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Professor Angus Watson

Professor Angus Watson
Professor Angus Watson
Professor Angus Watson

BSc, MB ChB, MD, OBE, FRCS(Ed)

Clinical Chair in Surgery

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School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition

Biography

Professor Watson is the Clinical Chair of Surgery at the University and Vice President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He holds an adjunct Chair of Surgery at the University of Southern Denmark and an Honorary Chair of Surgery at the University of St Andrews. He directs the clinical research groups across the Medical School.

He is an honorary consultant general and colorectal surgeon at NHS Highland. Angus trained in Manchester-England, Scotland and New Zealand before being appointed a consultant surgeon at Manchester Royal Infirmary in 2005. He moved to Inverness in 2009.

He was awarded an OBE for services to surgery and surgical research in the King's New Year's Honours List in 2026.

Angus's main clinical interests are emergency and colorectal surgery. His research interests are diverse. He is a Chief Investigator of a wide range of national and international clinical trials. He innovations include the Scottish Surgical Boot Camp and he was the architect and clinical lead behind Scotland's colon capsule endoscopy programme (ScotCap). He has over 250 peer reviewed book chapters, publications and conference papers. Angus is a volunteer surgeon for UK-Med and has recently operated in Ukraine (2022/23) and Gaza (2024/25) delivering emergency surgical care in these areas of conflict.

Memberships and Affiliations

Internal Memberships

Director of the Clinical Research Groups in the Institute of Applied Health Sciences

External Memberships

Vice President, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Volunteer Surgeon for UK-Med, the UK's Emergency Medical Team

Latest Publications

  • Robotic Surgical Curricula Implementation Strategies for Trainees: A Systematic Review

    Kieslich, A. K., Jardine, R., Ibrahim, H., Calvert, A., Walker, K. G., Walker, K. A., Watson, A. J.
    Journal of Surgical Education, vol. 83, no. 12, 104182
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Intraoperative Teaching in Robotic-Assisted Surgery: A Systematic Review

    Kieslich, A., Jardine, R., Ibrahim, H., Calvert, A., Knight, K., Walker, K., Walker, K. A., Watson, A. J. M.
    Journal of Clinical Medicine, vol. 15, no. 19, 7529
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Associations between demographic, clinical and dietary factors and flares in inflammatory bowel disease: the PRognostic effect of Environmental factors in Crohn鈥檚 and Colitis (PREdiCCt) prospective cohort study

    Constantine-Cooke, N., Gros, B., Plevris, N., Williams, L. J., Jones, G., Kyle, J., Kennedy, N. A., Velasco-Pardo, V., Rudge, A., Alexander, D., Anderson, C. A., Brusco de Freitas, M., Derr, L. M., Derikx, L. A., Gilchrist, S., Henderson, P., Horgan, G. W., Irving, P., Lamb, C. A., Jostins-Dean, L., Lindsay, J. O., MacDonald, J., Mowat, C., Murray, C., Parkes, M., Siakavellas, S. I., Vallejos, C. A., Gaya, D. R., Rhodes, J. M., Johnstone, A. M., Weir, C. J., Lees, C. W., PREdiCCt study group, Ahmed, S. (ed.), Akhtar, M. (ed.), Alexakis, C. (ed.), Allen, P. (ed.), Arnott, I. D. (ed.), Banim, P. J. (ed.), Barbour, J. A. (ed.), Bredin, F. (ed.), Connor, E. (ed.), Cotronei, C. (ed.), Covil, K. (ed.), Creed, T. (ed.), Dhar, A. (ed.), Donovan, F. (ed.), Durai, D. (ed.), Smith, M. (ed.), Watson, A. (ed.)
    Gut, vol. 75, no. 8, pp. 1491-1504
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Utility of colon capsule endoscopy in colorectal cancer and post-polypectomy surveillance

    Ibrahim, H., Dequaire, J., Abdelwahed, A., Jardine, R., Watson, A.
    European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, vol. 38, no. 6, pp. 678-683
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Defining post鈥揷olon capsule endoscopy colorectal cancer (pCCECRC)-an International Capsule Endoscopy Research (iCARE) group consensus statement

    Ibrahim, H., Lei, I. I., Murchie, P., Koulaouzidis, A., Watson, A. J. M., iCARE consensus collaborative
    Surgical Endoscopy, vol. 40, pp. 4548鈥�4557
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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Prizes and Awards

OBE King's New Year's Honours 2026

Publications

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  • The effect of epidural analgesia on postoperative outcome after colorectal surgery

    Gendall, K. A., Kennedy, R. R., Watson, A. J., Frizelle, F. A.
    Colorectal Disease, vol. 9, no. 7, pp. 584-598
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles
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  • Different forms of helper tolerance to carcinoembryonic antigen: Ignorance and regulation

    Pickford, W. J., Watson, A. J. M., Barker, R. N.
    Clinical Cancer Research, vol. 13, no. 15, pp. 4528-4537
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Endoscopically placed caecostomy buttons: A trial ACE procedure

    Biyani, D., Barrow, E., Hodson, P., Watson, A. J., MacLennan, I.
    Colorectal Disease, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 373-376
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Outcome from rubber band ligation of piles

    Barrow, E., Watson, A. J.
    Colorectal Disease, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 281
    Contributions to Journals: Letters
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  • Disclosure of information in English case law

    Ghosh, J., Murphy, M., Watson, A. J.
    Colorectal Disease, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 183-184
    Contributions to Journals: Letters
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  • Management of duodenal involvement in locally advanced colonic carcinoma

    Biyani, D. K., Speake, D., Siriwardena, A., Watson, A. J.
    Colorectal Disease, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 178-181
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Presacral tumours in adults

    Ghosh, J., Eglinton, T., Frizelle, F. A., Watson, A. J.
    Surgeon, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 31-38
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles
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  • Flat adenomas

    Speake, D., Biyani, D., Frizelle, F. A., Watson, A. J.
    ANZ Journal of Surgery, vol. 77, no. 1-2, pp. 4-8
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • The role of positron emission tomography in the management of recurrent colorectal cancer: A review

    Watson, A. J., Lolohea, S., Robertson, G. M., Frizelle, F. A.
    Diseases of the Colon and Rectum, vol. 50, no. 1, pp. 102-114
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles
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  • IUCD induced abdomino-pelvic actinomycosis presenting as acute large bowel obstruction

    Biyani, D. K., Denley, H., Hill, J., Watson, A. J.
    Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, vol. 27, no. 8, pp. 870-871
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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