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About Mr Nev Davies
Personal Profile
Mr Nev Davies is a Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon specialising in adult knee surgery and children’s orthopaedics. He treats knee problems across the age spectrum, from children and teenage athletes with sports injuries through to adults with ligament, meniscal and cartilage injuries and patients with knee arthritis.
His specialist knee interests include ACL injuries and reconstruction, revision ACL surgery, meniscal injuries and repair, patellofemoral instability and recurrent kneecap dislocation, cartilage injuries, knee preservation and osteotomy, partial knee replacement and total knee replacement.
Nev has particular expertise in children’s and adolescent knee conditions and sports injuries. His combination of children’s orthopaedic and adult knee training gives him particular experience in managing knee problems in young athletes and supporting them through treatment and return to sport.
Nev studied medicine at St Mary’s Hospital Medical School in London and completed an intercalated BSc in Neuroscience. He undertook his specialist Trauma and Orthopaedic training on the Oxford training programme, followed by a specialist fellowship in children’s orthopaedics at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead in Sydney, Australia.
He works as a Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading.
Paediatric Orthopaedics
Nev has extensive experience in children’s orthopaedics and sees children and young people aged 6–16 at The Princess Margaret Hospital. In addition to children’s knee and sports injuries, he assesses and treats a broad range of general paediatric orthopaedic conditions and, where appropriate, can undertake their surgical treatment at The Princess Margaret.
A team approach to complex knee problems
Nev regularly discusses complex patients within specialist multidisciplinary teams, working with other knee surgeons, musculoskeletal radiologists, sports medicine doctors, physiotherapists and other specialists where appropriate.
This is particularly valuable for complex ligament and meniscal injuries, cartilage problems, joint-preserving surgery, osteotomy and knee replacement, where more than one treatment option may be possible.
A patient-centred approach
Nev believes that good treatment starts with understanding the individual patient rather than simply treating a scan.
He aims to listen carefully, explain the diagnosis in straightforward language and involve patients and families fully in decisions about their treatment.
Surgery is not always the answer. Where appropriate, Nev works closely with specialist physiotherapists and other clinicians to explore non-operative treatment before considering surgery.
When surgery is recommended, the aim is to choose the most appropriate treatment for the individual patient’s age, lifestyle, sporting ambitions and long-term knee health.
Research, education and injury prevention
Alongside his clinical practice, Nev is actively involved in research, education and sports injury prevention. He teaches nationally and internationally on knee surgery and children’s orthopaedics and has contributed to clinical research and peer-reviewed publications.
He is a Trustee and co-founder of Power Up to Play, an injury-prevention initiative working with sporting organisations, schools, clubs and coaches to reduce serious sports injuries, particularly ACL injuries, in children and young athletes.
Nev has also written and edited orthopaedic textbooks published by Oxford University Press.
Second opinions
Nev regularly provides second opinions for complex knee problems in children, adolescents and adults.
These include ACL and revision ACL injuries, meniscal injuries, patellofemoral instability, cartilage problems, joint-preservation decisions, patients considering knee replacement and patients seeking another opinion following previous treatment or surgery.
Outside medicine
Outside medicine, Nev enjoys running, competitive golf and rugby and spends much of his spare time supporting his three sons’ sport.
Nev works closely with his long-standing practice manager, Debbie Rollason, who provides continuity for patients throughout their care.
Clinical Interests
- Sports knee injuries
- ACL injuries in children, adolescents and adults
- ACL reconstruction
- Revision ACL reconstruction
- Meniscal injuries and meniscal repair
- Patellofemoral instability
- Recurrent kneecap dislocation
- Cartilage injuries
- Knee preservation surgery
- Knee osteotomy and realignment
- Knee osteoarthritis
- Partial knee replacement
- Total knee replacement
- Children’s and adolescent knee problems
- Children’s orthopaedics
- Return to sport following knee injury
- Second opinions and complex knee problems
- Paediatric Orthopaedics
Professional Membership
- Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS England)
- British Orthopaedic Association (BOA)https://www.boa.ac.uk/
- British Association for Surgery of the Knee (BASK)
- British Society for Children’s Orthopaedic Surgery (BSCOS)
- British Orthopaedic Sports Trauma and Arthroscopy Association (BOSTAA)
- International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (ISAKOS)
- AO Foundation
