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Prior to my medical degree I was an engineer/scientist which took me from studying
rocket combustion at Cambridge University to solving complex cooling issues at
the CERN nuclear particle accelerator in Switzerland. Following a stint as a
field engineer in Siberia to fund my future studies I undertook my
undergraduate medical training at the University of Nottingham qualifying in
2008. Towards the end of medical school I travelled to East Timor to work as a
disaster relief doctor and was awarded The Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London prize for Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine. 

I completed my higher surgical training in Edinburgh and surrounding hospitals.
During my training I completed a prestigious research fellowship at the world
renowned Peter Macallum Cancer Research Centre in Melbourne Australia under
Professor Iain Campbell looking at the efficacy of modern breast screening and
the genetics of pre-cancerous breast disease. For my time there I was awarded
the Ethicon travelling scholarship. This research has been published widely and
has been presented around the world. I returned to Australia to complete a
clinical fellowship under Professor Bruce Mann at the Royal Women’s Hospital of
Melbourne. I undertook research into contrast enhanced mammography during this
stay publishing the largest study to date on the topic and presenting the
findings at conferences around the world 

My
research output can be viewed at https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kenneth-Elder 

In 2022 I travelled to Japan to learn cryogenic minimally invasive breast surgery
on the Sir James Fraser scholarship awarded by the Royal college of Surgeons of
Edinburgh. I am also an invited member of the faculty at the Royal College of
Surgeons of Hong Kong visiting twice a year teaching trainee surgeons critical
care  

I am currently a consultant breast surgeon
at the Western general hospital in Edinburgh where I am the breast surgery lead
for the University of Edinburgh online surgery masters qualification. 

In my spare time I enjoy endurance running
and have completed the New Zealand Coast to Coast as well as the Marathon Des
Sables 6 day race across the Sahara Desert in May 2023 whilst raising money for
the local Edinburgh Breast unit cancer charity.