Meet Mr Giles Davies, Consultant Breast Surgeon

Tell us about your role as a Consultant Breast Surgeon at Cromwell Hospital.

My role as Consultant Breast Surgeon involves clinics, where I assess patients and, if required, offer them mammography and ultrasounds with results delivered immediately.

Patients are referred to us with symptoms, or having had a recall from a routine mammogram. Most of these patients are reassured immediately but a small number are diagnosed with breast cancer. This then leads on to the other half of my job, which is around breast surgery.

I am an Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon, which means I am trained in surgical oncology. This involves removing breast cancer and reconstructing the breast using plastic surgical techniques, such as flaps and implants.

A large part of my role involves coordinating and leading a large multidisciplinary team of specialist nurses, radiologists and oncology colleagues who deliver chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

I'm also a chairman of the cancer board at the Cromwell Hospital, and involved in developing the service more widely with innovation and new opportunities.