PhD FRCS
Senior Clinical Lecturer
- About
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- 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 the Aberdeen Centre for Evaluation, 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 characterising outcomes in Emergency General Surgery, assessing and improving outcomes in colorectal cancer management, the management of patients who have frailty and require operative intervention and medical education.
Qualifications
- BSc Medical Microbiology2004 - University of Edinburgh
- MBChB Medicine2007 - University of Edinburgh
- PhD Mucosal Immunology2015 - University of DundeeEnvironmental signals that control T lymphocytes in the Gastrointestinal Tract
- FRCS General Surgery2019 - Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
- MFSTEd Surgical Education2015 - Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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I am the North Cancer Alliance Prehabilitation Clinical Lead
- External Memberships
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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
Duration of wound coverage for the prevention of surgical site infections after surgery: A systematic review of current evidence with meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
International Wound Journal, vol. 23, no. 5, e70943Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/iwj.70943
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Protein misfolding enteropathy predicts and prognosticates neurodegenerative disease years before symptom onset
GastroenterologyContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2026.04.003
Prognostic factors for paraconduit hernia in adult patients post-esophagectomy for cancer: a systematic review
Diseases of the Esophagus, vol. 39, no. 2, doag017Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAnalysis of short-term functional outcomes of colorectal resections in older adults aged 75 years and older: a prospective single health board cohort study
Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, vol. 108, no. 1, pp. 33-38Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1308/rcsann.2025.0042
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Laparoscopic anchoring of peritoneal catheters using surgical mesh–a promising approach for recurrent extrinsic ventriculoperitoneal shunt migration
British Journal of Neurosurgery, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 524-530Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02688697.2025.2573391
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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
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Research Areas
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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Causes of death after emergency general surgical admission: population cohort study of mortality
BJS Open, vol. 5, no. 2, zrab021Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAnalysing the impact of living in a rural setting on the presentation and outcome of colorectal cancer: A prospective single centre observational study
The Surgeon, vol. 18, no. 6, pp. 354-359Contributions to Journals: ArticlesInternational validation of a risk prediction algorithm for patients with malignant colorectal polyps
Colorectal Disease, vol. 22, no. 12, pp. 2105-2113Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/codi.15365
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Assessing the role of the universal addition of CT thorax to CT abdomen and pelvis in the COVID era. A retrospective multicentre cohort study
BJR|Open, vol. 2, no. 1, 20200044Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCOVID-19: No benefit of chest inclusion in acute abdomen CT
British Journal of Surgery, vol. 107, no. 11, pp. e474-e475Contributions to Journals: Letters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.11934
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Video consultation for new colorectal patients
Colorectal Disease, vol. 22, no. 9, pp. 1015-1021Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/codi.15239
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A 19 year population based cohort study analysing reoperation for recurrence following laparoscopic and open inguinal hernia repairs
Hernia, vol. 24, pp. 793-800Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10029-019-02073-w
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Current practice of anticoagulant in the treatment of splanchnic vein thrombosis secondary to acute pancreatitis
Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Diseases International, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 116-121Contributions to Journals: Review articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hbpd.2019.12.007
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Tackling climate change: "plant good, meat bad" is overly simplistic
BMJ, vol. 368, m805Contributions to Journals: Letters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m805
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The Changing Face of Emergency General Surgery: A 20-Year Analysis of Secular Trends in Demographics, Diagnoses, Operations and Outcomes
Annals of Surgery, vol. 271, no. 3, pp. 581-589Contributions to Journals: Articles
