Mr Momin Malik

Mr Momin Malik is a revered consultant general and hepatobiliary (HPB) surgeon based at Inverness Outpatient Centre in Inverness. He has extensive experience in general, liver, and pancreatic surgery. He completed his higher surgical training in general surgery before undertaking sub-specialist training in hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery in Aberdeen in 2010. Following completion of his Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (FRCS), he further developed his expertise at leading hepatobiliary units in Manchester and Newcastle.

Mr Malik has a particular interest in advanced laparoscopic surgery and has completed fellowships in single-port keyhole techniques at the Royal Surrey County Hospital in Guildford and in Salzburg, Austria. He was lead author of the SCARLESS trial, which investigated single-incision (scarless) appendicectomy. He was appointed as a consultant in 2016 and currently practises at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness, alongside seeing private patients at Inverness Outpatient Centre.

His clinical practice encompasses a broad range of general surgical procedures, including both open and laparoscopic repair of ventral, inguinal, and femoral hernias. He has a specialist interest in benign and malignant conditions affecting the liver, pancreas, and gallbladder, with particular expertise in laparoscopic cholecystectomy and bile duct exploration. He also advocates the use of intra-operative ultrasound within his department.

In addition to his clinical responsibilities, Mr Malik is an honorary clinical lecturer, tutor, and examiner at the University of Aberdeen Medical School. He is faculty on a number of surgical training courses run by the Royal Colleges of Surgeons, including ATLS and the Cadaveric Open Abdominal Surgery course, and serves as an examiner for the Intercollegiate MRCS surgical examination.

He also represents his Health Board on the hernia surgery panel at the Scottish Centre for Sustainable Delivery. His academic interests include human factors and their impact on patient safety and surgical outcomes.