Partners
University of Aberdeen
Angus Watson
Chair of Surgery at the University of Aberdeen and Honorary Consultant Surgeon at Raigmore Hospital, Inverness
Read more about Angus
An elected member of council of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and a Clinical Advisor to the Centre for Sustainable Delivery. He trained in Manchester, Scotland and New Zealand before being appointed a Consultant Colorectal Surgeon at Manchester Royal Infirmary in 2005.
Professor Watson and family moved to Inverness in 2009. His main clinical interests are surgery for inflammatory bowel disease, cancer and benign anorectal conditions. His research interests are diverse. He is a co-applicant and Principal Investigator of a wide range of national and international clinical trials.
His innovations include the Scottish Surgical Boot Camp and he is the instigator and clinical lead of the NHS Scotland Colon Capsule programme (ScotCap). Angus has a number of grants to promote surgical skills acquisition using bio-synthetic tissue and augmented reality.
He chairs the RCSEd Global Surgery Foundation and the Research Committee. He also convenes the annual UK medical student surgical skills competition.