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 Director of Breast Surgery at Cromwell Hospital, chairman of the cancer board, and involved in developing the service more widely with innovation and new opportunities.