Alfred Cuschieri

A graduate of the Royal University of Malta (MD 1961) and the University of Liverpool Professor Sir Alfred Cuschieri FRSE is presently Professor of Surgery at Dundee, having just stepped down as Head of the Department of Surgery and Molecular Oncology. In a distinguished research career, he is renowned for his pioneering work in developing the field of minimal access to related imaging and endo-effector technologies. Sir Alfred is Editor of the journal Surgical Endoscopic Seminars in Laparoscopic Surgery. His many awards have included: Fellowship of the Royal Edinburgh; The Queen's award for Higher and Continued Education; The SAGES outstanding award; The Nissen Prize (German Surgical Association) and also Knight Bachelor.He is visiting 34 universities on 4 continents, and has published over 350 papers in the peer-reviewd literatur.