Dr. Kelly MacDonald

Dr Kelly MacDonald read Anatomy and Medicine at University College London and obtained Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons, prior to specialising in Radiology. Kelly completed her training at the Severn School of Radiology, Bristol, and undertook a Fellowship in Abdominal Imaging at Vancouver General Hospital, Canada, prior to her appointment as a Consultant Radiologist in Bath.  

Her major clinical interests include cross sectional and ultrasound imaging of abdominal and pelvic disorders, including Transvaginal Ultrasound, CT Colonography and MRI of the Liver, Small Bowel and Pelvis.  Kelly has also been instrumental in setting up and running the Pelvic Floor Imaging Service, which uses MRI to assess functional disorders of the pelvic floor, including pelvic organ prolapse, incontinence and obstructed defecation.

Kelly is also involved in medical education, and has been part of a team facilitating the integration of Radiology into the undergraduate anatomy curriculum at the University of Bristol Medical School. In addition she is also an Academic Mentor to the universities medical students.

Research and Teaching Interests

Dynamic MR Imaging of the Pelvic Floor

Multimodality Imaging of Adnexal Masses

Cervical and Rectal MRI

Integrated Radiology in the Undergraduate Anatomy Curriculum

Current Positions

• Consultant Radiologist at the Royal United Hospital, Bath.
• Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of Bristol Medical School

Relevant Qualifications

• BSc (Anatomy)
• MB BS
• MRCS (Eng)
• FRCR (UK)

Membership of Professional, National and Regional Bodies

• Fellow of Royal College of Radiologists
• Member of the British Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology
• Member of the European Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology
• Member of European Society of Radiology