Surgical Specialty Boards
Interest groups and surgical specialties are represented by 11 Surgical Specialty Boards (SSBs), who ensure that the membership's specialist professional interests have a voice within the College.
The SSBs can both raise issues for discussion with the College's Council and have matters referred to them by Council. Council meets with the SSB Chairs twice per year.
SSBs have between four and ten members from a particular specialty, including a trainee representative, Council member, member of the Specialty Advisory Committee (SAC), and, where appropriate, surgical sub-specialties.
- Cardiothoracic SSB
- General Surgery SSB
- Neurosurgery SSB
- Ophthalmology SSB
- Oral and Maxillofacial SSB
- Otolaryngology SSB
- Paediatric SSB
- Plastic SSB
- Trauma & Orthopaedic SSB
- Urology SSB
- Vascular Surgery SSB
For more information please contact: Ms Amanda Hamilton Committee Administrator The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Nicolson Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9DW Email: a.hamilton@rcsed.ac.uk Tel: + 44 (0)131 527 1642
Cardiothoracic SSB
Chairman: Mr G Tsang (2017)
Members:
- Mr A Dawson (2017) – Trainee Representative
- Mr J Ferguson (2017)
- Mr R R Jeffrey (2017) – Director CPD
- Mr M Lewis ex officio
- Mr D O’Reagan (2017) – Education Lead
- Mr P Rajesh (2016) – Exams Overseas
- Mr A Ranasinghe (2016)
- Mr S Rathinam (2016)
- Mr D West (2016)
General Surgery SSB
Chairman: Mr J B Ward (2017)
Members:
- Mr C Auld (2017 Co Council Representative
- Mr M Barber (2017)
- Mr C J Lewis (2017)
- Professor N Karanjia (2017)
- Mr K Leong (2017) Trainee Representative
- Ms A McKinley (2017) SAC Representative
- Ms C McNaught (2017) Co Council Representative
- Mr C Selvasekar (2017) Education Lead
- Professor R Spence (2016)
Neurosurgery SSB
Chairman: Mr W Taylor (2016)
Members:
- Mr E Ballantyne (2017) Scottish SBNS Representative
- Mr I Fouyas (2017) Educational Lead
- Mr A Gibson (2017) Council Representative
- Mr N Gurusinghe (2018)
- Mr Iyer Venkatachalam (2016)
Ophthalmology SSB
Chairman: Dr A Mulvilhill (2017)
Members:
- Mr M Anandan (2017)
- Mr H Bennett (2018)
- Dr B Dhillon (2018)
- Dr P Kearns (2018)
- Mr N Kirkpatrick (2017)
- Mr S Madge (2017)
- Mr D Miller (2017) Trainee Representative
Oral and Maxillofacial SSB
Chairman: Mr S Clark (2017)
Members:
- Mr L Al-Qamachi (2016) Trainee Representative
- Mr A Baldwin (2016) BAOMS
- Mr I Corbett (SAB Oral Surgery Chair) (2017)ex officio
- Mr R Currie (2020) Council Representative
- Mr C Maciver (2017) Education Lead
- Mr I McVicar (2018)
Otolaryngology SSB
Chairman: Omar Hilmi (2017)
Members:
- Mr A Banerjee (2017)
- Mr A Bennett (2016)
- Ms K Haddow (2018)
- Mr H El-Hakim (2016)
- International Representative
- Mr R Steven (2018) – Trainee Representative
- Mr David Owens (2017)- Educational Lead
- Mr V Srinivasan (2017)
Paediatric SSB
Chairman: Mr G Hosie (2016)
Members:
- Mr C Driver (2016) SAC
- Mr M Kulkarni (2016)
Plastic SSB
Chairman: Mr K Hancock (2017)
Members:
- Dr J Evans (2017) Council Representative
- Mr A Fitzgerald (2016) Chair SAC
- W Lam (2017)
- Mr P McArthur (2018)
- Mr A Munnoch (2017)
- Mr N Mercer (2016) BAPRAS
- Ms C Harris (2018) Trainee Representative
- Mr N Wilson (2017)
- Mr S Wood (2017) Liaison for Scotland SAC Representative
Trauma & Orthopaedic SSB
Chairman: Mr R Dunsmuir (2016)
Members:
Mr S Ankarath (2016)
Mrs V Dobie (2018) – SAS Representative
Miss C Edwards (2016)
Ms J McMillan (2017)
Ms V Bucknall (2018) – Trainee Representative
Mr A Robertson (2016)
Mr P Walmsley (2017)
Urology SSB
Chairman: Mr A McNeill (2017)
Members
- Mr Alvaro Bazo (2017) SAS Representative
- Mr A Dickinson (2018) SAC
- Mr A Rawlinson (2017) Trainee
- Mr C McIlhenny (2017) Scottish Representative
- Mr Ghulam Nabi (2017)
- Mr S Paterson-Brown (2017 ) Council Representative
- Mr M Speakman (2016) BAUS
- Mr A Thorpe (2017) JCIE
Vascular Surgery SSB
Chairman: Mr R Holdsworth (2017)
Members
- Mr G Lambert (2016) Trainee Representative
- Mr J Thompson (2018)
- Mr W Stuart (2018)
- Mr M Wyatt (2018)
