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 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
-
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
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
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/25f539f2-cada-4eb4-b809-17634a1c81f6/download
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
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
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
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
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
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
-
Page 4 of 14 Results 31 to 40 of 139
Open versus laparoscopic repair of inguinal hernia: an overview of systematic reviews of randomised controlled trials
Surgical Endoscopy, vol. 36, pp. 4685–4700Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA systematic review of the impact of post-operative oral fluid intake on ileus following elective colorectal surgery
International Journal of Surgery , vol. 103, 106651Contributions to Journals: Review articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsu.2022.106651
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/953c5cba-eb88-4b86-832d-53581caf9b9e/download
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Quantitative Assessment of Secondary Healthcare Utilisation by Patients With Functional Abdominal Pain
Cureus, vol. 14, no. 5, e25145Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEmergency General Surgery: Impact of Distance and Rurality on Mortality
BJS Open, vol. 6, no. 2, zrac032Contributions to Journals: ArticlesReducing surgical site infection rates in colorectal surgery – A quality improvement approach to implementing a comprehensive bundle (CDI-01554-2020.R2)
Colorectal Disease, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 239-239Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/codi.15968
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Validation of the OAKS prognostic model for acute kidney injury after gastrointestinal surgery
BJS Open, vol. 6, no. 1, zrab150Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsopen/zrab150
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/83b50f87-59be-41c1-bfd9-2f4a1a37c130/download
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Improved outcomes for patients undergoing colectomy for acute severe inflammatory colitis by adopting a multi-disciplinary care bundle
Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, vol. 26, pp. 218–220Contributions to Journals: ArticlesTiming of urinary catheter removal after colorectal surgery with pelvic dissection: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Annals of Medicine and Surgery, vol. 73, 103148Contributions to Journals: Review articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2021.103148
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/b212ae77-7ee2-4de2-94db-cdc7f60730e7/download
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Current and projected financial burden of emergency general surgery for adults in Scotland’s single payer healthcare system: a cost analysis of hospital admissions
Annals of Surgery, vol. 274, no. 6, pp. e522-528Contributions to Journals: ArticlesReducing surgical site infection rates in colorectal surgery – a quality improvement approach to implementing a comprehensive bundle
Colorectal Disease, vol. 23, no. 11, pp. 2999-3007Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/codi.15875
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/6d6e3c57-0647-4a4f-9144-703c095923cc/download
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
