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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
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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
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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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  • Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for inflammatory bowel disease patients: Findings from an exploratory pilot randomised controlled trial

    Schoultz, M., Atherton, I., Watson, A.
    Trials, vol. 16, no. 1, 379
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • 3D digital anatomy modelling: - Practical or pretty?

    Murgitroyd, E., Madurska, M., Gonzalez, J., Watson, A.
    Surgeon, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 177-180
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles
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  • Screening mammography uptake within Australia and Scotland in rural and urban populations

    Leung, J., Macleod, C., McLaughlin, D., Woods, L. M., Henderson, R., Watson, A., Kyle, R. G., Hubbard, G., Mullen, R., Atherton, I.
    Preventive medicine reports, vol. 2, pp. 559-562
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Experiences of recruiting to a pilot trial of Cardiac Rehabilitation In patients with Bowel cancer (CRIB) with an embedded process evaluation: lessons learned to improve recruitment

    Hubbard, G., Campbell, A., Davies, Z., Munro, J., Ireland, A. V., Leslie, S., Watson, A. J., Treweek, S.
    Pilot & Feasibility Studies, vol. 1, 15
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Grossly delayed massive subcutaneous emphysema following laparoscopic left hemicolectomy: A case report

    Jones, A., Pisano, U., Elsobky, S., Watson, A. J.
    International journal of surgery case reports, vol. 6, pp. 277-279
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Modern management of splenic trauma

    Hildebrand, D. R., Ben-Sassi, A., Ross, N. P., Macvicar, R., Frizelle, F. A., Watson, A. J.
    BMJ (Online), vol. 348, g1864
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles
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  • The use of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for improving quality of life for inflammatory bowel disease patients: Study protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial with embedded process evaluation

    Schoultz, M., Atherton, I. M., Hubbard, G., Watson, A. J.
    Trials, vol. 14, 431
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Complications of stomas: Their aetiology and management

    Watson, A. J., Nicol, L., Donaldson, S., Fraser, C., Silversides, A.
    British Journal of Community Nursing, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 111-116
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Assessment of causal link between psychological factors and symptom exacerbation in inflammatory bowel disease: a protocol for systematic review of prospective cohort studies.

    Schoultz, M., Atherton, I., Hubbard, G., Watson, A.
    Systematic reviews , vol. 2, 8
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles
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  • Postoperative Takotsubo's cardiomyopathy

    Ting, M. H., Leslie, S., Watson, A.
    Colorectal Disease, vol. 14, no. 12, pp. e817-e818
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • The HubBLe trial: haemorrhoidal artery ligation (HAL) versus rubber band ligation (RBL) for haemorrhoids

    Tiernan, J., Hind, D., Watson, A., Wailoo, A. J., Bradburn, M., Shephard, N., Biggs, K., Brown, S.
    BMC Gastroenterology, vol. 12, 153
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Haemorrhoids: 21st-century management

    Ross, N. P., Hildebrand, D. R., Tiernan, J. P., Brown, S. R., Watson, A. J.
    Colorectal Disease, vol. 14, no. 8, pp. 917-919
    Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates
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  • Pulmonary staging in colorectal cancer: A review

    Parnaby, C. N., Bailey, W., Balasingam, A., Beckert, L., Eglinton, T., Fife, J., Frizelle, F. A., Jeffery, M., Watson, A. J.
    Colorectal Disease, vol. 14, no. 6, pp. 660-670
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles
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  • Colorectal complications of end-stage renal failure and renal transplantation: A review

    Parnaby, C. N., Barrow, E. J., Edirimanne, S. B., Parrott, N. R., Frizelle, F. A., Watson, A. J.
    Colorectal Disease, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 403-415
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles
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  • Metabolomics and IBD

    Hildebrand, D. R., Ross, N. P., Watson, A. J.
    Inflammatory Bowel Disease Monitor, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 58-65
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles
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  • A surgeon's guide to peri-operative death

    Watson, A. J., Benbow, E. W.
    Diagnostic Histopathology, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 27-32
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Sacrococcygeal pilonidal disease

    Lee, P. J., Raniga, S., Biyani, D. K., Watson, A. J., Faragher, I. G., Frizelle, F. A.
    Colorectal Disease, vol. 10, no. 7, pp. 639-650
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles
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  • Rectal Dieulafoy Lesions

    Nunoo-Mensah, J. W., Alkari, B., Murphy, G. J., Watson, A. J.
    Journal of the American College of Surgeons, vol. 206, no. 2, pp. 388-389
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Mixed hyperplastic/adenomatous polyps - A collision

    Biyani, D. K., Skordilis, K., Watson, A. J.
    Colorectal Disease, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 96-98
    Contributions to Journals: Letters
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  • The effect of epidural analgesia on postoperative outcome after colorectal surgery

    Gendall, K. A., Kennedy, R. R., Watson, A. J., Frizelle, F. A.
    Colorectal Disease, vol. 9, no. 7, pp. 584-598
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles
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  • Different forms of helper tolerance to carcinoembryonic antigen: Ignorance and regulation

    Pickford, W. J., Watson, A. J. M., Barker, R. N.
    Clinical Cancer Research, vol. 13, no. 15, pp. 4528-4537
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Endoscopically placed caecostomy buttons: A trial ACE procedure

    Biyani, D., Barrow, E., Hodson, P., Watson, A. J., MacLennan, I.
    Colorectal Disease, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 373-376
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Outcome from rubber band ligation of piles

    Barrow, E., Watson, A. J.
    Colorectal Disease, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 281
    Contributions to Journals: Letters
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  • Disclosure of information in English case law

    Ghosh, J., Murphy, M., Watson, A. J.
    Colorectal Disease, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 183-184
    Contributions to Journals: Letters
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  • Management of duodenal involvement in locally advanced colonic carcinoma

    Biyani, D. K., Speake, D., Siriwardena, A., Watson, A. J.
    Colorectal Disease, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 178-181
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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