Clinical Chair of Surgery at the University of Aberdeen and honorary consultant surgeon at NHS Highland.I am a member of Council for The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. I chair the Global Surgery Foundation, the research committee and run the UK medical student skills competition.I am passionate about promoting the life sciences and driving innovation into practice in Scotland.I am a clinical advisor in the Centre for Sustainable Delivery. I lead the colon capsule endoscopy programme in ScotlandMy main clinical interests are colorectal cancer, Inflammatory Bowel Disease and community based GI diagnostics; FIT and Colon Capsule Endoscopy.My research interests range from being Chief Investigator for large clinical trials, through e-health applications to laboratory bench based studies. A major theme is the use of novel bio materials to create hyper realistic anatomical models for surgical skills simulation in Scotland and Africa.I created the Scottish Surgical Boot Camp in 2011.The Fit Home project is a City Deal funded program to link housing and health with smart sensors and Artificial Intelligent interrogation of the data.Recipient of awards from Scottish Life Sciences, Saltire and Scottish Health.