Consultant profile

Mr McArthur qualified in 1998 at Birmingham University with Honours in Surgery. In between junior and senior house-jobs in the Midlands, he lectured in anatomy at Birmingham University.

After registrar training in the West Midlands, he was awarded an MD by the University of Warwick for his research into the pathogenesis of colorectal cancer. He secured a an Association of Coloproctology Fellowship in laparoscopic colorectal surgery at Leeds, where he developed a specialist interest in the management of patients with advanced and recurrent rectal cancer.

In 2011, Mr McArthur was appointed Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon at Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, and in 2018 continued in this role at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust. At the Trust he has played a key role in furthering the provision of laparoscopic colorectal surgery and setting up a service for patients with locally advanced and recurrent rectal cancer.

Throughout his career, Mr McArthur has maintained a key interest in teaching, first as a lecturer in anatomy at the University of Birmingham, and more recently as course director for the Royal College of Surgeons' "Strategies in Emergency General Surgery", and the ACPGBI "M42 Coloproctology for Junior Surgical Trainee" courses.

He has published widely on a variety of colorectal and general surgical conditions and has presented at numerous international and national meetings. Mr McArthur sat on the Council of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland from 2016-2019.