College admits new Honorary Fellows
08 Sep 2022
Mr Mark Slack and Brigadier (Retd) Alistair Hamish Mcgregor Macmillan have been admitted as Honorary Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow at an event at the University of Glasgow.
Mr Mark Slack and Brigadier (Retd) Alistair Hamish Mcgregor Macmillan have been admitted as Honorary Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow at an event at the University of Glasgow.
Mr Mark Slack and Brigadier (Retd) Alistair Hamish Mcgregor Macmillan have been admitted as Honorary Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow at an event at the University of Glasgow this week.
Mr Slack is involved in training and examining at both the University of Cambridge and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG). He co-founded CMR Surgical, which produced the first British Surgical Robot, which has now been used to perform more than 2000 procedures in various countries. Mr Slack is a co-founder of the British Society of Urogynaecology, and has been awarded many accolades, including an NHS National Merit Award and a Leading Clinical Researcher by the NIHR in 2015.
Brigadier Alistair Macmillan qualified in medicine in 1974 before serving 37 years in the reserve and regular RAMC. He trained as a public health specialist, was a Chief of Staff of the Army Medical Directorate, before being appointed the Chief Executive and Chief of Staff at the Defence Medical Training Agency. Brigadier Macmillan is recognised for his development of medical doctrine, and developed Medical Regiments which improved healthcare and survival outcomes for injured soldiers. He was also instrumental in creating NATO’s first multinational integrated medical units, which have been successfully adopted in all conflict zones since 2000.
Speaking to propose Mr Slack for this honour, Professor Abhay Rane OBE
Vice President, Surgical said:
“Mark has served the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists well in several roles. He was one of the co-founders of the British Society of Urogynaecology and at various times chaired the guidelines committee, the audit & outcomes committee, the Scientific Committee as well as being on the Executive Committee. One of his most significant achievements however was founding the supporting doctors committee, an issue that was generally ignored at the time.
Perhaps the most interesting chapter in Mark’s career happened when Mark and four engineering colleagues decided to start a company to build a new surgical robot; they founded CMR Surgical in 2014, and successfully launched Versius, the first British robot. More than 4000 surgeries in different parts of the world have since been safely performed to date.
I cannot think of anybody more suitable to be awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.”
In presenting Brigadier Macmillan for his fellowship, Dr Roderick Neilson, Honorary Registrar said:
“Brigadier Macmillan has given exemplary service to medicine and the country in his military career, leading to service personnel who would otherwise have died being alive today.
For this and for all his endeavours he is well deserving of recognition by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow and I commend him to you unhesitatingly.”
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