About Mr Nick Elkington

Biography

St Thomas's Medical School 1986 - 1992

BSc (Anatomy) 1989

MBBS (London) 1992

Research registrar in Reproductive Medicine1996-7

MRCOG (Member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists) 1997

Trans-vaginal ultrasound (RCOG) accreditation 2003

RCOG Level 3 Laparoscopy 2003
RCOG Level 3 Hysteroscopy 2003
Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) 2004

Laparoscopic fellowship, Sydney, Australia 2003-5

FRANZCOG (Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists) 2004

MBA (Open University) 2004

Level 6 (Highest) Laparoscopic Training Certificate (Australia) 2005

Appointed as Consultant at Frimley Park Hospital NHS Trust 2006

Robotic training (Strasbourg) 2009 

FRCOG (Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists) 2010 


In 2009 Nick was one of the first gynaecologists in the UK to train in robotic gynaecology at the EITS (European Institute of Telesurgery) in Strasbourg. He has been part of a team that has introduced robotic surgery at Frimley Park Hospital. He is also on the committee of the British and Irish Society of Robotic Gynaecologists (BIARGS), which was founded in 2010. He has travelled internationally, lecturing and demonstrating minimal access surgery.

Nick lives near Farnham, Surrey with his wife and two sons. He enjoys family life, golf and entertaining.