Preparing for your first consultant job

Transitioning to a consultant role is a significant step in your career. The MDU's medico-legal adviser Jerard Ross offers advice on what to expect.

Dr Jerard Ross MDU medico-legal adviser

This page was correct at publication on 18/07/2024. Any guidance is intended as general guidance for members only. If you are a member and need specific advice relating to your own circumstances, please contact one of our advisers.

Mr Jerard Ross
Medico-legal adviser

Jerard graduated from the University of Aberdeen in 1994. He then moved into surgical training in Edinburgh before completing his MD at the University of Manchester. Before joining the MDU he was a consultant in adult and paediatric neurosurgery in Edinburgh where he was the surgeon to the Scottish National Paediatric Epilepsy Programme.

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