Sean O'Leary and Nev Davies
Mr Sean O'Leary
Sean underwent basic medical training at Cambridge University and St Mary's Hospital Medical school. After undergoing Orthopaedic Speciality training on the North West Thames programme he completed a Fellowship year in Australia (2000) specialising in knee and shoulder surgery. He has been a Consultant at The Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading since January 2002.
Sport and sports injuries have played a significant role in his life:
Athletics (National schools 400m hurdles)
Basketball (National League - Plymouth Raiders)
Rugby (Wasps 1984-92, Barbarians, England B)
Indoor Rowing (British Indoor Rowing Championship - 4th 1999 & 2005)
Cycling (On and off road)
He now specialises on all aspects of knee surgery including arthroscopic treatments, ligament reconstruction and partial / total joint replacement. Given his background he has a keen interest in sports knee injuries and their management. The facilities at Circle Reading hospital allow X-ray, MRI, physiotherapy and brace fitting to be done on site, often the same day if there is an urgent need.
He is particularly interested in the 'young' arthritic knee and the evolving joint preserving techniques to manage such patients. He is also interested in the outcome of all major surgical procedures and has established databases of proven outcome scores. The results of this work is presented in the 'Outcomes of Surgery' section and in the various patient information booklets which have been written for all procedures. These scores allow comparison to established national standards - where they exist - and also illustrate the time and pattern of recovery certain interventions may follow.
■Primary Medical Qualifications: MB, BChir (Cambridge)
■GMC number: 3328004 (Date of full registration: 01/08/1990)
■Surgical qualifications: London (FRCS) & Edinburgh (FRCS Ed) 1994
■Specialty qualification: Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery (FRCS Tr & Orth) 1999
In January 2013 he was joined by Nev Davies who brings a special interest and expertise in children’s and adolescent knee conditions as well as treating adult knee problems.
Mr Nev Davies
Mr Nev Davies underwent his basic medical training at St. Mary's Hospital in London. He qualified in 2000 and after Basic Surgical Training in and around London he moved to Oxford, and spent 6 years on the Oxford Orthopaedic Training programme. He developed an interest in adult knee surgery and trauma as well as childrens orthopaedics for which he spent a year on a specialist fellowship in Sydney, under the wing of Assistant Professor David Little. Outside work, Nev is a keen golfer and has represented his home club Frilford Heath in the Oxfordshire Scratch league for the last 4 years. His other passion is supporting the Welsh Rugby Team and often travels down the M4 to Cardiff to watch them play. Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon - Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading. Unicompartmental Knee Replacement Children's Reported Outcome Measures in Orthopaedics, Telescopic Growing Rods in Children.
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
On his return from Australia in September 2010, he began working at the Royal Berkshire Hospital and was appointed as a substantive consultant in November 2011. He has been involved in teaching and research throughout his career and has presented at International meetings and published work in peer reviewed journals.
He has written 2 books on orthopaedics both published by Oxford University Press.
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Year of first medical qualification 2000
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Current membership(s) of professional, national and regional bodies
British Orthopaedic Association (BOA)
British Society of Childrens Orthopaedic Surgeons (BSCOS)
British Medical Association (BMA)