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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The prevalence of sarcopaenia in a vascular surgical patient cohort and its impact on outcome
Surgeon, vol. 16, no. 6, pp. 325-332Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surge.2018.03.001
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Emergency general surgery in the United Kingdom: A lot of general, not many emergencies, and not much surgery
Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, vol. 85, no. 3, pp. 500-506Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSingle cell analysis of kynurenine and System L amino acid transport in T cells
Nature Communications, vol. 9, 1981Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04366-7
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Variability in the prescribing of intravenous fluids: A cross sectional multicentre analysis of clinical practice
International Journal of Surgery , vol. 51, pp. 199-204Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsu.2018.01.034
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An evidence-based treatment algorithm for colorectal polyp cancers: Results from the Scottish Screen-detected Polyp Cancer Study (SSPoCS)
Gut, vol. 67, no. 2, pp. 299-306Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2016-312201
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Sarcopaenia in surgical populations: A review
Surgeon, vol. 15, no. 6, pp. 366-371Contributions to Journals: Review articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surge.2017.06.001
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Abdominal Ultrasound as part of surveillance monitoring following potentially curative colorectal cancer resection
European Society of Coloproctology (ESPC) 12th Scientific and Annual MeetingContributions to Conferences: PostersA comparison of laparoscopic and open surgical approaches to rectal cancer resection
European Society of Coloproctology (ESPC) 12th Scientific and Annual MeetingContributions to Conferences: PostersOncology outcomes following selective use of post chemo radiotherapy MRI for patients with locally advanced rectal cancer
European Society of Coloproctology (ESPC) 12th Scientific and Annual MeetingContributions to Conferences: PostersPrognostic Value of Computed Tomography: Measured Parameters of Body Composition in Primary Operable Gastrointestinal Cancers
Annals of Surgical Oncology, vol. 24, no. 8, pp. 2241-2251Contributions to Journals: Articles
