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George Ramsay

George Ramsay
George Ramsay
George Ramsay

PhD FRCS

Senior Clinical Lecturer

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george.ramsay@abdn.ac.uk
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Health Services Research Unit

University of Aberdeen

Health Sciences Building

Foresterhill

Aberdeen

AB25 2ZD

School/Department
School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition
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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

  • Outcomes reported in elective colorectal cancer surgery research for older patients: A scoping review

    Xavier, H., Bhattacharya, Y., Poobalan, A., Brazzelli, M., Ramsay, G.
    Colorectal Disease
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • A Quantitative Analysis of Intraoperative Distractions and When They Occur During General Surgical Operations

    Raftery, D., Emmanuel, S., Ramsay, G.
    Cureus, vol. 16, no. 5, e60700
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 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.
    Microbiome, vol. 12, no. 1, 89
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Reversal of stoma with biosynthetic mesh fascial reinforcement: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Dewantoro, D., Manson, P., Brazzelli, M., Ramsay, G.
    Colorectal Disease, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 632-642
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Stoma-free survival after anastomotic leak following rectal cancer resection: worldwide cohort of 2470 patients

    Greijdanus, N. G., Wienholts, K., Ubels, S., Talboom, K., Hannink, G., Wolthuis, A., de Lacy, F. B., Lefevre, J. H., Solomon, M., Frasson, M., Rotholtz, N., Denost, Q., Perez, R. O., Konishi, T., Panis, Y., Rutegård, M., Hompes, R., Rosman, C., van Workum, F., Tanis, P. J., de Wilt, J. H., Bremers, A. J., Ferenschild, F. T., de Vriendt, S., D'Hoore, A., Bislenghi, G., Farguell, J., Lacy, A. M., Atienza, P. G., van Kessel, C. S., Parc, Y., Voron, T., Collard, M. K., Muriel, J. S., Cholewa, H., Mattioni, L. A., Frontali, A., Polle, S. W., Polat, F., Obihara, N. J., Vailati, B. B., Kusters, M., Tuynmann, J. B., Hazen, S. J., Gruter, A. A., Amano, T., Fujiwara, H., Salomon, M., Ruiz, H., Ramsay, G., TENTACLE-Rectum Collaborative Group
    British Journal of Surgery, vol. 110, no. 12, pp. 1863-1876
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

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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

Education

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Biomedical Sciences

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Nutrition and Health

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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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  • Author response to: Reducing postoperative mortality rates in England

    Kumar, M., Ramsay, G.
    British Journal of Surgery, vol. 106, no. 8, pp. 1100
    Contributions to Journals: Letters

  • Reducing surgical mortality in Scotland by use of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist

    Ramsay, G., Haynes, A. B., Lipsitz, S. R., Solsky, I., Leitch, J., Gawande, A. A., Kumar, M.
    British Journal of Surgery, vol. 106, no. 8, pp. 1005-1011
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Meta‐analysis of laparoscopic transcystic versus transcholedochal common bile duct exploration for choledocholithiasis

    Bekheit, M., Smith, R., Ramsay, G., Soggiu, F., Ghazanfar, M., Ahmed, I.
    BJS Open, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 242-251
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Is Liver Ultrasound Useful as Part of the Surveillance Strategy following Potentially Curative Colorectal Cancer Resection?

    Schneider, J., Koullouros, M., MacKay, C., Ramsay, G., Parnaby, C., Stevenson, L.
    Digestive Diseases, vol. 37, no. 3, pp. 234-238
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The prevalence of sarcopaenia in a vascular surgical patient cohort and its impact on outcome

    Heard, R., Black, D., Ramsay, G., Scott, N., Hildebrand, D.
    Surgeon, vol. 16, no. 6, pp. 325-332
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Emergency general surgery in the United Kingdom: A lot of general, not many emergencies, and not much surgery

    Ramsay, G., Wohlgemut, J. M., Jansen, J. O.
    Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, vol. 85, no. 3, pp. 500-506
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Single cell analysis of kynurenine and System L amino acid transport in T cells

    Sinclair, L. V., Neyens, D., Ramsay, G., Taylor, P. M., Cantrell, D. A.
    Nature Communications, vol. 9, 1981
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Variability in the prescribing of intravenous fluids: A cross sectional multicentre analysis of clinical practice

    Ramsay, G., Baggaley, A., Vaughan Shaw, P. G., Soltanmohammadi, E., Ventham, N., Guat Shi, N., Pearson, R., Knight, S. R., Forde, C. T., Moore, N., Kilkenny, J., Clement, K. D., Kumar, M., Scottish Surgical Research Group
    International Journal of Surgery , vol. 51, pp. 199-204
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • An evidence-based treatment algorithm for colorectal polyp cancers: Results from the Scottish Screen-detected Polyp Cancer Study (SSPoCS)

    Richards, C. H., Ventham, N. T., Mansouri, D., Wilson, M., Ramsay, G., MacKay, C. D., Parnaby, C. N., Smith, D., On, J., Speake, D., McFarlane, G., Neo, Y. N., Aitken, E., Forrest, C., Knight, K., McKay, A., Nair, H., Mulholland, C., Robertson, J. H., Carey, F. A., Steele, R. J., The Scottish Surgical Research Group
    Gut, vol. 67, no. 2, pp. 299-306
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 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

  • The effect of trainee research collaboratives in the UK

    Nepogodiev, D., Chapman, S. J., Kolias, A. G., Fitzgerald, J. E., Lee, M., Blencowe, N. S., National Surgical Research Collaborative, Chari, A., Jamjoom, A., Kasivisvanathan, V., D'Auria, M., Nana, G. R., Sian, T., Sharma, N., Bhangu, A., Haddow, J., Symons, N. R., Kaptanis, S., Coe, P., Heywood, N. A., Harji, D., Shaban, F., van Boxel, G., Isherwood, J., Murphy, G., Young, K., Ramsay, G., Ventham, N. T., Ward, A., Drake, T. M., Glasbey, J., Khatri, C., Shalhoub, J., Harries, R. L., Stimpson, A., Bartlett, D., Griffiths, E., Marriott, P. J., Pinkney, T. D., Singh, P., Vohra, R. S., Wilkin, R.
    The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 247-248
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Students' participation in collaborative research should be recognised

    Borakati, A., McLean, K., Drake, T. M., Harrison, E. M., Kamarajah, S. K., Khatri, C., Nepogodiev, D., Abbas, M., Abdalkoddus, M., Abdel-Fattah, A., Abdelgalil, R., Abdikadir, H., Adams, R., Adams, S., Adelaja, I., Adeogun, A., Adjei, H., Adlan, A., Adwan, H., Aeyad, S., Aftab, R., Afzul, A., Agarwal, V., Aglan, H., Agrawal, M., Agrawal, R., Ahmed, F., Akhtar, S., Akpenyi, O., Al-Attar, M., Al-Ausi, M., Anderson, R., Brown, R., Cole, S., Davies, G., Gallagher, M., Giovinazzo, F., Kelly, D., Lim, J., McDowell, M., McFarlane, G., Rahman, S., Ramsay, G., Shaikh, S., Simpson, W., Smith, J., Venturini, S., Walker, L., Watson, A., Wilson, A., STARSurg Collaborative
    International Journal of Surgery , vol. 39, pp. 234-237
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Prognostic value of lymph node ratio and extramural vascular invasion on survival for patients undergoing curative colon cancer resection

    Parnaby, C. N., Scott, N. W., Ramsay, G., MacKay, C., Samuel, L., Murray, G. I., Loudon, M. A.
    British Journal of Cancer, vol. 113, no. 2, pp. 212-219
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Intestinal intraepithelial lymphocyte activation promotes innate antiviral resistance

    Swamy, M., Abeler-Dörner, L., Chettle, J., Mahlakõiv, T., Goubau, D., Chakravarty, P., Ramsay, G., Reis e Sousa, C., Staeheli, P., Blacklaws, B. A., Heeney, J. L., Hayday, A. C.
    Nature Communications, vol. 6, 7090
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Environmental and metabolic sensors that control T cell biology

    Ramsay, G., Cantrell, D.
    Frontiers in Immunology, vol. 6, 99
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles

  • The Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Nuclear Translocator in mucosal lymphocytes influences the host microbiome

    Ramsay, G., Swamy, M., Hall, L., Cantrell, D. A.
    Gut Microbiota Modulation of Host Physiology
    Contributions to Conferences: Posters

  • Reply to: Extralevator abdomino-perineal excision (ELAPE) or abdomino-sacral amputation of the rectum (ASAR): Revitalised approach for low rectal carcinoma described by Tadeusz Koszarowski in the 50s

    Ramsay, G., Mackay, C., Parnaby, C., Loudon, M.
    European Journal of Surgical Oncology, vol. 40, no. 7, pp. 907-907
    Contributions to Journals: Letters

  • Role of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator in establishing lymphocyte and innate lymphoid cells of the intestinal tract and the skin

    Ramsay, G., Swamy, M., Rosenzweig, E., Cantrell, D. A.
    The Lancet, vol. 383, no. S88, pp. S88-S88
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • A national survey of attitudes to research in Scottish General Surgery Trainees

    Roxburgh, C. S., Richards, C. H., O'Neill, S., Ramsay, G., Velineni, R., Robson, A. J., Watt, D. G., Mittapalli, D., Milburn, J. A., Robertson, A. G., Jamieson, N. B., Scottish Surgical Research Group
    Scottish Medical Journal, vol. 59, no. 1, pp. 9-15
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Impact of the Scottish Bowel Cancer Screening Programme on patient and tumour characteristics at a single centre

    MacKay, C., Ramsay, G., Rafferty, A., Loudon, M.
    Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 7-11
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Prognostic Value of Lymph Node Ratio and Extramural Vascular Invasion on Overall Survival for Patients Undergoing Curative Colon Cancer Resection

    Parnaby, C., Scott, N., Mackay, C., Ramsay, G., Guha, A., Samuel, L., Murray, G. I., Loudon, M.
    Tripartite Colorectal Meeting of the American Society of Colon & Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS), pp. 167
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • Analysis of outcome using a levator sparing technique of abdominoperineal excision of rectum and anus. Cylindrical ELAPE is not necessary in all patients

    Ramsay, G., Parnaby, C., Mackay, C., Hanlon, P., Ong, S., Loudon, M.
    European Journal of Surgical Oncology, vol. 39, no. 11, pp. 1219-1224
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Complications after laparoscopic and open subtotal colectomy for inflammatory colitis: A case-matched comparison

    Parnaby, C. N., Ramsay, G., Macleod, C. S., Hope, N. R., Jansen, J. O., Mcadam, T. K.
    Colorectal Disease, vol. 15, no. 11, pp. 1399-1405
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • B3 core biopsy suspicious of a papilloma: how should we proceed?

    Dawson, A. G., Ramsay, G., Gagliardi, T.
    International Journal of Surgery , vol. 11, no. 8, pp. 610
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • A highly selective approach to oesophagogastric cancer resections and its impact on post operative survival

    Ramsay, G., Yeap, E., Mackay, C., Park, K., Nanthakumaran, S.
    17th AUGIS Annual Scientific Meeting, pp. 46
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • Urgency of referral confers no impact on outcome gastric cancer patient

    Ramsay, G., Mackay, C., Yeap, E., Park, K., Nanthakumaran, S.
    17th AUGIS Annual Scientific Meeting, pp. 49
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • Immediate breast reconstruction using Bovine pericardium after skin sparing mastectomy

    Chaturvedi, S., Yeap, E., Ramsay, G.
    Association of Breast Surgery
    Contributions to Conferences: Abstracts

  • Immediate implant-based breast reconstruction using bovine pericardium (Veritas®) for optimal tissue regeneration

    Dawson, A., Ramsay, G., McKay, C., Chaturvedi, S.
    Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, vol. 95, no. 3, pp. 222-222
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The Use of a Wound Protector as a Self Retaining Skin Retractor for Skin Sparing Mastectomy and Immediate Reconstruction

    Chaturvedi, S., Ramsay, G.
    Tropical Medicine and Surgery, vol. 1, no. 2, 1000112
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Does a highly selective approach to oesophagoastric cancer resections confer survival benefits?

    Ramsay, G., Yeap, E., Mackay, C., Qadir, A., Bruce, D., Nanthakumaran, S., Park, K.
    10th International Gastric cancer congress
    Contributions to Conferences: Posters

  • Does the mechanism of referral impact on outcome of Gastric cancer patients?

    Ramsay, G., Yeap, E., Mackay, C. D., Qadir, A., Park, K., Nanthakumaran, S.
    10th International Gastric cancer congress
    Contributions to Conferences: Abstracts

  • Evaluation of laparoscopic simulation training in the North of Scotland training deanery

    Gale, M. D., Bradley, A., Ramsay, G., Kumar, M., McAdam, T. K.
    Fifth International Skills Conference, pp. 58
    Contributions to Conferences: Abstracts

  • Ectopic gynaecomastia on the inner aspect of the thigh in an otherwise healthy man

    Ramsay, G., Dawson, A., Chaturvedi, S.
    Journal of Surgical Case Reports, vol. 2012, no. 12, rjs025
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Colorectal resection for inflammatory colitis unresponsive to medical therapy: a single centre review of immediate post operative outcomes and operative technique

    Ramsay, G., Parnaby, C., Hope, N., Macleod, C., Ramage, M., McAdam, T.
    7th Scientific and Annual Meeting of the European Society of Coloproctology, pp. 32
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • Does bowel screening influence outcome?

    Mackay, C., Ramsay, G., Rafferty, A., Loudon, M.
    7th Scientific and Annual Meeting of the European Society of Coloproctology, pp. 53
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • Does the location of colorectal carcinoma differ between screened and unscreened populations?

    Mackay, C. D., Ramsay, G., Rafferty, A., Loudon, M. A.
    Colorectal Disease, vol. 14, no. 10, pp. e689-e691
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Is outcome in rectal carcinoma influenced by bowel screening?

    Mackay, C., Ramsay, G., Rafferty, A., Loudon, M.
    7th Scientific and Annual Meeting of the European Society of Coloproctology, pp. 53
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • Should the Extralevator Abdominoperineal resection be universally adopted?

    Ramsay, G., Parnaby, C., MacKay, C., Hanlon, P., Ong, S. Y., Loudon, M.
    7th Scientific and Annual Meeting of the European Society of Coloproctology, pp. 57
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • Urgency of referral and its impact on outcome in patients with colorectal cancer

    Ramsay, G., MacKay, C., Nanthakumaran, S., Craig, W. L., McAdam, T. K., Loudon, M. A.
    Colorectal Disease, vol. 14, no. 7, pp. e375-e377
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • A prospective comparison of outcomes in a case-matched population of primary vs. revisional laparoscopic fundoplication

    Craig, W., Ramsay, G., Scrimgeour, D., Davies, P., Krukowski, Z.
    Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (ALS), pp. S184
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • Laparoscopic colorectal resection for inflammatory colitis unresponsive to medical therapy: A single centre review of early postoperative outcomes

    Parnaby, C., Ramsay, G., Hope, N., MacAdam, T.
    Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (ALS), pp. s183
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts
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