[1] She graduated from the University of St Andrews, and began surgical training in Dundee, followed by paediatric training in Great Ormond Street Hospital in London,[2][3] where she received her ChM (Master in Surgery) on staphylococcal wound infection and bacterial transmission.

[5] Doig was elected to The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh council in 1984, serving three terms of office.

[1] In 2018, she was invited to unveil a plaque at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh commemorating the achievements of the 'Edinburgh Seven', the first group of matriculated undergraduate female students at any British university.

It is named for Caroline Doig and Alice Headwards-Hunter, the first woman to sit and pass the examinations of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1920.

[7] The silver medal is awarded by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh every second year, recognising excellence within the female membership.