Mr Andrew Davies is a Consultant Orthopaedic Knee Surgeon at Sancta Maria Hospital, Swansea, with over 18 years of consultant experience. He is a subspecialist knee surgeon who qualified from St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, in 1995 and was appointed as a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon in Swansea in 2006. He has published over 20 peer-reviewed papers on knee surgery with over 1,250 citations, and is a founder member of the British Patello-Femoral Society.

Specialist Interests

• Sports knee injuries and ligament reconstruction
• Patello-femoral (kneecap) disorders
• Cartilage surgery
• Re-alignment osteotomy
• Knee replacement (partial and total)
• Complex and revision knee surgery

Conditions Treated and Procedures Offered at Sancta Maria Hospital

• ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) reconstruction
• Meniscal surgery
• Cartilage repair and restoration
• Patello-femoral disorder assessment and surgery
• Re-alignment osteotomy
• Partial knee replacement (unicompartmental)
• Total knee replacement
• Revision knee surgery
• Knee arthroscopy
• Sports knee injury assessment and management

Fellowship Training

Mr Davies undertook fellowship training in Lyon, France with Professor Philippe Neyret, one of Europe’s foremost knee surgeons, and in Canberra, Australia with Dr Peter Morris and Dr Michael Gillespie. These fellowships gave him advanced training in arthroplasty and complex knee reconstruction, and a breadth of international surgical experience that he brings to his practice at Sancta Maria.

Research and Publications

Mr Davies has published over 20 papers in academic journals with over 1,250 citations of his work by other authors. His MD thesis at Bristol University investigated the effects of wear debris from orthopaedic implants. He was awarded a Royal College of Surgeons Research Training Fellowship in 2002 and received a Best Poster award at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons meeting in New Orleans in 2002. He regularly presents his research at national and international orthopaedic meetings.

Professional Memberships

• Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (Orthopaedics) FRCS(Orth)
• British Orthopaedic Association (BOA)
• British Association for Surgery of the Knee (BASK)
• Founder member, British Patello-Femoral Society (BPFS)