External resources
- Spire Cardiff Hospital Profile Page: http://www.spirehealthcare.com/cardiff/our-facilities-treatments-and-consultants/our-consultants/lt-col-leigh-davies/
- Association of Coloproctology Profile Page: https://www.acpgbi.org.uk/patients/surgeon-directory/ACP01054/leigh-davies/
- Cardiff Colorectal Website: http://www.cardiffcolorectal.com
- Linkedin Profile Page: https://uk.linkedin.com/pub/leigh-davies/67/166/267
- Cardiff & Vale University Health Board News Page: http://www.cardiffandvaleuhb.wales.nhs.uk/news/28595
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