Mr Iain Tait

AUGIS Regional Representative: Scotland

Current Post
1999 – present: Senior Lecturer & Honorary consultant Hepatobiliary surgeon. University of Dundee; Ninewells Hospital & Medical School.

Training
University of Glasgow: 1986.Registrar in General Surgery - Tayside Surgical Training Rotation: 1988-1991 Lecturer/senior registrar in UGI / HPB Surgery – Ninewells Hospital : 1994-1997 Junior consultant in HPB surgery, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town: 1998.

Surgical Training
I am a Senior Tutor for Surgical Training in the Cuschieri Skills Centre, Dundee; and contribute to training courses for Laparoscopic liver surgery in Cape Town, Dundee, Hamburg and Newcastle.

AUGIS Role
My goals within AUGIS are to promote surgical excellence in Scotland, to ensure the safe introduction of new techniques into our specialist practice, to improve surgical outcomes through careful audit of established practice, and promote training in advanced laparoscopic skills.

Other Roles
Executive Board Member – National HPB Cancer MCN – Scotland.
AUGIS – National (UK) HPB Audit Member for Scotland.
The national HPB MCN promote Excellence in Surgery in Scotland. In 2003 we launched a national minimum data set (mds) for all UGI/HPB cancer patients, and this went online across Scotland in July 2008. We now aim to integrate this mds with the AUGIS HPB audit process to ensure we have robust data for HPB cancer patients across the UK.

Clinical Interest
My main clinical interests are in HPB surgical oncology (with an active program for Laparoscopic Liver and Pancreatic resections), and laparoscopic surgery for benign HPB pathology. I am also interested in new developments in surgical endoscopy, including Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) for bile duct cancer.