Mr Alastair MacKenzie Ross
Consultant Plastic Surgeon
About Alastair MacKenzie Ross
Mr Alastair MacKenzie Ross is a plastic surgeon with a particular interest in skin cancer management and reconstruction, and trained foremost in plastic surgery and skin cancer centres in the United Kingdom and internationally.
He was appointed as a Consultant Plastic Surgeon with a special interest in skin oncology in 2013. He is a core member of the multi-disciplinary teams for melanoma and non-melanoma cancer at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals, and is an extended member of the skin cancer teams at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Woolwich and King’s College Hospital.
In addition, he has introduced, and provides expertise in, electrochemotherapy to Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals as a treatment for skin cancers and other cancers to the skin.
Expertise
- Skin Cancer
- Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer
- Lumps and Bumps
- Including Lipomas
- Epidermal/Epidermoid/'Sebaceous' Cysts
- Neurofibromas and Pilar/Trichilemmal Cysts
- Scars (Keloid)
- Skin and Subcutaneous Mass Excision
- Fat Extraction and Redistribution
- Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
- and Electrochemotherapy
Overview
- Age of patients seen
- All ages
- Qualifications
MB BChir
MA
MD (Cantab)
FRCS (Plast.)
- Languages spoken
- English
- Research highlights
Mr MacKenzie Ross has achieved multiple publications in peer-reviewed journals.
Key Publications:
Faries M.B., Thompson J.T., Cochran A.J., … MacKenzie-Ross A., …et al.Completion Dissection or Observation for Sentinel-Node Metastasis in Melanoma.
New England Journal of Medicine 2017; 376:2211-2222 doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1613210
MacKenzie Ross A.D., Haydu L.E., Quinn M.J., Saw R.P.M., Shannon K.F., Spillane A.J., Stretch J.R. Scolyer R.A., Thompson J.F.The association between excision margins and local recurrence in thin (T1) primary cutaneous melanomas.
Annals of Surgical Oncology 2016;23(4):1082-9
Classification and Staging. Melanoma Epidemiology.
In: The MIA Melanoma Handbook, editor Stretch J.R., Melanoma Institute Australia, Sydney, Australia. Apple Book
Clover AJP, de Terlizzi F, Bertino G, Curatolo P, Odili J, Campana LG, Kunte C, Muir T, Brizio M, Sersa G, Pritchard JonesR , Moir G, Orlando A, Banerjee SM, Kis E, McCaul JA, Grischke EM, Matteucci P, Mowatt D, Bechara FG, Mascherini M, Lico V, Giorgione R, Seccia V, Schepler H, Pecorari G, MacKenzie Ross AD, Bisase B, Gehl J.
Electrochemotherapy in the treatment of cutaneous malignancy: Outcomes and subgroup analysis from the cumulative results from the pan-European International Network for Sharing Practice in Electrochemotherapy database for 2482 lesions in 987 patients (2008–2019)
European Journal of Cancer. 2020;138:30-40 doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2020.06.020
- Professional memberships
British Association of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgeons
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Melanoma Focus
International Network for Sharing Practices on Electrochemotherapy (InspECT)
European Association of Dermato Oncology
- Certifications and Awards
St George’s Charitable Foundation Fellowship
NHS Cosmetic Reconstructive Surgery Interface Training Fellowship
Poche Fellowship in Melanoma and Surgical Oncology
Consultations and services
Insurers covered
- +4 more
- Allianz Partners
- Cigna International
- Healix
- Henner
Tests & treatments
Conditions & symptoms
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