Kwok-Leung Cheung is Professor of Breast Surgery and Medical Education, and Deputy Head of Education and Director of the BMBS Medicine Programmes, University of Nottingham. He qualified and trained in Hong Kong, was appointed as Consultant Breast Surgeon, Nottingham University Hospitals in 2001, and is now Honorary Consultant Breast Surgeon at the University Hospitals of Derby and Burton. His clinical and research interests are in breast cancer and geriatric oncology. He has served in the International Society of Geriatric Oncology (SIOG) where he is currently the Treasurer and Member of the Board and Executive Committee, and its UK National Representative.