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 Professor Paul Anderson BA(Hons) MDes(RCA) FRSA FRGS
Paul is the Director of the Digital Design Studio, which he established in 1997. He has an international profile in digital visualisation and interaction research concerned with fundamental human computer interface issues, particularly those associated with 3D interfaces, haptics and gesture-based interaction. He has won major research funding from the EU, EPSRC, NESTA, Scottish Funding Council and Scottish Enterprise. His research interests are focused on medical, automotive and defence fields. He has collaborated with a number of world-class research organisations, and has published internationally on the subject of digital visualisation and interaction. Paul leads the Scottish Medical Visualisation Network in partnership with David Rowley.
 Professor David Ian Rowley B Med Biol, MD
David is Professor at the University Dept. of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, Director of Education, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Visiting Professor of Surgical Education, University of Edinburgh. He is a lower-limb construction surgeon now entirely in the elective field and runs a global audit and outcomes unit assessing the long term results of hip and knee replacements. He has a particular interest in knee arthroplasty and foot surgery and biomechanics. He has carried out infection studies for the International Committee of the Red Cross and undertaken several field missions. David leads the Scottish Medical Visualisation Network in partnership with Paul Anderson.
 Professor Philip Cachia MD FRCPE FRCPath (haematology)
In 2004, Philip was appointed Postgraduate Dean for East of Scotland Deanery at Ninewells Hospital and Medical School in Dundee. The Deanery maintains close contact and working relationships with GP and Dental colleagues who are located at Tayside Centre for General Practice and Dundee Dental Education Centre respectively. Previously he was a consultant haematologist in Tayside involved in training and education as specialty advisor for haematology, regional advisor for the Royal College of Pathologists and Postgraduate Tutor with responsibility for SHO training in Tayside.
Dr David Chanock MBChB FCRad(D) SA.
David was educated in South Africa and studied radiology in Durban. He emigrated to Scotland in 1997 and has been working there as a Diagnostic Radiologist since his move. He is a general radiologist with an interest in cross sectional imaging. He has a keen interest in teaching and is the Acting Academic Sub-Dean for Glasgow University at Ayr Hospital and the NES Foundation Tutor. He is an examiner in the final year medical examinations at Glasgow University and is on the steering group of the MS Managed Clinical Network.
 Mr Bill McKerrow MBChB MRCGP (exam) FRCS Ed & Glas.
Bill is a consultant in ENT for NHS Highland based at Raigmore Hospital, Inverness, with a special interest in surgery of the middle ear and surgery of the salivary glands. He has published widely within the specialty, with particular relevance to the effectiveness and safety of surgical interventions for common ENT disorders. He is involved in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education, examining for the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Glasgow and Hong Kong, and for the Intercollegiate Board in Otolaryngology. Appointments relevant to medical education include the Chair of Specialty Advisory Board in Otolaryngology of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, and membership of the Specialty Advisory Committee in Audiological Medicine. He has held a number of advisory posts within his field.
Professor Ian G. Parkin MBChB
Ian qualified in medicine in 1975 but after pre- and post-registration medical and surgical positions, chose to follow a career in anatomy, becoming professor of applied clinical anatomy, University of Dundee and Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, in 2005. He is a Fellow of the British Association of Clinical Anatomists and Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Anatomical Sciences. His expertise includes the delivery of three-dimensional, functional and clinically relevant anatomy to undergraduate medical students and postgraduate trainees.  Professor Bertie Wood BSc (Hons) MB ChB
Bertie is HM Inspector of Anatomy for Scotland. He is an Edinburgh Medical Graduate who went on to become a Consultant Physician ( FRCP Ed & Glasgow) in Perth from 1972-92 latterly as Deputy Director of Postgraduate Medical Education in Dundee. He then went to Aberdeen University as Postgraduate Medical Dean for North-East and North Scotland, and as a Professor of Medicine and Hon Consultant Physician. He was Lead Dean for Psychiatry for the UK. He became Hon FRCS (Ed) in 1995 and Hon FRCPsych in 1999. He retired from his Chair in 1999. He was a Councilor of RCP Ed from 1990-92 , College Dean from 1992-5, Treasurer of the College from 2000-2003, and is presently a Trustee of the College. He has been a Member of Council of Medical & Dental Defence Union of Scotland since 1989 and is now a Member of the MDDUS Board of Directors.
 Dr James A Miller, James Miller is Chief Executive of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. James began his career as a student nurse in Edinburgh in 1983. After qualifying in 1986 he worked in a number of clinical posts before becoming involved in education, R&D and quality management in Edinburgh. In 1992, James moved to a new hospital in West Lothian where he held a variety of posts including, Deputy Director of Nursing, Senior Nurse Manager and General Manager. Moving to Glasgow in 2001 saw James taking up a General Manager’s post at the Southern General Hospital where he stayed for a period of 4 years before taking up his current post in 2005 at RCPSG. Throughout his working life James completed three academic degrees in Dundee Institute of Technology (now Abertay University), as well as Napier (MBA) and Edinburgh Universities (PhD). James is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine  Dr Ben M Ward MBChB MRCS
Ben is Clinical Lecturer in the Department of Surgery at the University of Edinburgh leading 5th Year Undergraduate teaching in general surgery; he is undertaking a period of research towards an MD in surgical education. His interests include e-learning and Virtual Reality applied to surgical anatomy teaching and practice. He is part of the development team for a new online Masters degree in basic surgical sciences, the Edinburgh Surgical Sciences Qualification. He is a member of the ESSQ content and assessment groups and is particularly interested in online case-based learning. He has published internationally on behalf of the Scottish Medical Visualisation Network and is a Board member and lead researcher for the Network.
 Linda Brady MSc FIBMS CSci MRSC CCHEM
Linda is a Fellow of the Institute of Biomedical Sciences, a chartered scientist and a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry. She has been involved in many research projects throughout her varied career in the NHS, the Water Industry and Academia.
 Dr. Vassilis Charissis BSc(Hons) MPhil PhDVassilis specialises in the design and evaluation of human-machine interfaces in automotive and medical fields, and is currently developing a novel HCI interface for anatomy courses and surgical rehearsal through VR technology. He is a member of IEEE Computing Society, IEEE Intelligent Transportation Society and Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE). Vassilis has published internationally on behalf of the Scottish Medical Visualisation Network and is a lead researcher for the Network.  Vivienne BlackhallVivienne is a medical student from the University of Glasgow, currently in her fourth year of study. She graduated last year with a BSc (MedSci) in Psychological Medicine; her dissertation examined obsessional symptoms in the puerperium. Vivienne is particularly interested in surgical and psychiatric specialties. As a committee member of the Glasgow University Surgical Society (GUSS), she is involved in organising and hosting surgical lectures and surgical skills training days for medical undergraduates. The GUSS committee also organise fundraising events for various surgical charities. |