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 Image Dr Hugh Paterson - Colorectal Unit Consultant colorectal surgeon Colorectal Unit Contact details NHS Clinical Secretary: 0131 537 1184 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 HTML This article was published on 2024-02-06
