Professional profile
Tim Davis qualified from Bristol University 1979. He
trained as an Orthopaedic Surgeon in the North-East, where he
worked in Newcastle, Sunderland, Middlesbrough and Durham. He
also spent a year at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, USA
where he developed his interest in Hand Surgery.
He was appointed as a Senior Lecturer in Trauma and Orthopaedic
Surgery at Nottingham University with Honorary Consultant status in
1991. He took up his present NHS post as a Consultant
Orthopaedic and Hand Surgeon at the Nottingham University Hospitals
(and subsequently in the Nottingham Treatment Centre) in 1994.
Tim was appointed as a Special Professor in Trauma and
Orthopaedic Surgery at Nottingham University in 1999 and was Editor
of the Journal of Hand Surgery, (British and European Volume)
during 2000-4.
He was President of the British Society for Surgery of the Hand
in 2009 and is presently chairman of the Society's research and
Audit committee. Tim sees and treats both NHS and private
patients at the Treatment Centre.
Personal profile
Tim is an enthusiastic, though social, cyclist, swimmer and
walker.
Current NHS or research position
Consultant Hand Surgeon
Year of first medical qualification
1980
Special clinical interests
- Scaphoid fractures and wrist problems
- Dupuytren's disease
- Osteoarthritis of the thumb, fingers and wrist
- Carpal tunnel
Research interests
Tim Davis has published papers on the treatment of fractures of
the wrist and hand, Dupuytren's disease, hand osteoarthritis and
other hand conditions. He was awarded a Hunterian Lectureship
on the treatment of scaphoid fractures by the Royal College of
Surgeons of England in 2011.
Current membership(s) of professional, national and regional bodies
- British Society for Surgery of the Hand
- British Orthopaedic Association