Clinical aspects of hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery. Professor Rowan Parks Professor of Surgical Sciences / Honorary Consultant Surgeon Contact details Work: +44 (0)131 242 2614 Email: r.w.parks@ed.ac.uk Secretary - Mrs Susan Keggie: +44(0)131 242 3614 Web: Surgical website Group MembersProfessor S WigmoreProfessor D MoleProfessor E HarrisonMs Rachel GuestMr Ravi RavindranMs Anya AdairMr Andrew HealeyMs Sarah ThomassetMr Mike HughesBackgroundProfessor Parks’ clinical and research interests are in HPB Surgery and surgical education and training. He is currently Professor of Surgical Sciences at the University of Edinburgh and Honorary Consultant Surgeon at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.Research OverviewProfessor Parks has published more than 180 papers, written 48 book chapters, and has authored / edited 11 surgical textbooks, including Principles & Practice of Surgery and Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Surgery. He has delivered more than 330 eponymous and invited lectures and has been awarded several prestigious prizes and travelling fellowships.Biographical ProfileProfessor Rowan Parks qualified from Queens University Belfast in 1989. He pursued his surgical training in Northern Ireland and then undertook a clinical fellowship in HPB surgery at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. He was appointed a Senior Lecturer in Surgery and Honorary Consultant Surgeon in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh in 1999, was subsequently promoted to Reader in Surgery in 2006 and was awarded a personal chair as Professor of Surgical Sciences in 2010.Professor Parks is currently President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd) and General Secretary of the International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (IHPBA). He is also an Honorary Patron of the Scottish Cancer Foundation. He is Past-President of the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (ASGBI), Past-President of the Great Britain & Ireland Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (GBIHPBA), Past-Director of the James IV Association and Past-Treasurer of the European-African Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary Association (E-AHPBA).Professor Parks has a significant interest in Medical Education and Training. He has held numerous roles in the University of Edinburgh Medical School and is currently chair of the Fitness to Practice Committee. Within NHS Education for Scotland (NES), he has been Chair of the General Surgical Specialty Training Committee, Associate Postgraduate Dean, Chair of the Scottish Specialty Training Board for Surgical Specialties and from 2012-2022 was Deputy Medical Director.Professor Parks’ clinical and research interests are in HPB Surgery. He has published more than 180 papers, written 45 book chapters, and has authored / edited 10 surgical textbooks. He has delivered more than 330 eponymous and invited lectures and has been awarded several prestigious prizes and travelling fellowships. Professor Parks has been conferred with Honorary Fellowships from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, the College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan and the Association of Surgeons in India. Honours and AwardsGeorgina Hadden Research Fellowship, Royal Victoria Hospital, 1994Fannin Prize, Intensive Care Society of Ireland, 1995Insole Award, British Medical Association, 1995Friar Travelling Scholarship, Queen’s University of Belfast, 1995Moynihan Medal, Association of Surgeons of Great Britain & Ireland, 1996Purce Lectureship & Medal, Royal Victoria Hospital, 1997Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Travelling Fellowship, 1998Ethicon / Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Travelling Fellowship, 2000Millin Lecture & Medal, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 2000Moynihan Travelling Fellowship, Association of Surgeons of GB & Ire, 2001James IV Travelling Fellowship, 2004Honyman Gillespie Lecture, University of Edinburgh, 2004Visiting Professor to HPBASA, South Africa, 2008RCSEd Professor Sir Robert Shields Lecture and Medal, ASGBI, 2010Visiting Professor to University of Auckland, 2011Visiting Professor to University of Cape Town, South Africa, 2012Frank Penman Visiting Professor, University of Cape Town, South Africa, 2015Royal Australasian College of Surgeons President’s Lecture and Medal, 2015Honorary Fellowship, College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka, 2022Honorary Fellowship, Association of Surgeons of India, 2022Honorary Fellowship, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, 2023Tehemton Udwadia Oration, Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Endosurgeons (IAGES), India, 2023Other ResponsibilitiesHonorary Consultant Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic SurgeonPresident, Royal College of Surgeons of EdinburghFurther information can be found on surgical website This article was published on 2024-09-10