Mr Alex Cowey

Orthopaedics, Hand Surgery

Professional profile

Mr Cowey is a Consultant Orthopaedic and Hand Surgeon who specialises in hand surgery.

Since graduating from Manchester University and completing his basic surgical training, Mr Cowey has undertaken Higher Surgical Training in Orthopaedics and Trauma in 'Oswestry' (a national and international centre for orthopaedic training).

He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in Trauma and Orthopaedic in 2007 and subsequently undertook a highly specialised training fellowship in Hand Surgery in Manchester and Wrightington working and learning from some of the best hand surgeons in the UK. In 2009 he was awarded a Diploma in Hand Surgery by the British Society for Surgery of the Hand; a society he is a member of along with the British Orthopaedic Association.

Mr Cowey has lectured both nationally and internationally in hand surgery and in 2010 joins the AO faculty - an internationally recognised authority in trauma surgery.

Current NHS or research position

Consultant Orthopaedic and Hand Surgeon at the Royal United Hospital, Bath and the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases

Year of first medical qualification

Special clinical interests

• Hand and Elbow Surgery

• Orthopaedic Trauma

Research interests

Advancing the quality of Hand Surgery

Current membership(s) of professional, national and regional bodies

• British Orthopaedic Association

• British Society for the Surgery of the Hand