Lieutenant Colonel Leigh Davies : General surgery

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Lieutenant Colonel Leigh Davies

Bupa Platinum consultant
Fee assured
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Open Referral network
Accredited endoscopist

Overview

Specialises in

General

Lower GI surgery

Bupa specialist

Accredited endoscopist

Offers

Face-to-face consultations
Video and telephone consultations

About me

Military Consultant General Surgeon - Trained in Military and civilian posts in Southern England and South Wales. Graduated from Cardiff University in 1997. Advanced training Fellowships in Advanced Pelvic Malignancy/Exenterative surgery (Swansea) and in Cytoreductive surgery/Pseudomyxoma (Basingstoke). Multiple military deployments to Northern Ireland, Iraq, Afghanistan and Oman.
Currently practices in the NHS in Cardiff and continues to serve in the Military.

Areas of interest

Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery; Colorectal Cancer; Advanced Surgical Oncology; IBD(Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis) Surgery; Colonoscopy; Proctology; Haemorrhoids (Piles); Hernias; Day surgery; Intestinal Failure; THD procedure for Haemorrhoids; Cytoreductive surgery; Peritoneal Malignancy; Pelvic exenteration surgery; ePIPAC; PIPAC

Medical secretaries

Sarnia Hayes (NHS and Private)
Department of Colorectal Surgery University Hospital Of Wales Heath Park Cardiff CF14 4XW
029 2074 2142
Sarnia.LeomiHayes@wales.nhs.uk

Anaesthetists worked with

Dr Richard Hughes Fee Assured
Dr Olukorede Adekanye Fee Assured

Dr Rafal Sami Said Baraz Fee Assured

About me

External resources

Current NHS consultant posts held

Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff

Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon, University Hospital Llandough, Penarth

Deputy Clinical Director Major Trauma Directorate, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, UHW, Cardiff

Clinical Governance Lead South Wales Major Trauma Network, NHS Wales Collaborative, Cardiff

Deputy Clinical Lead, Dragons Heart Hospital Development Programme - Cardiff and Vale University Health Board - COVID 19 Response

Research interests

Surgical outcomes - International Surgical Outcomes Study (ISOS) - Cardiff Principle Investigator.

Lymphangiogenesis in Colorectal Carcinoma.

PIPAC - Pressurised Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy.

ADD-Aspirin - Aspirin cancer chemoprevention study - Cardiff Principle Investigator.

HART - Hughes Abdominal Repair Technique - Investigator.

CIPHER - Observational study to investigate the prevention of Parastomal Hernia - Cardiff Principle Investigator.

COVIDSURG - Coronavirus & Surgery research programme.

Personal interests

Mountaineering, Cycling, Caving, Cave rescue, Climbing, Rugby.

Publications

Hughes Abdominal Repair Trial (HART) - Abdominal wall closure techniques to reduce the incidence of incisional hernias
December 2016Trials 17(1)
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-016-1573-0

Modular emergency general surgery training: A pilot study of a novel programme
June 2016Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England 98(7):1-4
DOI: 10.1308/rcsann.2016.0187

Expression of Lymphangiogenic Factors Vegf-C and Vegf-D and Impact of Vegf-D Knockout on Tubule Formation in Human
January 2015British Journal of Surgery
Conference: International Surgical Congress of theVolume: 102

Death associated protein 1 is correlated with the clinical outcome of patients with colorectal cancer and has a role in the regulation of cell death
November 2013Oncology Reports 31(1)
DOI: 10.3892/or.2013.2866

Long term outcomes after lateral anal sphincterotomy for anal fissure: A retrospective cohort study
November 2013Surgery Today 44(6)
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-013-0785-0

Death Associated Protein-1 (DAP-1) is associated with the clinical outcome of the patients with colorectal cancer and its role in the regulation of cell death
September 2013European Journal of Cancer 49:S568

Junior surgeons interest in the Welsh barbers research group – Where the trainees of today are with research
December 2012International Journal of Surgery 10(8):S73-S74
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2012.06.389

Distribution and expression of the ERM family members, ezrin, radixin, moesin and EHM2 in human colon cancer and the clinical relevance
October 2012
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2224-4778.2012.08.02

Selection Criteria for the Radical Treatment of Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer
October 2011International Journal of Surgical Oncology 2011(2):678506
DOI: 10.1155/2011/678506

Davies SR, Davies ML, Sanders A, Parr C, Torkington J, Jiang WGDifferential expression of the CCN family member WISP-1, WISP-2 and WISP-3 in human colorectal cancer and the prognostic implications. Int J Oncol 36: 1129-1136
May 2010International Journal of Oncology 36(5):1129-36
DOI: 10.3892/ijo_00000595

COM-1 is over-expressed in human colorectal carcinomas
June 2007Journal of Clinical Oncology 25(18_suppl):21001-21001
DOI: 10.1200/jco.2007.25.18_suppl.21001

Colonic pouchography is not routinely required prior to stoma closure
October 2004Colorectal Disease 6(5):396
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2004.00680.x

Death from petrol inhalation after an armoured vehicle rollover
October 2003Emergency Medicine Journal 20(5):494-5
DOI: 10.1136/emj.20.5.494

Courses offered to GPs

GP education events available in Colorectal cancer, minor anorectal conditions, haemorrhoids assessment and treatment, trauma and military surgery, peritoneal malignancy, general surgical conditions and emergency surgery

About my work

My outcomes

My qualifications & training

Qualifications

MBBCh (Wales) - Primary Medical degree University of Wales College of Medicine 1997
MRCS(Eng) - Initial Surgical Qualification Royal College of Surgeons of England 2000
BSc(Hons) - Medical Biochemistry Cardiff University 1994
FRCS(Gen Surg) - Final Surgical Qualification Royal College of Surgeons of England 2011
MD - Doctorate of Medicine (Research degree) Cardiff University 2009

Additional training

Advanced Pelvic Surgical Oncology Fellowship (Exenterative Surgery) Morriston Hospital, Swansea 2011
Pseudomyxoma/Cytoreductive Surgery Fellowship Pseudomyxoma unit, Basingstoke 2012

GMC registration

Reference number 4435291

Professional bodies (positions held - last 3 yrs)

Emergency Surgery Committee Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland 2019

Details of entry to specialist register

General Surgery , 2012

Affiliations / memberships

Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland
Association of Trauma and Military Surgeons
British Medical Association
South and Mid Wales Cave Rescue Organisation

My private practice

Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)

Procedures completed

H2002
Diagnostic colonoscopy, includes forceps biopsy of colon and ileum - (1-5)

Spire Cardiff Hospital (1-5)
T2000
Primary repair of inguinal hernia - (1-5)

Spire Cardiff Hospital (1-5)
X3510
IV sedation administered by operator - (1-5)

Spire Cardiff Hospital (1-5)
T2400
Repair of umbilical/paraumbilical hernia (irrespective of age) - (1-5)

Spire Cardiff Hospital (1-5)
T2781
Repair of epigastric hernia - (1-5)

Spire Cardiff Hospital (1-5)
H2503
Therapeutic sigmoidoscopy with snare loop biopsy or excision of lesion - (1-5)

Spire Cardiff Hospital (1-5)
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