BSc, MB ChB, MD, OBE, FRCS(Ed)
Clinical Chair in Surgery
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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
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Director of the Clinical Research Groups in the Institute of Applied Health Sciences
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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
Journal of Surgical Education, vol. 83, no. 12, 104182Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Intraoperative Teaching in Robotic-Assisted Surgery: A Systematic Review
Journal of Clinical Medicine, vol. 15, no. 19, 7529Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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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
Gut, vol. 75, no. 8, pp. 1491-1504Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Utility of colon capsule endoscopy in colorectal cancer and post-polypectomy surveillance
European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, vol. 38, no. 6, pp. 678-683Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Defining post鈥揷olon capsule endoscopy colorectal cancer (pCCECRC)-an International Capsule Endoscopy Research (iCARE) group consensus statement
Surgical Endoscopy, vol. 40, pp. 4548鈥�4557Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Prizes and Awards
OBE King's New Year's Honours 2026
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Risk of Bowel Obstruction in Patients Undergoing Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for High-risk Colon Cancer: A Nested Case-control-matched Analysis of an International, Multicenter, Randomized Controlled Trial (FOxTROT)
Annals of Surgery, vol. 280, no. 2, pp. 283-293Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Response article to commentary on our article titled 鈥榁olvulus of the gastrointestinal tract鈥�
British Journal of Hospital Medicine, vol. 85, no. 7, pp. 1Contributions to Journals: Letters- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Volvulus of the gastrointestinal tract
British Journal of Hospital Medicine, vol. 85, no. 3, pp. 1-9Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Immunomodulatory therapy in children with paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 (PIMS-TS, MIS-C; RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial
The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 190-200Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Colon capsule endoscopy investigation based on faecal haemoglobin concentration in symptomatic patients to detect bowel disease
BJS Open, vol. 8, no. 1, zrae007Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Associations between patient factors and successful colon capsule endoscopy: a prospective cohort study
Colorectal Disease, vol. 25, no. 12, pp. 2383-2391Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Management of the Rectal Stump after Subtotal Colectomy Operations for Inflammatory Bowel Disease in the Era of Immunologic Therapy: A Two-Centre Cohort Study
Journal of Digestive Diseases, vol. 41, no. 6, pp. 872鈥�878Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Anatomical landmarks localization for capsule endoscopy studies
Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics, vol. 108, 102243Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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The incidence of malignancy in the residual rectum of IBD patients after colectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Techniques in coloproctology, vol. 27, no. 9, pp. 699-712Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Comprehensive assessment of the management of acute cholecystitis in Scotland: population-wide cohort study
BJS Open, vol. 7, no. 4, zrad073Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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