Miss Mhairi Collie

Practising at

Spire Edinburgh Hospitals Murrayfield and Shawfair Park

Treatment information

Some of the principal treatments carried out by Miss Mhairi Collie at Spire include:

General surgery

• Anal fissure surgery
• Anal fistula surgery
• Anal warts surgery
• Bowel surgery, colostomy and ileostomy
• Colonoscopy
• Flexible sigmoidoscopy
• Gastroscopy
• Hernia surgery
• Haemorrhoids removal treatment
• Laparoscopy investigation and treatment
• Sacral nerve stimulation

Professional profile

Availability - Murrayfield: Wednesday 11am-1pm.

I qualified from the University of Edinburgh in 1991. My surgical training took me down to Birmingham, then to the Royal Free Hospital in London for research into bowel cancer, followed by several jobs around Kings College Hospital London. I also spent a year working abroad for Medecins sans Frontieres, which was a terrific experience. I came back to Edinburgh in 2002 and am glad to say that I never left again!

I have been an NHS consultant at the Western General Hospital since 2005. I am a colorectal surgeon, but I do some general surgery too, such as hernia repair. Within colorectal surgery, I have a full spectrum of activity, but with a particular interest in functional bowel disorders. This encompasses treatment for faecal incontinence, constipation and prolapse.

I am one of the few practitioners of sacral nerve stimulation for faecal incontinence in Scotland, a relatively new and very successful therapy. I also undertake diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy/ colonoscopy. I am involved with a trial of preventative therapy for Crohn's disease, which I was instrumental in setting up.

Clinical Interests

Private contact details

Qualification and professional memberships

Professional memberships

Edinburgh Colorectal Specialists LLP
Fellow of Royal college of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Member of Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland
Member of Association of Coloproctologists of Great Britain and Ireland

Current NHS posts

Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh

Personal Profile

I grew up in Stirling, and now live in the outskirts of Edinburgh. I am married with two children, who are just starting school and preschool, and one spaniel. I enjoy getting out into the outdoors, and especially hillwalking and skiing. My other interests include swimming, reading, opera and taming an unruly vegetable plot. I spent some time in Africa and Asia working in my training, and I maintain links with Uganda in particular.