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Kwok-Leung Cheung

Deputy Head of Education and Director of The BMBS Medicine Programmes, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

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Professor Cheung is a Professor of Breast Surgery and Medical Education. Following undergraduate medical education and general surgery training at the University of Hong Kong Medical Centre, he conducted translational research at the University of Nottingham, with a Doctor of Medicine awarded in 2001. He then took up the post of Consultant Breast Surgeon at Nottingham University Hospitals where he served as Head of Service, Breast Services (2007-2010) and Lead Clinician for Breast Cancer (2007-2011). He joined the University as a clinical academic in 2004. Professor Cheung is currently Honorary Consultant Breast Surgeon at the University Hospitals of Derby and Burton.

He obtained surgical fellowship status from Hong Kong, Edinburgh and America. Professor Cheung was selected as one of the 12 International Guest Scholars 2007 of the American College of Surgeons, as a recognition of his strong interests and commitment in teaching and research.

Professor Cheung is a member of the Faculty of Examiners for Intercollegiate MRCS and the Panel of Examiners of the Intercollegiate Specialty Board in General Surgery. He is also part of the National Cancer Peer Review team and an External Professional Advisor to the Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman. Professor Cheung is a member of the Association of Breast Surgery, British Breast Group, British Association of Cancer Surgery, European Society of Breast Cancer Specialists (EUSOMA), American Society of Clinical Oncology, and International Society of Geriatric Oncology (SIOG). In 2015, he received the National Representative of the Year award from SIOG recognising his commitments to geriatric oncology and SIOG. Within SIOG, he is the President-Elect and the UK National Representative. Furthermore, he is currently a Member of the Executive Committee of EUSOMA, of the Breast Cancer Guidelines Committee of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and of the Surgical Specialty Board in General Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh where he also serves as the Joint Specialty Fellowship (JSF) Specialty Lead in General Surgery.

In 2010, Professor Cheung pioneered the Symposium on Primary Breast Cancer in Older Women, the first of its kind in the UK, which has now become a biennial event, hosted by the University in association with SIOG. He is also a member of the Management Committee of the Nottingham Breast Cancer Research Centre, launched in 2018.

As of May 2023, Professor Cheung takes up a new role as the Deputy of Education and Director of The BMBS Medicine Programmes.

Teaching Summary

Deputy Head of Education and Director of The BMBS Medicine Programmes Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) National involvement: Medical Schools Council Assessment Alliance -… read more

Research Summary

Primary breast cancer in older women: (i) biology and clinical outcome; (ii) geriatric assessment, decision making, psychosocial and quality of life issues; (iii) clinical and cost effectiveness of… read more

Recent Publications

  • CHAN, KAI SIANG, CHONG, MICHELLE TIAN HUI, CHIA, CLEMENT LUCK KHNG and CHEUNG, KWOK LEUNG, 2023. Revisiting primary endocrine therapy versus surgery in older women with breast cancer: meta-analysis BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY.
  • TSE, NATALIE, PARKS, RUTH M., HOLMES, HOLLY M. and CHEUNG, KWOK-LEUNG, 2023. The Association Between Medication Use in Older Women with Early-Stage Operable Primary Breast Cancer and Decision Regarding Primary Treatment ONCOLOGIST.
  • RICHES, KATIE, CHEUNG, KWOK-LEUNG and KEELEY, VAUGHAN, 2023. Improving the Assessment and Diagnosis of Breast Lymphedema after Treatment for Breast Cancer CANCERS. 15(6),
  • KALVALA, JAHNAVI, PARKS, RUTH M. M., ABDI, JAMAL, GREEN, ANDREW R. R. and CHEUNG, KWOK-LEUNG, 2023. Assessment of the Androgen Receptor in Older Women with Primary Breast Cancer: Association with a Panel of Biomarkers and Breast Cancer Specific Survival ADVANCES IN THERAPY. 40(6), 2820-2835
  • Deputy Head of Education and Director of The BMBS Medicine Programmes
  • Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)
  • National involvement: Medical Schools Council Assessment Alliance - Expert Item Review, Standard Setting Panel, Reference Group
  • Teaching and supervision: BSc, BMedSci, BMBS, MSc, DM, PhD
  • Former leadership roles in the BMBS medicine programmes: (i) Lead for Student Selectable Components; (ii) Early Clinical Year (Clinical Phase 1) Lead; (iii) Clinical Educational Lead: Undergraduate Programme for Surgery; (iv) Final Year (Clinical Phase 3) Lead

Current Research

  • Primary breast cancer in older women: (i) biology and clinical outcome; (ii) geriatric assessment, decision making, psychosocial and quality of life issues; (iii) clinical and cost effectiveness of different therapeutic strategies
  • Effects of age and ethnicity on the biology of breast cancer
  • Geriatric oncology
  • ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2973-0755

Past Research

  • Endocrine and targeted therapies for breast cancer
  • Clinical trials

Future Research

  • Medical education

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