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Emeritus Consultants Biographies
Ken Mackenzie was born in Ipswitch, England in 1934 the son of Kenneth Wallace Mackenzie an ENT Surgeon and Dorothy Mary (nee Reid). Ken graduated in medicine at Cambridge University and was a resident medical officer at Guys Hospital, London 1959-1960. He then served in the Royal Navy as a Surgeon Lieutenant until 1963 after which he spent six years as a Registrar at the Royal National ENT Hospital in London. In 1966 he became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Ken then migrated to Western Australia and was appointed a consultant ENT surgeon at the Royal Perth Hospital in July 1972 and continued to serve the hospital until his retirement in 1999. His colleagues describe Ken as a person very easy to work alongside. He is a private but charming person with a keen sense of humour and good company. He married Ute Ritter in 1981 and they have five children. His sporting interests include golf as a member of Lake Karrynup Golf Club and snow skiing, the remainder of his free time is used to persue his passion for gardening and languages. On his retirement in 1999 he was appointed Emeritus Consultant ENT Surgeon. |
