Miss Alice Murray

Alice Murray studied undergraduate medicine at University of Oxford (MBBS), BA (Medical Sciences), receiving an academic scholarship. She completed her clinical studies in London at The Royal Free / UCL.

Miss Murray developed an interest in colorectal surgery early in her career and undertook higher Colorectal surgical training in London. She was ranked second out of all candidates in England at her specialty surgical interviews and became a fellow of The Royal College of Surgeons in 2022.

She has been trained in advanced laparoscopic surgery and was appointed the Pelvic Floor Fellow at St Mark’s National Bowel Hospital with further sub-specialist training in complex proctology, inflammatory bowel disease and intestinal failure. She completed a PhD at Imperial College London under Sir Ara Darzi, looking at international comparisons of surgical quality and performance.

Miss Murray also spent two years as a Colorectal Research Fellow in New York at New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University. She was awarded a Harkness Fellowship in Policy and Practice studying for a further year at the Harvard Institute of Global Health in Boston, Massachusetts.

She currently holds a three-year post as an associate surgical specialty lead in colorectal surgery at The Royal College of Surgeons. She remains committed to clinical research and medical education and has authored numerous peer reviewed publications and book chapters, as well as undertaken international presentations.

She enjoys working in hospitals abroad, having lived in Tanzania, Serbia, Australia and America. She has two children and lives locally in the community.