Following a shoulder injury Mrs Doughty is currently not operating, however she offers a full one stop diagnostic service for all breast conditions including mammograms, ultrasound and biopsies etc. If you are subsequently diagnosed with a condition that requires surgery, Julie will refer you to one of the other surgeons at Ross Hall who she works closely with.

Julie completed her training in General Surgery with a Special Interest in Breast and was subsequently appointed Senior Lecturer, then Consultant Breast Surgeon at the Western Infirmary Glasgow in 1998. In 2012 the Breast unit transferred to Gartnaval Hospital, where she currently works as an NHS consultant.

She has always been passionate about the management of Breast Cancer and was awarded her MD Thesis from The University of Liverpool on the Regional Management of Locally Advanced and Recurrent Breast Cancer. Although a busy NHS Consultant, she was appointed a Trustee of the Association of Breast Surgeons (ABS) in 1998 and worked as a trustee until 2023. She has held many senior National positions including Chair of the Education and Training Committee. She was appointed President of ABS from 2019 to 2021, where she developed the guidance for the management  of breast cancer patients during Covid.

She has published extensively on Breast Cancer Management; during the last 10 years alone publishing in excess of 70 Book Chapters, Papers, and Abstracts. She  has recently written the chapter ‘Breast Assessment, the MDT and the role of the Breast Surgeon in Multi Modal Care’ to be published in the Oxford Textbook of Breast Cancer

Following on from her published research on The Patterns of Recurrence in Breast Cancer, she was invited to speak Internationally (visiting all Continents with the exception of Antarctica), at several Prestigious Centres, including The John Wayne Cancer Institute of California, The Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai and gave The Centenary Lecture for the Royal Danish College of Surgeons. 

She continues to be involved in many Post-Graduate Educational Meetings for young and established Breast Surgeons and in recognition was awarded an Honorary Senior Lectureship at The University of East Anglia. She is an elected member of the British Breast Group and hosted their meeting in Glasgow in 2013. Juie loves the theatre and is a supporter of the Citizens theatre.

• Diagnosis and management of benign breast disease
• Breast Cancer diagnosis and treatment
• Breast Screening and surveillance

• Association of Breast Surgeons
• Elected member of the British Breast Group