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Specialises in

• Hand & Wrist

• Shoulder & Elbow

Offers

• Face-to-face consultations
• Video and telephone consultations

About me

Mr David Shields is a Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital and Honorary Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Glasgow. His clinical areas of interest are complex upper limb injuries, sports injuries and limb reconstruction.
Mr Shields' primary medical degree was from the University of Glasgow in 2009, with subsequent post graduate degrees in Medical Education (University of Dundee), Trauma Surgery (University of Swansea) and a PhD in Biomedical Engineering (University of Glasgow). He then undertook 3 prestigious fellowships as an AO Trauma Fellow (Bern, Switzerland), then as an Upper Limb Fellow (Wrightington, England) and Trauma & Reconstruction Fellow (Sheffield, England). He is a member of the Orthopaedic Trauma Society, British Elbow and Shoulder Society and is currently on the executive committee for the Bone and Joint Infection Society and the research sub-committee for the British Limb Reconstruction Society.
As an Honorary Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Glasgow, Mr Shields maintains an active role in research having published a multitude of peer review articles. He is an editor for McRae's Orthopaedic textbook and regularly presents at international conferences. Additionally, he currently receives academic funding from Medical Research Scotland, Engineering and Physical Science Research Council and Medical Research Council. He leads a research group and supervises PhD students, a masters student, research associates and clinical research fellows.

Areas of interest

Injuries and degenerate conditions of the shoulder, elbow, wrist & hand. Arthroscopic shoulder surgery; shoulder replacement surgery; surgery for rotator cuff problems; sports injuries to the shoulder; management of shoulder dislocations and frozen shoulder; stiff elbow; numbness of the upper limb; hand & wrist injuries