Rowan Parks - Surgeon, President and maybe an entrepreneur?

Rowan Parks was born into surgery in Belfast, where his father George was a Colorectal Surgeon who became President of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. Growing up amidst the troubles in Belfast he decided to pursue a medical career and was accepted to his first choice of Queens University Belfast. A pretty standard training pathway followed but took an unexpected turn when he decided to spend a time in the HPB unit at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. He never returned to Belfast and 28 years later he is able to reflect on a career that reached many peaks and culminated in being elected President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Before the three years he spent representing the College around the world Rowan had become immersed in matters educational and training paradigms in Scotland and beyond. In fact, he has recently returned to that first love since finishing his tenure as president. Along the way we discuss faith, nepotism, travel and missing talents! If you prefer to watch rather than listen then don't forget that the entire podcast is available on the #SurgeonsLives channel on Youtube  #surgery #royalcollegeofsurgeons #education #medicalpolitics #HPBsurgery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowan_Parks https://surgery.ed.ac.uk/staff/profiles/rowan-parks https://www.linkedin.com/in/rowan-parks-2032116/