- Specialty Trainee and Clinical Lecturer in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Edinburgh, UK.
Scott Mackenzie is a Specialty Trainee and Clinical Lecturer in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. He graduated as a medical doctor from the University of Dundee in 2020, having also completed an intercalated BMSc (Hons) in Human Reproduction and Assisted Conception in 2018. Following this, Scott joined the EXPPECT team at the Centre for Reproductive Health at the University of Edinburgh as an Academic Foundation Doctor. In this role, under the supervision of Professor Andrew Horne and Dr Lucy Whitaker, he conducted a secondary analysis of data collected in the Gabapentin for chronic pelvic pain (GaPP2) trial identifying a genetic locus associated with the analgesic efficacy of gabapentin. This research was recognised with the Rodolphe Maheux Award at the 15th World Congress on Endometriosis, 2023.
In 2023, Scott began specialty training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Southeast Scotland and in 2024, he was appointed as a ECAT Clinical Lecturer in Obstetrics in Gynaecology at the University of Edinburgh to continue his clinical academic training. This lectureship includes funding to undertake a Wellcome-funded PhD which will begin in 2025.
He was selected as a World Endometriosis Society Early Career Ambassador in 2024.