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George Ramsay

George Ramsay
George Ramsay
George Ramsay

PhD FRCS

Senior Clinical Lecturer

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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
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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

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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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  • 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

  • Are patients referred from primary care as ‘‘Urgent SuspectedColorectal Cancer’’ likely to have colonic malignancy?

    Ramsay, G., Mackay, C., Rafferty, T., Loudon, M.
    The International Surgical Congress of the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland 2012, pp. 101
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • Method of referral significantly impacts on the outcome of patients with colorectal cancer

    Ramsay, G., Mackay, C., Rafferty, T., Loudon, M.
    The International Surgical Congress of the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland 2012, pp. 101
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • Predictive value of lymph node ratios and total node harvest in advanced colorectal carcinoma

    Ramsay, G., Mackay, C., Rafferty, T., Loudon, M.
    The International Surgical Congress of the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland 2012, pp. 102
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • Should the presence of EMVI influence therapy in colorectal carcinoma?

    Mackay, C., Ramsay, G., Rafferty, A., Loudon, M.
    The International Surgical Congress of the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland 2012, pp. 92-93
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • Site and stage of colorectal malignancy is influenced by referral pathways

    Ramsay, G., Mackay, C., Rafferty, T., Loudon, M.
    The International Surgical Congress of the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland 2012, pp. 100-101
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • The impact of patient age on investigation and management of colorectal cancer

    Ramsay, G., Mackay, C., Loudon, M. A.
    6th Scientific and Annual Meeting of the European Society of Coloproctology, pp. 41
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • Are patient and tumour characteristics different between those detected by screening and those from other referral sources?

    Mackay, C. D., Ramsay, G., Craig, W. L., Nanthakumaran, S., Loudon, M. A.
    2011 Tripartite Colorectal Meeting held in conjunction with the Australian Association of Stomal Therapy Nurses Conference, pp. 26-26
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • Does the modality of colorectal cancer surgery influence outcomes?

    Mackay, C. D., Ramsay, G., Nanthakumaran, S., Craig, W. L., Loudon, M. A.
    2011 Tripartite Colorectal Meeting held in conjunction with the Australian Association of Stomal Therapy Nurses Conference, pp. 64-64
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • Does urgency of referral impact on the management of patients with colorectal cancer?

    Ramsay, G., Mackay, C., Nanthakumaran, S., Craig, W. L., McAdam, T. K., Loudon, M.
    2011 Tripartite Colorectal Meeting held in conjunction with the Australian Association of Stomal Therapy Nurses Conference, pp. 72-72
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts
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