Qualifications: MBChB (2000), FRCS (ED) (21012), MD (2013)
GMC Number: 4698474
Regional Chapter: Scotland
Biography
Mr Chris Payne is Consultant General, Colorectal and Emergency surgeon in Tayside, Scotland. He specialises in colorectal cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, coloproctology (pilonidal sinus disease, anal fistulas, anal fissures, haemorrhoids), hernias (groin, umbilical and incisional) and the assessment of abdominal pain, groin pain, perineal /perianal pain, unexplained rectal bleeding, altered bowel habit and concerns about bowel cancer.
Mr Payne started his training at Edinburgh Medical School in 1995, graduating in 2000 and went into surgical training, initially in Edinburgh and subsequently in the West of Scotland. He was appointed a consultant in NHS Tayside in 2013. He was awarded an MD from Glasgow University in 2014 for research into perioperative risk stratification.
Mr Payne was appointed the Lead Consultant for Emergency General Surgery in Ninewells in 2018 and subsequently appointed as the Clinical Director of Unscheduled Surgery for NHS Tayside in 2020. He is currently the Clinical Lead for Colorectal Surgery in NHS Tayside.