Personal Profile
In 2001 I completed Training in Vascular Surgery that included linkage to other centres - across England (Newcastle / London), Europe (University Medical Centre Groningen Netherlands & Orebro Hospital Sweden) and North America (Massachusetts General Boston) and was appointed Consultant Vascular Surgeon in Aberdeen.
Specifically, I
- Develop and establish Endovascular Aneurysm Repair service for Abdominal / Thoraciac and Complex abdominal aortic aneurysms (EVAR – TRVAR-FEVAR). As a consequence we were contributors to a number of national and international clinical trials
- Establish ARI as the first Scottish centre offering Endovenous treatments for varicose veins. Thru workshops and the vascular community this technique was subsequently rolled out across all Scottish Vascular centres. Aberdeen was later to be the Principle site for a Multicentre UK HTA RCT (CLASS) comparing endovenous techniques against open surgery and had received approx. 2.0million pounds of Grant Funding.
Personal development has included research as a CSO Research Fellow in Health Service Research Unit, UoA. In support of teaching and development I can site the development of a range of professional roles as well as supervising a number of postgraduate thesis. Variously, I have been a member of a number of Societies. At present I have a senior role in NHSG in addition to a clinical function.
To date I have over 50 publications, presented at a range of national & International congresses and secured with others scientific grants to the value of £1.76M.
Key Publications
- Endovascular stents for intermittent claudication, Eur J Vasc and Endovasc Surg 2003; 26(3) 242
- Audit of general practioners referral policy and risk factor management in patients with intermittent claudication, Br J Surg 2002; 89(Suppl):95
- Completing the audit cycle: comparison of cardiac risk factor management in patients with intermittent claudication in two time periods. Eur J Vasc & Endovas Surg 33(6); 710-4, 2007.
- Technology / Multicentre, A Randomized Trial Comparing Treatments for Varicose Veins, N Engl J Med 371;13 nejm.org September 25, 2014: 1218-27.
- Real-world performance of the new C3 Gore Excluder stent-graft: 1-year results Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery. 48(2):131-7, 2014 Aug.
- Influence of rurality, deprivation and distance from clinic on uptake in men invited for abdominal aortic aneurysm screening BJS 2015; 102: 916–92
