Consultant Orthopaedic Oncology Surgeon
North of England Bone and Soft Tissue Tumour Service
Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
Kenneth Rankin graduated in 1999 from the University of Dundee, Scotland. His basic surgical training was in Newcastle upon Tyne, England followed by an MD investigating the cellular biology of bone metastases. Kenneth Rankin completed his higher specialist training in Perth and Dundee followed by a return to the North East of England as NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer.
His current post as Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon and Honorary Senior Lecturer is comprised mainly of orthopaedic oncology including the surgical management of bone and soft tissue sarcomas and metastatic bone disease. He also carries out hip and knee replacements for arthritis.
Research
As a Clinical Scientist Dr Rankin has developed an international reputation for translational research for the detection of circulating tumour cells in sarcoma patients and carried out the world’s first case series of fluorescence guided surgery in sarcoma.
He is the Chief investigator for the multi-centre National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) funded SarcoSIGHT RCT and co-investigator on the NIHR HTA funded PORTRAIT RCT investigating post-operative radiotherapy following orthopaedic surgery for bone metastases.
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Saturday, November 16, 2024
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM PST
