Professor Rowan Parks is Vice-President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and a Consultant HPB Surgeon and Professor of Surgical Sciences at the University of Edinburgh. Serving on the RCSEd Council since 2009, he has been on numerous College committees and short life working groups. Rowan has a significant interest in medical education and training and is currently Deputy Medical Director of NHS Education for Scotland (NES). Professor Parks is immediate past-President of the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (ASGBI) and the Great Britain and Ireland Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (GBIHPBA).