Prof. Andrew Davies graduated from Edinburgh University and subsequently undertook his higher surgical training in several leading London teaching hospitals, including King’s College liver unit, the Royal Marsden, and St. Thomas’ hospitals. During his training, he was awarded two prestigious laparoscopic surgery fellowships at UPMC, Pittsburg, USA, and Unitas MC, Pretoria, SA. He received his Ph.D. in medicine on the staging and management of oesophageal cancer from King's College London. Now he is a consultant general and upper gastrointestinal surgeon at Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. His private practice is based at the London Bridge Hospital in London. He is also on the committee of ISDE (International Society of Diseases of the Oesophagus) and the editorial board of the British Journal of Surgery. His specialist areas include hernia repair (including open and keyhole surgery techniques), gallstones (cholecystectomy), and acid reflux/gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD). In addition, Mr. Davies performs endoscopy and a wide range of general surgery procedures, including skin lumps and bumps.
on behalf of the Spanish EURECCA Esophagogastric Cancer Group and the European GASTRODATA Study Group