Professor Alun Davies

Professor Alun Davies is a highly respected consultant vascular surgeon of international renown based in London.  He specialises in varicose veins, thread veins, deep vein thrombosis, leg ulcers, carotid artery disease, aneurysms, claudication, hyperhidrosis, abdominal wall and groin hernia. Mr Davies is a world expert in the management of arterial and venous disorders. 

Professor Davies studied for his initial academic degree at the Univeristy of Cambridge before continuing his studies for several years at the University of Oxford, finally obtaining a Doctor of Medicine degree amongst several other qualifications. He gained a wealth of experience undergoing further training at several hospitals across the UK and also at Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA. His took up his first consultancy position in 1994 at Charing Cross Hospital and has been offering excellent patient care ever since. Today, Professor Davies is an honorary consultant surgeon for the Imperial College NHS Trust and Chelsea and the Westminster NHS Trust. He is additonally the clinical director of Imperial Private Healthcare.

Additional to his clinical responsibilities, Professor Davies holds the esteemed position of professor of vascular surgery within Imperial College London's medical faculty, imparting his expertise to numerous trainees every year. He is also editor of Phlebology, the singular English language academic journal dealing with venous disease internationally, as well as editor-in-chief of Venous News, an international newspaper for vein specialists, the first of its kind.  He has won a myriad of awards throughout his illustrious career, most recently the Order of Phlebology Medal for excellence in his clinical resarch in 2011,  the Lifetime award from the Australasian College of Phlebology in 2015 and the Medal of Distinction for Education UIP in 2018. 

Professor Davies is actively involved in research in the vascular field and has written extensively on many aspects of venous and arterial disease in peer-reviewed journals. He is chairman of the Varicose Vein Guideline Group for the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE), president of the European Venous Forum and additonally forms an integral part of many other professional bodies in his field of expertise such as the American College of Phlebology and the European Society of Vascular Surgery.