Dr Owen Dempsey

Consultant Respiratory Physician

MBChB, FRCP (Edin), MD, Cert Med Ed

Undergraduate training

  • I studied Medicine at the University of Glasgow 1987-1992.

  • During my time as an undergraduate I won a 3-month scholarship to attend the University of Minneapolis, where I was based in the Respiratory (Pulmonology) and Cardiology departments.

  • I also won several undergraduate prizes (admittedly in the field of Obstetrics and Gynaecology!).  

uNIVERSITY OF Glasgow

uNIVERSITY OF Glasgow

uNIVERSITY OF MINNEAPOLIS

uNIVERSITY OF MINNEAPOLIS

Postgraduate training

  • After a year working in Glasgow, I moved to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary where I completed a 2 year “rotation” through various General Medicine specialities.

  • During this time I passed the MRCP (Membership of the Royal College of Physicians) exam on my first attempt.

  • I thereafter completed 5 years training as a Registrar in Respiratory and General Medicine, taking a break in the middle to obtain my MD thesis, before obtaining my Certificate of Completion of Speciality Training in 2002.

  • I’ve been a Consultant since 2002.

Teaching & medical education

  • My day to day clinical practice involves teaching at the bedside and in clinics to a wide range of health care professionals.

  • I also work for the University of Aberdeen and am a Honorary Senior Lecturer. I lead a team developing online cases for medical students. I also, from June 2022, am ‘lead’ for 5th year (final year) medical students.

  • In addition to mentoring younger doctors and also physician associates, I also appraise consultant colleagues annually, as required by the General Medical Council.

  • I have a particular interest in lung diseases  which cause scarring in the lungs (known as interstitial lung diseases e.g. lung fibrosis, asbestosis, sarcoidosis).

  • I am invited to give lectures regularly, to both undergraduates and postgraduates, as well as to those in professions allied to medicine.

  • I do several invited lectures each year, which is something I enjoy, locally and nationally.

  • In the last decade I have been an invited lecturer for the British Thoracic Society at their UK Respiratory Trainee “How to pass the Speciality Certificate Exam” training day, most recently in June 2022.

  • In recent years I have developed a departmental website for my NHS practice www.aberdeenlungs.com

Memberships

I am a member of the:

  • Scottish Thoracic Society (President, April 2022 for 2 years)

  • Scottish Interstitial Lung Disease group (Co-Chair)

  • British Thoracic Society. Previously served on the UK Lung Disease Registry Group.

  • European Respiratory Society