Ross McGhee
BSc (Hons) Radiation Oncology Science
President of Society and College of Radiographers
For over 100 years, the Society of Radiographers (SoR) has advocated for radiography professionals at the heart of patient care, and now our very own Ross McGhee is its 85th President.
At the age of 34, he is the youngest President in its 102-year history.
Early into his career, he became a health and safety representative for the Society of Radiographers (SoR) in a time of great change in the department.
During that time, Ross conducted research into workplace stress and the report escalated to senior management.
He said: “I found myself in direct negotiations to better working conditions for my colleagues. This saw me elected to the Scottish National Council in the time of the coalition government trying to roll back health and safety legislation.”
Since then, Ross has developed significant leadership experience in UK wide healthcare, working across healthcare quality improvement, public health, health inequality and healthcare sustainability projects.
He is also a senior therapeutic radiographer (Pre-Treatment) at the Lanarkshire Beatson satellite centre, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde.
Never give up
When asked what advice he would give to students and graduates in radiography, Ross said: “Never give up and try not to underestimate what you are capable of. I nearly gave up and decided to drop out twice when I was struggling academically.
I had a wonderful lecturer that convinced me to stay. I am not certain where I would have ended up had I thrown in the towel.”
Glasgow Caledonian University is an excellent and prestigious institution to study at and it produces fantastic radiography students and radiographers. I studied and qualified from here in 2009 and the opportunities that began for me at GCU have led to my journey to become the president of the profession.