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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Prizes and Awards

OBE King's New Year's Honours 2026

Publications

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  • Eight Years of Scottish Surgical Boot Camps: How We Do It Now

    Walker, K. G., Blackhall, V. I., Hogg, M. E., Watson, A. J.
    Journal of Surgical Education, vol. 77, no. 2, pp. 235-241
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  • Prophylactic biological mesh reinforcement versus standard closure of stoma site (ROCSS): a multicentre, randomised controlled trial

    Bhangu, A., Nepogodiev, D., Ives, N., Magill, L., Glasbey, J., Forde, C., Bisgaard, T., Handley, K., Mehta, S., Morton, D., Pinkney, T. D., Brown, J., Futaba, K., Khan, S., Pallan, A., Patel, A., Ashdown-Phillips, S., Roberts, T., Jowett, S., Munetsi, L., Torrance, A., Hilken, N., Hill, M., Hunter, M., Leek, S., Lilly, H., Sawant, A., Vince, A., Walters, M., Bemelman, W., Blussé, M., Borstlap, W., Busch, O. R., Buskens, C., Klaver, C., Marsman, H., van Ruler, O., Tanis, P., Westerduin, E., Wicherts, D., Das, P., Essapen, S., Frost, V., Glennon, A., Gray, C., Hussain, A., McNichol, L., Nisar, P., Scott, H., Watson, A. J., Reinforcement of Closure of Stoma Site (ROCSS) Collaborative, West Midlands Research Collaborative
    The Lancet, vol. 395, no. 10222, pp. 417-426
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • A physical activity intervention to improve the quality of life of patients with a stoma: A feasibility study

    Hubbard, G., Taylor, C., Watson, A. J., Munro, J., Goodman, W., Beeken, R. J.
    Pilot and Feasibility Studies, vol. 6, 12
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Who needs a stapling device for haemorrhoidectomy, if one has the radiofrequency device?

    Sunny, A., Sellars, H., Ramsay, G., Polson, R., Watson, A.
    coloproctology, vol. 42, pp. 24-29
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  • A BRIEF MINDFULNESS-BASED MEDITATION INTERVENTION IN NURSING STUDENTS: REPORT ON A MIXED METHODOLOGY FEASIBILITY STUDY

    Jones, J., Schoultz, M., Watson, A. J., Leslie, S. J.
    Encyclopedia of Nursing. Nova Science Publishers Inc, pp. 991-1009, 19 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
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  • Experiences of wearing support garments by people living with a urostomy

    Taylor, C., Munro, J., Goodman, W., Beeken, R. J., Dames, N., Oliphant, R., Watson, A. J., Hubbard, G.
    British Journal of Nursing, vol. 28, no. 22, pp. S26-S33
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Real-world Effectiveness and Safety of Vedolizumab for the Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease: The Scottish Vedolizumab Cohort

    Plevris, N., Chuah, C. S., Allen, R. M., Arnott, I. D., Brennan, P. N., Chaudhary, S., Churchhouse, A. M., Din, S., Donoghue, E., Gaya, D. R., Groome, M., Jafferbhoy, H. M., Jenkinson, P. W., Lam, W. L., Lyons, M., MacDonald, J. C., MacMaster, M., Mowat, C., Naismith, G. D., Potts, L. F., Saffouri, E., Seenan, J. P., Sengupta, A., Shasi, P., Sutherland, D. I., Todd, J. A., Veryan, J., Watson, A. J., Watts, D. A., Jones, G. R., Lees, C. W.
    Journal of Crohn's and Colitis, vol. 13, no. 9, pp. 1111-1120
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • The Cholecystectomy As A Day Case (CAAD) Score: A Validated Score of Preoperative Predictors of Successful Day-Case Cholecystectomy Using the CholeS Data Set

    El-Sharkawy, A. M., Tewari, N., Vohra, R. S., CholeS study group, West Midlands Research Collaborative, Watson, A. J.
    World Journal of Surgery, vol. 43, no. 8, pp. 1928-1934
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • A physical activity intervention to improve the quality of life of patients with a stoma: A feasibility study protocol

    Hubbard, G., Beeken, R. J., Taylor, C., Watson, A. J., Munro, J., Goodman, W.
    Pilot and Feasibility Studies, vol. 5, 78
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • A validated severity score for haemorrhoids as an essential prerequisite for future haemorrhoid trials

    Lee, M. J., Morgan, J., Watson, A. J., Jones, G. L., Brown, S. R.
    Techniques in coloproctology, vol. 23, pp. 33-41
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