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About Mr David Shields
Personal Profile
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.
Clinical Interests
- Shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand surgery
- Sports surgery
- Arthritis
- Fractures
- Tendon Surgery
- Shoulder & elbow surgery/arthroscopy
- Shoulder stabilisation
- Shoulder replacement
- Shoulder fractures
- Rotator cuff repair
- Shoulder impingement & frozen shoulder
- Tennis & Golfers elbow
- Upper limb numbness
- Steroid injections
Professional Memberships
- British Elbow and Shoulder Society
- Orthopaedic Trauma Society
- Bone and Joint Infection Society
- British Limb Reconstruction Society
