Our Honorary Consultants

Miss Douglas is a clinical and academic Head and Neck Surgeon at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, an honorary associate professor at the University of Glasgow and an Honorary Professor at the University of Strathclyde. Following undergraduate and higher surgical training in the West of Scotland, she completed an international fellowship in Head and Neck Surgical Oncology at the University of Toronto / Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Canada. In addition to her clinical training, Miss Douglas has completed an MD doctorate in biomarkers that predict treatment response in Head and Neck Cancer at the Christie Hospital in Manchester, UK.

Miss Douglas set up and co-chairs the multi-disciplinary Glasgow Head and Neck Cancer (GlaHNC) research group, leading and supervising several of the junior doctors in the group.

Miss Douglas has a strong academic background, having published 80 peer reviewed research papers and 2 book chapters. She holds an NHS Scotland Senior Research Fellowship and an MRC NIHR CARP award for research.

Miss Douglas is the academic training lead for ENT residents in the West of Scotland, supporting and ensuring that they reach their academic potential. She is an appointed member of the Surgical Specialty Board for ENT at the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh, ensuring that members' specialist professional interests have a voice within the college.

Miss Douglas set up and is co-course director for the University of Glasgow's intercalated BSc in ENT / Head and Neck Cancer. She is also deputy lead for Student Support at Glasgow University Medical School.

Miss Douglas is a review editor for Frontiers Head and Neck Cancer, Frontiers Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, and the Journal of Laryngology and Otology.

In June 2025, she was awarded the Hunter-Doig medal from the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh, a medal celebrating the contribution and excellence of women in surgery.

"I am a Consultant Plastic Surgeon in Canniesburn Plastic Surgery Unit, Glasgow Royal Infirmary. I started my consultant post in 2022 with sub-specialty interests in Burns (Paediatric and Adult) and in Breast surgery. I trained at Glasgow University including my intercalated degree and an MD (Doctor of Medicine) research degree during my time as the Laser Research Fellow in Canniesburn – I was the first ‘Laser Girl’! My higher surgical training was the Pan Scotland Plastic Surgery rotation during which I rotated through Glasgow, Aberdeen and Edinburgh. I had my four children during training (who are now 12, 10, 9 and 5 years old), and worked less than full time for a large part of training.

Post CCT I had fellowships in London with an Oncoplastic Breast TIG fellowship at The Royal Marsden Hospital (during which I completed the European Breast Surgery Exams (FEBS) to become dual accredited as a breast and as a plastic surgeon), and I was the BAAPS/BAPRAS aesthetic fellow in the Cadogan Clinic. I had visiting fellowships in burns in Chelmsford, Chelsea and Westminster and in Perth, Western Australia, well known for its burns unit and the Recell ‘spray on skin’ invented by Professor Fiona Wood. I also completed a two year Emerging Leadership Fellowship at the Royal College of Surgeons, which brought many leadership opportunities including being part of Equity and Diversity panels and the Parents in Surgery forum.

I love the diversity of my job, from dealing with patients with a new cancer diagnosis, to trauma, and burns especially paediatric, and the families and stories they share. It is rewarding to try and help, and to be part of their journey. It is also a privilege to be part of many multidisciplinary teams with talented colleagues who each bring different skills and insights to caring for our patients. I also love the opportunities to teach and train, and to always be learning. I have friends and colleagues all over the world, and being a doctor is a unique profession.

I never have a ‘boring day at work’!"