• Causes of lower limb bypass failure
• Parathophysiology of carotid surgery under local anaesthesia
• Outcome measures in thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

I was awarded the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1993 for a thesis entitled: “A new approach to the prevention of anastomotic neointimal hyperplasia”.

This forward-thinking paper was based on work completed as a fellow at the University of Iowa, North America, and I won the Peter B. Samuels Award for the best fellows’ paper, during a presentation to the Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery (SCVS).

My continued research interests in vascular surgery include:

• risk scoring for patients with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm
• the use of novel imaging techniques for predicting aneurysm rupture
• improving the results of intervention for thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysm disease
• outcomes in carotid surgery under regional anaesthesia
• the role of new techniques for treating venous disease, including radiofrequency ablation and foam sclerotherapy

I supervise postgraduate degree research students, and have published over 70 peer-reviewed articles in surgical literature, written 13 book chapters and edited one book.

I have presented my work to over 80 national and international conferences.

Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
Honorary Senior Lecturer in Surgery, University of Edinburgh

As well as a busy clinical practice, I have a major interest in surgical training. I am the convenor of a skills course for higher surgical training at the College of Surgeons in Edinburgh. Away from work, I am a keen golfer and have a great passion for mountaineering.