DATE OF BIRTH 30th September 1938
NATIONALITY: British
AWARDS
Pfizer prize and scholarship - 1961
Moynihan prize/ medal - Ass. of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland - 1973.
University of Helsinki, Gold Medal - 1989
Scandinavian Society of Gastroenterology, Gold Medal - 1990
Surgical Education Audio-visual Prize, Association of Surgeons of Great Britain & Ireland: 1984, 1986, 1990, 1992.
Honorary member SAGES, 1991
International Society of Surgery/ Société Internationale de Chirurgie, 1993 Prize of the Society for "pioneering work in minimal access surgery".
Honorary member SSAT, 1994
Honorary Fellow, Italian Surgical Society, 1994
Scott-Heron Medal, Royal Victoria Hospital, Queen’s University of Belfast, 1995
Ernest Miles medal, 1996
Honorary Fellow, Indian Association of Endoscopic Surgeons
Sir John Marnock Medal – University of Aberdeen, 1997
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Gold Medal, 1997
Knight Bachelor - Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 1998
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh – 1998
Queen’s award for higher and continued education, 1999
Excel Award of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons ‘for outstanding contributions to laparoscopy, endoscopy and minimally invasive surgery – 2000
George Berci Lifetime Achievement Award of the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons for ‘outstanding contributions, innovative developments, research and training in endoscopic surgery’, 2001
Gimbernat prize – Catalonian Society of Surgery, 2001
Honorary member - The Society of University Surgeons, 2002
Gold Medal, Royal Society of Edinburgh - for Research and Development relevant to Endosopic Surgery, 2002
President’s Medal Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 2003
APPOINTMENTS
PRESENT APPOINTMENTS
Director of Institute of Medical Science and Technology - Universities of Dundee and St Andrews, October 2003 -
Chairman of Scottish Intercollegiate Skills Training Board, Nov 2003 –
Professor of surgery Scuola Superiore Di Studi Universitari E Di Perfezionamento S. Anna, Pisa, Nov 2003 -
PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS
Lecturer in Surgery, University of Liverpool, (Sept 1969 - March 1971).
Senior Lecturer in Surgery, University of Liverpool, (April 1971 - May 1974).
Reader in Surgery, University of Liverpool, (June 1974 - June 1976).
Barling Professor of Surgery, University of Birmingham, 1988
Professor of Surgery and Head of Department of Surgery and Molecular Oncology, University of Dundee, 1976 - 88, 1988- 2003
NATIONAL/ INTERNATIONAL APPOINTMENTS/ MEMBERSHIPS
Secretary: Surgical Research Society 1977 - 1979.
Chairman: Admissions Committee, International Biliary Association 1979-1982.
Member of Council: Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 1984 -
Committee Member: Education and Science Committee, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 1986 -
Committee Member: Surgical Research Fund. Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 1987 -
Committee Member: Biomedical Research Committee, SHHD 1978 - 1981.
National Committee Member:
British Association of Surgical Oncology 1980 - 1983.
Liver Club of Great Britain 1979 - 1981.
Pancreatic Society of Great Britain 1982 - 1984.
President: British Association of Surgical Oncology, 1984 -1986.
External Assessor: National Health and Medical Research Council. Commonwealth of Australia 1984 -
MRC: Physiological Systems and Disorders Board Grants Committee, MRC 1986 -1989, Chairman Gastric Cancer Working Party 1990 - 1997, Cancer Therapy Committee 1991 -
National Committee Member: Advisory Panel on Evaluation of Medical and Scientific Equipment and Health Service Supplies - Scottish Health Service Common Services Agency Supplies Division, 1984 -
National Committee Member: National Panel of Specialists, 1977 - 1980, 1988 -
President: International Hepatobiliary pancreatic association, 1992-3.
Chairman: Association of Academic Departments of Surgery in Europe, 1988 -
President: European Association of Endoscopic Surgeons, 1995-1997
Director: Minimal Access Therapy Training Unit for Scotland, 1993-
Committee Member: Advisory Group BIOMED - EEU, 1994-
Committee Member: Safety and Efficacy Register of New Interventional Procedures (SERNIP) of the Royal Medical Colleges, 1996-
Committee Member: Academy of Medical Sciences 1998
Fellow of Royal Society of Edinburgh 1998
EDITORIAL APPOINTMENTS
Editor: Journal of Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 1987 - 1997
Editor: Surgical Endoscopy, 1992 -
Editor: Seminars in Laparoscopic Surgery, 1993 –
Assistant Editor: Minimally Invasive Therapy & Allied Technologies, 2000-
Chairman Editorial Board: Current Surgical Practice, 1988 - 1995.
Member Editorial Board: Gut, 1985 - 1989
Member Editorial Board: Italian Journal of Surgical Science 1982 -
Member Editorial Board: Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 1984 -
Member Editorial Board: Annales Chirurgiae et Gynaecologiae -1986 -
Member Editorial Board: British Journal of Surgery 1988 -1993
Member Editorial Board: Surgical Endoscopy 1987 -
Member Editorial Board: Minimal Invasive Therapy 1990 -
VISITING PROFESSORSHIPS AND EXAMINATION COMMITMENTS
VISITING PROFESSOR
University of California, Los Angeles, University of California, San Francisco,
University of California, San Diego, University of California, Davies
University of Utah, University of Chicago, University of Louisville
University of Buffalo New York, University of Lund, University of Pavia
University of Dunedin, University of Helsinki, Trinity College Dublin
University of Hong Kong, University of Singapore, Sains University of Malaysia
University of Durban, University of Cape Town, University of Verona
University of Madrid, University of Coimbra, University of Manitoba
University of Tubingen, University of Mannheim, University of Pretoria
University of Pisa, University of Rome - La Sapienza, University of Rennes
University of Bordeaux, University of Winnipeg, University of Bologna
University of Ancona, Technology University of Delft, Beijing University
EXTERNAL EXAMINER (MB ChB)
Royal University of Malta, Liverpool University, Manchester University, Glasgow University, Edinburgh University, University of London, National University of Ireland, Trinity College Dublin, Aberdeen University
EXTERNAL EXAMINER (PhD DEGREES)
Trinity College Dublin, University of Sheffield, University of Liverpool, National University of Ireland, University of London, University of Amsterdam, Delft University, University of Rotterdam
COLLEGE EXAMINER (FRCS)
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow