School of Business and Law

• FRCS Edinburgh 1977
• FRCS Ireland for services to victims of trauma and developing the ATLS System in the Irish Republic, 1993
• FRCS England (by election) for services to Surgical Education in the UK, 1995
• FRCP London for services to Medical Education (in Northern Ireland region), 1997
• International Development Advisor, Royal College of Surgeons, England, 1994

• Werner Korte Gold Medal for services to German Surgical Education
• Medal of the Swedish Surgical Society for services to medical education
• Rudolf Pichlmayr Medaille of the German Surgical Society
• Officer of the Order of the British Empire

• Numerous publications before Consultant appointment including research into Vena Caval Filtration, e.g. “Comparison of Greenfield Filter and Vena Caval Ligation” published in Surgery 1982, and Breast Cancer, e.g. “High Colloidal Uptake in Axillary Nodes with Metastatic Disease” published in British Journal of Surgery 1981.  Since then there have been some general publications such as “Management of a Widowmaker” 1987 and “Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in a District Hospital” published in Ulster Medical Journal, January 1993.
  • Reflective papers include “Reflection on Thirty Years of Terrorist Violence; from Abercorn to Omagh”, Trauma 2001, “Surgical Training” Hospital Healthcare Europe, London 2001.
• Co-Editor of “Cambridge Textbook for Accident and Emergency Medicine” published in Cambridge University Press 1997.  Second edition 2001.  This is the largest selling Accident & Emergency book outside the United States.
• Author (with international colleagues) of three chapters in “Ballistic Trauma” edited by Professor Ryan, published by Blackwell, May 1998.
• Author “The UK Trauma Surgeon” in “Trauma” edited by Greaves, Ryan & Porter, published by Edward Arnold 1997.
• Editor/Author “Teaching and Learning in Medical Education” published by Manticore Europe 1998.  Personally authored eight chapters.  This is the largest selling book on medical education worldwide.
• Co-Author, "Assessment & Appraisal in Training Surgeons", Raven Department of Education, Royal College of Surgeons of England 1998.
• Co-Author, chapter on “Surgery of Terrorism” in Trauma, A Companion to Bailey & Love’s Practice of Surgery edited by Skinner & Whimster 1999.
• Author “Appraisal and Assessment in Medical Practice”, Manticore Europe 2000.
• Article "Punishment Beatings and the rule of law" The Lancet (Dec 2002).
• Article "Meeting the Challenges of the future! New trends in surgical training. Hospital Healthcare Europe Theatre & Surgery  (2002/3).
• Author "Whiplash in Medico-Legal Practice", Manticore Books, July 2003.
• Author "Whiplash Injuries Cause, Symptoms & Treatment", Manticore Books, May 2003.
• Author “Faculty Development for the New Curriculum”, Ann Roy Col Surg Eng, 2005.
• Author “Industrialisation of Surgery”, Ann Roy Col Surg Eng, 2005, 57 300-301
• Co-Author “Training the Trainers” Handbook, Roy Col Surg Eng, 2006
• Co-Author “Surgical Training – UK Perspective” in “Best Practices in Surgical Education” Edited by Phyllis D Saltzman.  Ethicon 2008
• Author monthly column on medicolegal issues in Global Law Experts magazine since 2019
• Author of many invited articles on medicolegal issues in legal publications (please see website that includes Expert Witness magazine and PI focus 2019 to present)
• Run training webinars “Learn at Lunch” for lawyers on a bi-monthly basis in relation to medical issues in medico-legal practice
• Published authorship include:
  • Co-editor of the Cambridge Textbook of Accident and Emergency Medicine
  • Author of The Cervical Spine in Medicolegal Practice
  • Author of Handbook of Facilitative Mediation
  • Author of Teaching and Learning in Medical Education
  • Author of Appraisal and Assessment  in Medical Practice

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