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Professor of Surgical Sciences at the University of Edinburgh

Rowan ParksMBBCh, MD, FRCSEd, FRCSI
Rowan Parks in 2024
BornRowan Wesley Parks
(1966-03-05) 5 March 1966 (age 58)
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Education
OccupationProfessor of surgery
Known for
  • Hepato-biliary surgery
  • Surgical education and training
  • Presidency Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Medical career
ProfessionHepato-pancreato-biliary surgery
Institutions
Research
  • HPB malignancy
  • Biliary injury
  • Pancreatitis
Awards
  • Millin medal
  • Moynihan medal

Rowan Wesley Parks FRCSEd, FRCSI (RCSI) (born 5 March 1966) is a British doctor and academic who is professor of surgical sciences at the University of Edinburgh and president of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd). He is a hepato-biliary surgeon who trained in Belfast and Edinburgh and is general secretary of the International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (IHPBA) and a past president of the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (ASGBI). His interests include postgraduate medical education and training and he has held senior positions within NHS Education for Scotland (NES). His research interests in hepato-biliary research has resulted in numerous peer reviewed papers and other publications.

Early life and education

Rowan Parks was born in Belfast, to George Parks, a professor of surgery, and his wife Elisabeth (nee Mahood). His school education was at Inchmarlo preparatory school and then Royal Belfast Academical Institution. He received his medical qualification from Queens University Belfast in 1989 and completed surgical training in Northern Ireland.

Career

After being awarded the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) in 1993, Parks carried out a research project in Belfast at the Department of Surgery in Queens University. He investigated the mechanisms by which obstructive jaundice influenced gut barrier function. This work formed the basis of a thesis for which he received an MD degree in 1997. This led on to a clinical fellowship in hepato-biliary (HPB) surgery at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. He became a senior lecturer in surgery at the University of Edinburgh and was made honorary consultant surgeon in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh in 1999. He became reader in 2006 and four years later the university created a personal chair for him as professor of surgical sciences.

During this time he developed an interest in surgical education and training, working with NHS Education for Scotland (NES), where he chaired NES surgical training committees and served as Associate Postgraduate Dean for South-East Scotland. From 2012 to 2022 he was Deputy Medical Director of NES.

As of 2024, Parks is president of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and is also general secretary of the International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (IHPBA). He is an honorary patron of the Scottish Cancer Foundation, a charity which financially supports cancer research and promotes cancer awareness.

Personal life

Parks is the son of Professor George Parks, who was president of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.

Awards and recognitions

As a member of the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (ASGBI) he was awarded Moynihan Medal for best original research in 1996 and the Moynihan travelling fellowship in 2001. He served as president of ASGBI between 2017 and 2018.

In 2000 Parks gave the Millin Lecture and received the Millin medal at the RCSI. He was awarded a Travelling Fellowship from the James IV Association of Surgeons in March 2004, enabling him to visit surgical centres around the world to study techniques in HPB surgery. The James IV Association is an international organisation which exists to promote the exchange of surgical knowledge and promote the highest standards of surgical care. and he became a member of the Association in 2008. He is also a past-president of the Great Britain & Ireland Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (GBIHPBA), an organisation which promotes improving healthcare in HPB disease and supports research, training and public awareness in the speciality.

He has received honorary fellowships from:

Selected publications and research

Parks' bibliography includes more than 180 papers and 48 book chapters, and he has edited 11 surgical textbooks. Parks' primary clinical and research interests lie in various aspects of HPB Surgery.

Papers

  • K Soreide, AJ Healey, DJ Mole, RW Parks Pre-, Peri- and Post-operative Factors for the Development of Pancreatic Fistula After Pancreatic Surgery. HPB 2019; 21: 1621-1631 doi: 10.1016/j.hpb.2019.06.004. Epub 2019 Jul 27. PMID: 31362857.
  • DI Tsilimigras, P Brodt, PA Clavien, RJ Muschel, MI D'Angelica, I Endo, RW Parks, M Doyle, E de Santibanes, TM Pawlik. Liver Metastases. Nature Reviews Disease Primers 2021;7(1):27. doi: 10.1038/s41572-021-00261-6. PMID: 33859205.

Books

  • Parks, Rowan W. (2005). Surgery in Focus. Churchill Livingstone. ISBN 0-443-07377-5.
  • Garden, O. James; Parks, Rowan W.; Wigmore, Stephen J. (2022). Principles and Practice of Surgery. Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-7020-8251-1.
  • Parks, Rowan W.; Wigmore, Stephen J.; Paterson-Brown, Simon; Garden, O. James (2023). Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery. Companion to Specialist Surgic. ISBN 978-0-7020-8457-7.

References 

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  2. "Rowan Parks". app.medall.org. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Professor Rowan Parks Takes Office as the 176th President of The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh | RCSEd". The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  4. "Rowan Parks | IHPBA". www.ihpba.org. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  5. "About Us". Scottish Cancer Foundation. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  6. "Thomas George Parks". www.rcsi.com. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  7. "Moynihan Travelling Fellowship | Awards & Fellowships | ASGBI - Association of Surgeons of GB". www.asgbi.org.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  8. "Past Presidents | Our History | ASGBI - Association of Surgeons of GB". www.asgbi.org.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  9. "Millin Lecture". www.rcsi.com. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  10. "Traveller Reports". James IV Association of Surgeons. 10 September 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  11. "Members". James IV Association of Surgeons. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  12. "The Great Britain and Ireland Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association (". GBIHPBA. 16 February 2024. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  13. ^ "Professor Rowan Parks". The University of Edinburgh. 19 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  14. ^ "Rowan W Parks". Researchgate. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  15. "Rowan Parks | IHPBA". www.ihpba.org. Retrieved 16 February 2024.

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