PhD FRCS
Senior Clinical Lecturer
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- Email Address
- george.ramsay@abdn.ac.uk
- Office Address
Health Services Research Unit
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Health Sciences Building
Foresterhill
Aberdeen
AB25 2ZD
- School/Department
- School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition



Biography
George Ramsay is a Senior Lecturer in the Health Services Research Unit, having joined the unit in 2021. He is also a Consultant Colorectal and General Surgeon in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.
Before moving to the Aberdeen Centre for Evaluation, he was a SCREDS Clinical Lecturer in the Rowett Institute of the ºÚÁÏÍø. His clinical training started in the University of Edinburgh where he undertook his undergraduate training, followed by his surgical training in the North and North East of Scotland. During his training, he took time out to undertake a PhD in Mucosal Immunology studying the lymphocytes in the small and large intestine that are key to maintaining health of these organs.
His current research interests are in characterising outcomes in Emergency General Surgery, assessing and improving outcomes in colorectal cancer management, the management of patients who have frailty and require operative intervention and medical education.
Qualifications
- BSc Medical Microbiology2004 - University of Edinburgh
- MBChB Medicine2007 - University of Edinburgh
- PhD Mucosal Immunology2015 - University of DundeeEnvironmental signals that control T lymphocytes in the Gastrointestinal Tract
- FRCS General Surgery2019 - Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
- MFSTEd Surgical Education2015 - Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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I am the North Cancer Alliance Prehabilitation Clinical Lead
- External Memberships
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Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Association of Coloproctologisty of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Chair of the Emergency General Surgical Subcommittee of ACPGBI
Latest Publications
GERIATRIC MEDICINE Acute Hospitals Outcomes Report 2024/25: An overview of outcomes of acute geriatric medicine services in Scotland
Aberdeen: British Geriatrics Society. 56 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned Reports- [ONLINE]
Duration of wound coverage for the prevention of surgical site infections after surgery: A systematic review of current evidence with meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
International Wound Journal, vol. 23, no. 5, e70943Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Protein misfolding enteropathy predicts and prognosticates neurodegenerative disease years before symptom onset
GastroenterologyContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Prognostic factors for paraconduit hernia in adult patients post-esophagectomy for cancer: a systematic review
Diseases of the Esophagus, vol. 39, no. 2, doag017Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Analysis of short-term functional outcomes of colorectal resections in older adults aged 75 years and older: a prospective single health board cohort study
Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, vol. 108, no. 1, pp. 33-38Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Prizes and Awards
Our group's paper on the Management of Acute Cholecystitis in Scotland: A population Wide Cohort Study, presented by Mr Sendhil Rajan won the Moynihan Prize of the ASGBI meeting in May 2023
- Research
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Research Areas
Research Specialisms
- Clinical Medicine
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is , published under the licence.
- Publications
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Locally advanced Caecal cancer. An opportunity for neoadjuvant chemotherapy?
American Society of Colon & Rectal Surgeons Annual Scientific and Tripartite Meeting 2017Contributions to Conferences: PostersTeaching Quality Assurance methodology to undergraduate medical students: Unmasking another layer of the hidden curriculum
NHS Scotland Event 2017Contributions to Conferences: PostersThe prognostic role of Lymph Node Ratio (LNR) and other indicators in patients undergoing potentially curative rectal cancer resection
American Society of Colon & Rectal Surgeons Annual Scientific and Tripartite Meeting 2017Contributions to Conferences: PostersAnalysing the impact of introducing the WHO Checklist on in-hospital mortality in Scotland
Contributions to Conferences: Other ContributionsThe effect of trainee research collaboratives in the UK
The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 247-248Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE]
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Students' participation in collaborative research should be recognised
International Journal of Surgery , vol. 39, pp. 234-237Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE]
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Prognostic value of lymph node ratio and extramural vascular invasion on survival for patients undergoing curative colon cancer resection
British Journal of Cancer, vol. 113, no. 2, pp. 212-219Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Intestinal intraepithelial lymphocyte activation promotes innate antiviral resistance
Nature Communications, vol. 6, 7090Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Environmental and metabolic sensors that control T cell biology
Frontiers in Immunology, vol. 6, 99Contributions to Journals: Review articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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The Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Nuclear Translocator in mucosal lymphocytes influences the host microbiome
Gut Microbiota Modulation of Host PhysiologyContributions to Conferences: Posters
