Consultant Hip Surgeon

Mr Davidson is a fellowship-trained Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon with a specialist interest in hip surgery, sickle cell disease, metastatic cancer in the hip and pelvis, and general trauma.

Mr Jerome Davidson, Consultant Orthopaedic Hip Surgeon, is currently based at Guy’s and St Thomas’s NHS Trust and sees patients privately in clinics across Central London and Essex. He is highly specialised in performing hip surgery – including minimally invasive hip replacements, complex and high-risk hip joint replacements (arthroplasty) and revision hip replacements (managing hip replacements when they fail). He works with the Guy’s Cancer Centre performing operations on metastatic cancer of the hip and pelvis. He also leads the Sickle Hip Service at Guy’s & St Thomas’s Hospitals.

Mr Davidson qualified in Medicine from the prestigious King’s College London, before undergoing specialist orthopaedic training in the Guy’s and St Thomas Hospital registrar rotation – one of the busiest orthopaedic departments in London.

During his training, he undertook a dual fellowship abroad with the Bone Tumour Unit at the RNOH (UK) and the Royal Adelaide Hospital (Australia), focusing on adult reconstruction and joint arthroplasty. He completed additional fellowships with the British Orthopaedic Association and the European Musculoskeletal Oncology Society. He also gained invaluable experience in some of the most highly regarded units across Europe during this period, including the Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute (Bologna, Italy) and Leiden University Medical Centre (Leiden, Netherlands) where he gained further experience in complex reconstruction techniques.

He has completed a postgraduate diploma in Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery from the University of Brighton as well as Masters in Surgical Technology from Imperial College London.

Mr Davidson is also an eminent and active member of the research community, with numerous publications in medical journals. In 2019 he won the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeon (AAOS) video prize for his work on Reconstruction of Severe Acetabular Defects at Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty.

He has presented his research widely, with over 50 national & international presentations, and is regularly invited to speak about hip arthroplasty outcomes at medical conferences and meetings. Mr Davidson’s current research focus is on the outcomes related to high-risk hip arthroplasty and as such he is currently enrolled in a PhD at King’s College London.

In addition to his clinical commitments, Mr Davidson also has a Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education from the University of Cambridge and is an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at King’s College London, where he is very actively involved in the undergraduate teaching programme. He is also a member of the Faculty of Surgical Trainers (FST) at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, where he is regularly involved in the training of junior and senior orthopaedic trainees.

Most recently, in 2022 he was appointed as the Regional Director for the Royal College of Surgeons of England for London – South.

Mr Davidson has an interest in medical law and negligence, and he has a Master’s in Laws from the Cardiff School of Law, Cardiff University.

This wide breadth of training and research means that Mr Davidson is able to use the most up-to-date evidenced based practice to inform and treat his patients. He has a compassionate and holistic approach and is held in very high regard amongst his colleagues and patients. He has an incredible ability to make is patients feel at ease, while also providing the highest level of care.

 

 

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