Mr Davies is a dedicated paediatric spinal surgeon providing treatment within UHS children’s hospital - looking after 18 year olds and under.

BM, FRCS Ed (Tr and Orth)

Training and education

Undergraduate training at the University of Southampton
Specialist registrar training in Wessex

Fellowships

Mr Davies has undertaken fellowships in Zurich, Switzerland, in Oxford, and at the Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, USA.

Experience

Evan Davies is a Consultant Paediatric Spine Surgeon within the Trust since 2003. He is a Fellowship trained spinal surgeon in the UK, Europe and the USA. As well as his role in Southampton he has the following regional, national and international roles. He is a fellowship trained orthopaedic spinal surgeon with over a decade of experience in spinal care, both operative and non-operative. Mr Davies specialises in complex spinal surgery, especially revision and spinal deformity surgery, scoliosis and kyphosis.

Mr Davies cares for the patient with spinal pathology (abnormalities causing spine problems) from foetal life to older years, but specialises in paediatric and young adult spinal pathology. He has a practice in complex revision spinal surgery and is currently chair of the Regional Training Committee in Orthopaedic Surgery. He serves as the spinal surgeon advisor to the medical advisory committee for the Rugby Football Union. Mr Davies in involved in teaching medical students, junior doctors and senior spinal fellows.

He has been an advisor to NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence). He's a journal reviewer for the Global Spine Journal, Neurosurgery, BMA and the Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons. Mr Davies has been a board member of the European AOSpine and past chair of AOSpine UK, and is currently trustee for the AOFOundation.

Research

Mr Davies has been an invited lecturer on spinal surgery in China, Hong Kong, Russia, South Africa, Europe, the USA and the middle east. Current research projects are specifically looking at the management of the growing spine and adolescent scoliosis. Mr Davies has been involved in multinational trials conducted as part of the trials unit at the University of Southampton. Mr Davies' aim is to help patients make the right decisions for both their own and their families' care in a shared decision making process.

Contact us

You can contact Mr Davies via his secretary Theresa Rigg on 023 8120 5173