Ken Park FRCSEd MD,
General and GI Surgeon
Ken has been a consultant general surgeon in Aberdeen for 15 years. He graduated from Edinburgh University and gained surgical training in Edinburgh and Hong Kong before undertaking a thesis at the Rowett Institute and completing higher surgical training in Aberdeen. He was awarded the Cuthbertson prize for his MD thesis and the inaugural James IV Professorship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Ken has a particular interest in upper gastrointestinal and laparoscopic surgery and has spent time in Europe and the USA learning endoscopic and laparoscopic surgery. Ken has 27 years experience and has been involved in teaching, research and clinical surgery in the UK, Europe and Asia.
Abdul Qadir FRCS (Gen Surgery), MD
Consultant General and GI Surgeon
Abdul graduated from the University of Punjab in Pakistan and received higher surgical training in Aberdeen, Inverness, USA and Hong Kong. He received a doctorate for his thesis conducted at Harvard University, Boston. He has been a consultant surgeon in Aberdeen for over 10 years and has a particular interest in gastrointestinal and laparoscopic surgery.
Duff Bruce FRCS (Gen Surgery)
Consultant General and GI Surgeon
Duff is a graduate of Robert Gordon’s College and the University of Aberdeen, and has 24 years experience in general surgery, gained in Northern Scotland, Australia and USA.
In 2001, he completed a Fellowship in oesophageal physiology at the Kech Medical School of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Since 2002, he has worked in Aberdeen as a consultant general surgeon with special interests in gastro-oesophageal cancer, gastro-oesophageal reflux, gastroparesis, laparoscopic surgery and metabolic and weight loss surgery.
Duff is one of the leading exponents of bariatric surgery in Scotland and is on the council of the British Obesity and Metabolic Surgical Society (BOMSS). He is the current chairman of the Scottish charity The Severe and Complex Obesity Treatment Service (SCOTS) which advises on the provision and development of services to manage this patient group and a trustee of the Experts in Severe and Complex Obesity (ESCO) group which performs a similar role in England.