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Professor Angus Watson

Professor Angus Watson
Professor Angus Watson
Professor Angus Watson

BSc, MB ChB, MD, OBE, FRCS(Ed)

Clinical Chair in Surgery

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School/Department
School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition

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 2006.

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

Internal Memberships

Director of the Clinical Research Groups in the Institute of Applied Health Sciences

External Memberships

Vice President, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Volunteer Surgeon for UK-Med, the UK's Emergency Medical Team

Latest Publications

  • Correction to: Expert consensus on best content of a robotic surgical curriculum: a systematic review (Journal of Robotic Surgery, (2025), 19, 1, (721), 10.1007/s11701-025-02893-2)

    Kieslich, A. K., Jardine, R., Ibrahim, H., Calvert, A., Walker, K. G., Walker, K. A., Watson, A. J.
    Journal of robotic surgery, vol. 20, no. 1, 261
    Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates
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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’s and Colitis (PREdiCCt) prospective cohort study

    Constantine-Cooke, N., Gros, B., Plevris, N., Williams, L. J., Jones, G., Kyle, J., Kennedy, N. A., Velasco-Pardo, V., Rudge, A., Alexander, D., Anderson, C. A., Brusco de Freitas, M., Derr, L. M., Derikx, L. A., Gilchrist, S., Henderson, P., Horgan, G. W., Irving, P., Lamb, C. A., Jostins-Dean, L., Lindsay, J. O., MacDonald, J., Mowat, C., Murray, C., Parkes, M., Siakavellas, S. I., Vallejos, C. A., Gaya, D. R., Rhodes, J. M., Johnstone, A. M., Weir, C. J., Lees, C. W., PREdiCCt study group, Ahmed, S. (ed.), Akhtar, M. (ed.), Alexakis, C. (ed.), Allen, P. (ed.), Arnott, I. D. (ed.), Banim, P. J. (ed.), Barbour, J. A. (ed.), Bredin, F. (ed.), Connor, E. (ed.), Cotronei, C. (ed.), Covil, K. (ed.), Creed, T. (ed.), Dhar, A. (ed.), Donovan, F. (ed.), Durai, D. (ed.), Smith, M. (ed.), Watson, A. (ed.)
    Gut, vol. 75, no. 8, pp. 1491-1504
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Utility of colon capsule endoscopy in colorectal cancer and post-polypectomy surveillance

    Ibrahim, H., Dequaire, J., Abdelwahed, A., Jardine, R., Watson, A.
    European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, vol. 38, no. 6, pp. 678-683
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Defining post–colon capsule endoscopy colorectal cancer (pCCECRC)-an International Capsule Endoscopy Research (iCARE) group consensus statement

    Ibrahim, H., Lei, I. I., Murchie, P., Koulaouzidis, A., Watson, A. J. M., iCARE consensus collaborative
    Surgical Endoscopy, vol. 40, pp. 4548–4557
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Protein misfolding enteropathy predicts and prognosticates neurodegenerative disease years before symptom onset

    Langerová, T., MacVicar, E., Press, R., Read, F. L., Piana, M., Murdoch, S., Innes, J., Wilson, J., Watson, A. J., Waldron, F. M., Ramsay, G., Gregory, J. M.
    Gastroenterology
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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Prizes and Awards

OBE King's New Year's Honours 2026

Publications

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  • Relationship between method of anastomosis and anastomotic failure after right hemicolectomy and ileo-caecal resection: an international snapshot audit

    the 2015 European Society of Coloproctology Collaborating Group, Watson, A.
    Colorectal Disease, vol. 19, no. 8, pp. e296-e311
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • A comparison of methods to handle missing data in the analysis of an area under the curve outcome

    Hudson, J., Wood, J., Watson, A., Cook, J.
    4th International Clinical Trials Methodology Conference (ICTMC) and the 38th Annual Meeting of the Society for Clinical Trials, pp. 34
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts
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  • Development of a Patient-Specific 3D-Printed Liver Model for Preoperative Planning

    Madurska, M. J., Poyade, M., Eason, D., Rea, P., Watson, A. J.
    Surgical Innovation, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 145-150
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • The HubBle trial: Haemorrhoidal artery ligation (HAL) versus rubber band ligation (RBL) for symptomatic second- and third-degree haemorrhoids: A multicentre randomized controlled trial and health-economic evaluation

    Brown, S., Tiernan, J., Biggs, K., Hind, D., Shephard, N., Bradburn, M., Wailoo, A., Alshreef, A., Swaby, L., Watson, A., Radley, S., Jones, O., Skaife, P., Agarwal, A., Giordano, P., Lamah, M., Cartmell, M., Davies, J., Faiz, O., Nugent, K., Clarke, A., Macdonald, A., Conaghan, P., Ziprin, P., Makhija, R.
    Health Technology Assessment, vol. 20, no. 88
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Comparison of stapled haemorrhoidopexy with traditional excisional surgery for haemorrhoidal disease (eTHoS): a pragmatic, multicentre, randomised controlled trial

    Watson, A. J. M., Hudson, J., Wood, J., Kilonzo, M., Brown, S. R., McDonald, A., Norrie, J., Bruhn, H., Cook, J. A., eTHoS study group
    The Lancet, vol. 388, no. 10058, pp. 2375-2385
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Comments to ‘Rubber band ligation versus excisional haemorrhoidectomy for haemorrhoids’

    Brown, S. R., Watson, A.
    Techniques in coloproctology, vol. 20, no. 9, pp. 659-661
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles
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  • The use of cardiac rehabilitation services to aid the recovery of patients with bowel cancer: a pilot randomised controlled trial with embedded feasibility study

    Hubbard, G., Munro, J., O'Carroll, R., Mutrie, N., Kidd, L., Haw, S., Adams, R., Watson, A. J. M., Leslie, S. J., Rauchaus, P., Campbell, A., Mason, H., Manoukian, S., Sweetman, G., Treweek, S.
    Health Services and Delivery Research, vol. 4, no. 24
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Co-designing inflammatory bowel disease (Ibd) services in Scotland: Findings from a nationwide survey

    Schoultz, M., MacAden, L., Watson, A. J.
    BMC Health Services Research, vol. 16, 231
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Haemorrhoidal artery ligation versus rubber band ligation for the management of symptomatic second-degree and third-degree haemorrhoids (HubBLe): a multicentre, open-label, randomised controlled trial

    Brown, S. R., Tiernan, J. P., Watson, A. J., Biggs, K., Shephard, N., Wailoo, A. J., Bradburn, M., Alshreef, A., Hind, D., The HubBLe Study team
    The Lancet, vol. 388, no. 10042, pp. 356-364
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Nicorandil, Gastrointestinal Adverse Drug Reactions and Ulcerations: A Systematic Review

    Pisano, U., Deosaran, J., Leslie, S. J., Rushworth, G. F., Stewart, D., Ford, I., Watson, A. J.
    Advances in Therapy, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 320-344
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles
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