MA MB MChir LRCP FRCS FRCS (Gen Surg) FEBS(C) FASCRS
Colorectal cancer, inflammatory bowel disease
Undergraduate medical student teaching, including professionalism, and postgraduate surgical training (educational supervisor)
Patey Prize, John of Arderne Medal
Select books and book chapters
Ellis and Calne’s Lecture Notes in General Surgery (14th Edition), (Eds: Chris Watson and Justin Davies). Wiley Blackwell 2023
Surgeon’s Guide to Anaesthesia and Perioperative Care. (Eds: Jane Sturgess, Justin Davies and Kamen Valchanov). Cambridge University Press 2014
Dean M, Colquhoun A, Featherstone P, Fearnhead N S, Davies R J. Minimising morbidity following pelvic exenteration. In: Surgical management of advanced pelvic cancers (Eds: Kelly, Winter). Wiley and Sons (in press)
Buczacki S J, Davies R J. The acute abdomen. In: Oxford Textbook of Medicine. (Eds: Warrell D, Cox T, Firth J). Oxford University Press 2020 Vol 2 p. 2765-2770
Buczacki S J, Davies R J. The acute abdomen in cardiac ICU. In: Core Topics in Cardiothoracic Critical Care. (Eds: Valcanov, Jones, Hogue). Cambridge University Press 2018 p. 294-300
Morton J, Davies R J. Anal Cancer and sentinel node biopsy. In: Coloproctology A Practical Guide. (Eds: Beynon, Evans, Harris, Davis). Springer 2017. p. 179-208
Powar M, Davies R J. Patient selection for ileoanal pouch surgery. In: The ileoanal pouch: A practical guide for surgery, management and trouble-shooting. (Eds: Warusavitarne J, Perry-Woodford Z). Springer 2019 p. 15-29
Dean M, Davies R J. Enhanced recovery after emergency colorectal surgery. In: Emergency surgical management of colorectal cancer (Eds: De Angelis, Di Saverio, Brunetti). Springer 2019 p.137-146
Select publications
Simillis C, Khatri A, Dai N, Afxentiou T, Powar M, Jephcott C, Smith S, Jadon R, Papamichael D, Khan J, Fearnhead N S, Wheeler J, Davies R J. A systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials comparing neoadjuvant treatment strategies for stage II and III rectal cancer. Critical Reviews in Oncology/Haematology 2023 (in press)
COVIDSurg Collaborative (including Davies R J as Principal Investigator) Elective cancer surgery in COVID-19 free surgical pathways during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: An international, multi-centre, comparative cohort study. Journal of Clinical Oncology 2020 doi: 10.1200/JCO.20.01933.
Ashcroft J, Byrne M, Brennan P, Davies R J. Preparing medical students for a pandemic: A systematic review of student disaster training programmes. BMJ Postgraduate Medical Journal 2020 doi: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2020-137906.
Bromham N, Kallioinen M, Hoskin P, Davies R J, on behalf of the NICE Colorectal Cancer Guideline Committee. Colorectal cancer: summary of NICE guidance. British Medical Journal 2020; 368:m461 doi: 10.1136/bmj.m461.
Gavrilidis P, Davies R J, Biondi A, Wheeler J, Testini M, Carcano G, Di Saverio S. Laparoscopic versus open complete mesocolic excision (CME): A systematic review by updated meta-analysis. Updates in Surgery 2020; 72: 639-648
Buczacki S, Davies R J. The confounding effects of tumour heterogeneity and cellular plasticity on personalised surgical management of colorectal cancer. Colorectal Disease 2014; 16: 329-331
Buczacki S, Davies R J. Colon resection - is standard technique adequate? Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America 2014; 23: 25-34
Davies R J, O’Connor B I, Victor C, MacRae H M, Cohen Z, McLeod R S. A prospective evaluation of sexual function and quality of life following ileal pouch-anal anastomosis. Diseases of the Colon and Rectum 2008; 51: 1032-1035
Davies R J, Miller R, Coleman N. Colorectal cancer screening: prospects for molecular stool analysis. Nature Reviews Cancer 2005; 5: 199-209
Davies R J, Freeman A, Morris L, Bingham S, Dilworth S, Scott I S, Laskey R, Miller R, Coleman N. Analysis of minichromosome maintenance proteins as a novel method for detection of colorectal cancer in stool. Lancet 2002; 359: 1917-1919