Richard Edmondson MD

Richard Edmondson qualified in medicine from Newcastle University in 1992 and after a year of surgical training in New Zealand undertook speciality training in the Northern Deanery in Obstetrics and Gynaecology with subspecialty training in Gynaecological Oncology at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead. He was awarded an MD from Newcastle University in 2002 for his work investigating the biology of the ovarian surface epithelium which led to his interest in ovarian cancer.

He was appointed as a consultant in Gateshead and honorary senior lecturer in Newcastle in 2005 and in January 2014 he took up the chair of Gynaecological Oncology at the University of Manchester. His research interests focus on ovarian cancer and how treatments can be developed and delivered to patients that will improve both survival and quality of life.