GLASGOW COLORECTAL CENTRE - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Consultant
• Consultant Colorectal Surgeon

Ahmed Alani is a Consultant Colorectal Surgeon and General Surgeon at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Glasgow and the Glasgow Colorectal Centre based in BMI Ross Hall Hospital. He is also an honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at Glasgow University. Mr Alani specialises in the robotic and laparoscopic management of colon and rectal conditions including bowel cancer and polyps, inflammatory bowel disease, faecal incontinence, prolapse, piles - haemorrhoids and hernia surgery. He also has been at the forefront in introducing Robotic Assisted Surgery for Colorectal cancer in the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital. He graduated with honours in 1994 and went on to do his early surgical training in Ireland and subsequently moved to Glasgow where he completed his surgical training. During this time, he carried out clinical research and was awarded an MD higher degree from Glasgow University. Ahmed specialises in modern minimally invasive techniques having undertaken an Ethicon fellowship in advanced laparoscopic colorectal surgery. He is also one of only a few surgeons in Scotland performing robotic colorectal cancer surgery.

Job Titles:

• Consultant
• Consultant Colorectal Surgeon
• the Colorectal Surgeon Website

Graham MacKay is a Consultant Colorectal Surgeon and General Surgeon at Glasgow Royal Infirmary and the Glasgow Colorectal Centre based in BMI Ross Hall Hospital. Mr MacKay specialises in the management of colon and rectal conditions including bowel cancer and polyps, inflammatory bowel disease, faecal incontinence, prolapse, piles - haemorrhoids and hernia surgery. After qualifying from Glasgow University, Mr MacKay carried out his surgical training in the West of Scotland before undertaking attachments at St Mark's Hospital, London, the Lahey Clinic, Boston, and the Cleveland Clinic, Ohio. Graham MacKay specialises in modern minimally invasive techniques having undertaken an Ethicon fellowship in advanced laparoscopic colorectal surgery. He is also one of only a few surgeons in Scotland trained in sacral neuromodulation for the treatment of faecal incontinence. Mr MacKay edited and wrote the Oxford Specialist Handbook of Colorectal Surgery and Landmark Papers in General Surgery. Mr MacKay also has a keen interest in surgical research and has published numerous articles in peer reviewed journals. As well as being an Honorary Senior Lecturer at Glasgow University, Mr MacKay is the Director of Surgical Education at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.

Job Titles:

• Consultant Colorectal & General Surgeon

Richard Molloy qualified from the University College Cork, Ireland in 1986. He commenced his training at Cork University Hospital prior to travelling to Boston to work in surgical research at Harvard University and the Brigham & Women's hospital. He was awarded an MD for this research.