Ian Finlay
BSc, FRCS
Ian was the first specialist colorectal surgeon to be appointed in Scotland and was one of the first in the United Kingdom. A graduate of Manchester University, he trained in the West of Scotland and undertook specialist training at the University of Minnesota USA and at St Mark's Hospital in London.
He founded the internationally recognised, Department of Coloproctology, at Glasgow Royal Infirmary and has been responsible for the specialist training of many colorectal specialist colorectal surgeons currently practising around the world.