Hugh Paterson

Clinical Senior Lecturer/Consultant Colorectal Surgeon at University of Edinburgh/Western General Hospital, Edinburgh. He was trained in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Boston USA and Brussels. He is CI of the ALLEGRO trial of perioperative lidocaine in colorectal surgery

Dr Hugh Paterson
Dr Hugh Paterson - Colorectal Unit

Consultant colorectal surgeon

  • Colorectal Unit

Contact details

Address

Street: Western General Hospital Edinburgh

Post Code: EH4 2XU

Appointments and Activities

Mr Paterson returned to Western General Hospital as a Clinical Senior Lecturer in 2008.

After graduating from Aberdeen he undertook basic surgical training in the West of Scotland followed by 2 years of research into injury-induced host immune responses at Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School in Boston. He completed higher surgical training with a colorectal interest in Edinburgh and a post-CCT fellowship in laparoscopic colorectal surgery in UCL St Luc, Brussels.

His research interest is in perioperative care and enhanced recovery. He is CI for the NIHR-HTA funded ALLEGRO trial of perioperative IV lidocaine in colorectal surgery.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Medical Sciences (BMedSci), 1994
  • Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MB ChB), University of Aberdeen, 1994
  • Fellow Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS), Edinburgh, 1998
  • Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of Aberdeen, 2003
  • Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS GenSurg), 2007

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