
  • FRCS General Surgery 
    2019 - Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 
  • MFSTEd Surgical Education 
    2015 - Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 

Memberships and Affiliations

Internal Memberships

I am the North Cancer Alliance Prehabilitation Clinical Lead

External Memberships

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

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Prizes and Awards

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

Research

Research Areas

Biomedical Sciences

Nutrition and Health

Research Specialisms

  • Clinical Medicine

Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.

Publications

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  • Sarcopaenia in surgical populations: A review

    Heard, R. S., Ramsay, G., Hildebrand, D. R.
    Surgeon, vol. 15, no. 6, pp. 366-371
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles
  • A comparison of laparoscopic and open surgical approaches to rectal cancer resection

    MacLeod, C., Mackay, C., Ramsay, G., Yule, S., Parnaby, C., Murray, G.
    European Society of Coloproctology (ESPC) 12th Scientific and Annual Meeting
    Contributions to Conferences: Posters
  • Abdominal Ultrasound as part of surveillance monitoring following potentially curative colorectal cancer resection

    Schneider, J. R., Koullouros, M., Mackay, C., Ramsay, G., Parnaby, C., Stevenson, L.
    European Society of Coloproctology (ESPC) 12th Scientific and Annual Meeting
    Contributions to Conferences: Posters
  • Oncology outcomes following selective use of post chemo radiotherapy MRI for patients with locally advanced rectal cancer

    MacLeod, C., Mackay, C., Ramsay, G., Yule, S., Parnaby, C., Murray, G.
    European Society of Coloproctology (ESPC) 12th Scientific and Annual Meeting
    Contributions to Conferences: Posters
  • Prognostic Value of Computed Tomography: Measured Parameters of Body Composition in Primary Operable Gastrointestinal Cancers

    Black, D., MacKay, C., Ramsay, G., Hamoodi, Z., Nanthakumaran, S., Park, K. G. M., Loudon, M., Richards, C. H.
    Annals of Surgical Oncology, vol. 24, no. 8, pp. 2241-2251
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • A Comparison of Tumour Characteristics and Oncological Outcomes in Patients with Screen-Detected and Symptomatic Colorectal Polyp Cancers

    Colleran, R., Ramsay, G., Mackay, C., Parnaby, C. N., Murray, G. I.
    American Society of Colon & Rectal Surgeons Annual Scientific and Tripartite Meeting 2017
    Contributions to Conferences: Posters
  • Locally advanced Caecal cancer. An opportunity for neoadjuvant chemotherapy?

    Saxena, P., Barrow, P., Ramsay, G., Samuel, L., Parnaby, C.
    American Society of Colon & Rectal Surgeons Annual Scientific and Tripartite Meeting 2017
    Contributions to Conferences: Posters
  • Teaching Quality Assurance methodology to undergraduate medical students: Unmasking another layer of the hidden curriculum

    Ramsay, G., Kumar, M.
    NHS Scotland Event 2017
    Contributions to Conferences: Posters
  • The prognostic role of Lymph Node Ratio (LNR) and other indicators in patients undergoing potentially curative rectal cancer resection

    MacLeod, C., Mackay, C., Ramsay, G., Murray, G. I., Parnaby, C.
    American Society of Colon & Rectal Surgeons Annual Scientific and Tripartite Meeting 2017
    Contributions to Conferences: Posters
  • Analysing the impact of introducing the WHO Checklist on in-hospital mortality in Scotland

    Ramsay, G., Haynes, A., Lipsitz, S., Leitch, J., Kumar, M.
    Contributions to Conferences: Other Contributions
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