Prof James Greig Smith FRSE (1854–1897) was a 19th-century Scottish surgeon and author of the highly successful textbook Abdominal Surgery.
He was educated at Aberdeen Grammar School under William Barrack then studied for a general degree at Aberdeen University, gaining a general degree (MA) in 1873, then studied Medicine under Prof William Pirrie graduating MB ChB in 1876.
In the same year he joined Bristol Royal Infirmary as a Junior House Surgeon.
His proposers were William Stirling, John Charles Ogilvie Will, Joseph Lister and Henry Marshall.
In 1893 he became President of the Bristol Medico-Chirurgical Society, in the same year becoming Professor of Surgery at the university.