Consultant Profile

Professor David Berry

Name:

Professor David Berry MB BCh, MD, FRCS(Gen), FRCS(Eng)

Practising at:

Spire Cardiff Hospital

Specialties:

General surgery
- Pancreatic and biliary surgery
- Liver disease

Special clinical interests:

General Surgery
Gall stones
ERCP Liver disease (including tumours, jaundice and abnormal LFT’s,)
Biliary and pancreatic disease
Laparoscopic surgery
Hernia

Research interests:

Colorectal Liver metastases
Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition
Chemoprevention
Radioembolisation
Pancreatic cancer - Notch signalling

Current NHS and /or university posts:

Consultant Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgeon, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff

Year of first medical qualification:

1987

Current membership(s) of professional, national and regional bodies:

GMC, Royal College of Surgeons of England, AUGIS,
Association of Surgeons
GB+I, Pancreatic Society
GB+I, AUGIS (Chair of Audit and member of Executive),
GB+IHPBA (Executive committee), EHPBA, IHPBA
Specialist Advisor to NICE

Contact Details

Telephone number to make a private appointment:

029 2073 6011

Background Information

Professional profile:

I graduated from the University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff in 1987 and after PRHO posts in Cardiff and Newport, demonstrated anatomy in Leeds before returning to South Wales and Bristol as an SHO. Iwas a Research Registrar in Cardiff before moving to Nottingham. I subsequently trained in Adelaide, Australia and at Memorial Sloane Kettering Cancer Centre, New York. I was appointed as a Consultant Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgeon in Leicester in 1999 before moving to Cardiff in 2011. My interests are all aspects of Liver, biliary and pancreatic surgery with particular emphasis on laparoscopic cancer surgery.

I have an active research programme focused on the basic biology and treatment of colorectal liver metastases and pancreatic cancer and have published over 200 peer review papers. I hold National offices at the Association of Upper GI Surgeons of GB+I where I am Chair of the audit committee. I sit on the Executive committee of the GB+I HPB Association and on the HPB groups of the NCRI and the NCIN. I am also a specialist advisor to NICE. I sit on the trial management groups of several national trials.

Personal profile:

I have always been very keen on sport, playing numerous representative sports but with a young family my sporting pursuits these days are normally conducted from the touchline! My current sporting interests skiing and golf (handicap 8) and am always keen to explore new courses.