Consultants

Mr Sandeep Hemmadi

Sandeep Hemmadi is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon (Medically qualified Doctor) who specialises in Adult Foot and Ankle Surgery and Children’s Orthopaedic Surgery.

His specialist interests include surgical correction of bunions using the Scarf procedure, ankle arthroscopies (key hole surgery), ankle replacements, Lateral ligament reconstructions of the Ankle and Corrective surgery for Flat foot.

Sandeep works with Specialist Musculoskeletal Radiologists to offer his patients the most appropriate imaging to help make an accurate diagnosis. He also works with a team of experienced podiatrists and physiotherapists to achieve optimal post operative rehabilitation. Experience has taught him that patients really appreciate the time spent in explaining their problems to them using drawings, slides, videos and models so that they can make an informed choice regarding their own management.

Sandeep has successfully treated foot and ankle problems both conservatively and surgically in elite track and field athletes. He has also treated sportsmen from Cardiff City Football Club, Glamorgan Cricket Club and the Welsh Badminton Union.

Sandeep is a member of the faculty on MSc Course in Bioengineering at Cardiff University. He regularly teaches on the National surgical training programme for orthopaedic trainees. He is on the Faculty of the International Graf course for ultrasound scanning of baby hips. Over the years he has published in various National and International medical journals. He is a member of the British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society and the British society for children’s orthopaedic surgery.

In 1999 he was appointed as a Consultant to the University Hospital of Wales Cardiff. This is a large teaching hospital and tertiary referral centre in the Capital City of Wales. He is also an Honorary Clinical tutor at The Welsh National School of Medicine. He obtained his Medical degree from Bombay University in 1999 and went on to do his postgraduate degree in Trauma and Orthopaedics at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital. He then worked as a Senior Lecturer there gaining extensive surgical experience in managing complex trauma and performing Children’s Orthopaedic Surgery. He then underwent further Higher Surgical Training for 6 years on the All Wales training Programme. He obtained his FRCS from Glasgow and the FRCS (Tr&Orth) from the intercollegiate Board in Edinburgh. He completed his CCST in 1999.He did his Fellowship at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto Canada where he further improved his surgical skills and decision making before returning to a Consultant job in Cardiff.

Dr Colin Long

Dr Long is a Consultant Dermatologist at Cardiff & the Vale NHS Trust and also works at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital. He is interested in all aspects of Dermatology including the management of inflammatory skin disorders (rashes) such as eczema, psoriasis, urticaria and acne as well as the surgical treatment of benign and malignant skin tumours. 

Dr Long currently holds the following positions:

Consultant Dermatologist: Cardiff & the Vale NHS Trust, Cwm Taf NHS Trust, Lecturer in Dermatology, Cardiff University, Clinical Lead in Audit, Directorate of Dermatology Cardiff & the Vale NHS Trust

Qualifications and memberships:

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, Member of the British Association of Dermatologists, Registered with the General Medical Council as a Specialist in Dermatology.
 

Mr Robert Skyrme

Rob from Talgarth in Mid Wales is a Welsh speaker, who graduated from The University Of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff  in 1994. His basic surgical training was in South Wales. His urological training was carried out in South Wales.

Since his appointment as consultant urologist at the Princess of Wales hospital in Bridgend he has established a continence service based in the urology unit, but has outpatient sessions at Neath Port Talbot hospital and community based clinics throughout the ABM trust. He is actively involved in training of junior doctors.

Along with three other colleagues he has now developed a urological partnership – ‘Glamorgan Urology’, based on sub-specialist urological skills, that they will deliver at Vale Healthcare, Cardiff Bay.

Mr Phill Thomas

Mr Paul Rhys Davies

Mr Paul Rhys Davies is a senior spinal surgeon in South Wales. Mr Davies is Cardiff born, trained at Westminster Medical School, London before moving on to St Thomas` Hospital for general surgery. His spinal surgical training was carried out at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in London, the N.O.C. Oxford and at the Queens Medical Centre Spine unit in Nottingham. He was awarded a specialist scoliosis travelling fellowship to Minneapolis in the USA and also visited the spine unit in Berck, France as an addition. The breadth of his training as you can see is vast and he has picked up all the best techniques from each of these centres on the way! Mr Davies is a Fellow of the Royal College of  Surgeons (London) and is a Council member of the British Scoliosis Society.

Mr Davies was the first whole time fellowship trained spinal surgeon to be appointed in Wales over ten years ago. Since his appointment to UHW and Llandough, the spinal unit in Cardiff has grown and developed into one of the top spinal units in the UK and now has both a national and international reputation for excellence in the treatment of spinal pathologies. Mr Davies is the senior member of the department and has been seminal in the evolution of the unit over the last ten years. The department now has five fully trained spinal surgeons and is one of the busiest units in the country.

The Cardiff spine unit, spearheaded by Mr Davies, has international recognition particularly in the field of pioneering state of the art surgery and research in basic sciences and clinical fields. It also has European recognition for the training of future spinal surgeons and is one of two centres in the UK with the European Reference licence. This means visitation and training of spinal fellows from both home and worldwide. Indeed Mr Davies has trained most of his own department at one time or other!

Cardiff now has such a reputation for spines that in 2006 Mr Davies and the unit were asked to host the Britspine meeting, the biggest spinal meeting in the UK involving all four of the main spine societies. This was duly organised by the local unit at the CIA with Mr Davies as the host chairman and was a great success.

Mr Paul Rhys Davies is regularly invited to lecture and operate at other centres in both the UK and abroad and is recognised as being an international thought leader particularly on new and innovative spinal techniques and clinical management of spinal conditions. He has operated abroad in countries such as Germany and Spain and recently carried out major scoliosis surgery on an orphan boy from Swaziland in Africa as a charity case within the Trust. Find out more about Scoliosis treatment at Vale Healthcare

Mr Stuart Quine

Mr Graham Roblin

Mr Stuart James

Mr Stuart James is a consultant spinal surgeon based in the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff. He undertook his medical training in Southampton University, before returning home to Wales. Here he undertook his basic surgical training and also specialist training in Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, before undergoing further sub-specialist training in Spine Surgery.

Stuart has completed a recognised spine fellowship in Bristol, where he has gained extensive experience in all aspects of spinal disease, from trauma and tumour work through to adult and paediatric complex deformity. Further exposure and training in cutting edge contemporary spinal techniques has been gained in Europe and the USA.

Mr James’s practice is solely in the field of spine surgery. The services that he provides include injection therapies as well as all aspects of open spine surgery. Areas of specific interest include, sports injuries, adult degenerative spinal disease, cervical disease, deformity, motion preservation surgery and microscopic assisted minimally invasive techniques.

Mr James is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, and also a member British Association of Spine Surgeons and British Scoliosis Society. He has an active role in teaching, being an Honorary Lecturer at the University of Wales, and also AO spine faculty member as well as a tutor on the Royal College of Surgeons surgical skills and Orthopaedics courses.His research interests are in the role of minimally invasive surgery and its relationship to improved clinical outcomes.

Outside of Spine surgery, his interest are in sports particularly rugby, golf and tennis. He also enjoys traveling and family life. 

Mr Geoffrey Shone

Geoffrey Shone has been an Ear Nose and Throat (ENT) consultant at the University Hospital of Wales Cardiff since 1990 and has huge experience of a wide range of ENT disorders.

He trained in Cambridge, London, Cardiff, and in Michigan, USA.

Geoff has been the senior ENT surgeon in Cardiff for the last 5 years, and his roles have included Clinical Director of the department, audit lead, lead head and neck cancer surgeon at the hospital, Welsh Regional Advisor in ENT for the Royal College of Surgeons, and chair of the Head and Neck section of the Wales Cancer Services Coordinating Group.

With many ENT problems there are different types of treatment available, whether it be surgical or non-surgical; Geoff believes strongly in giving patients the information they need to choose what treatment they prefer, and in avoiding surgery if possible.

Geoff’s special interests include sinusitis, skull base surgery and head and neck cancer surgery, but the majority of his work involves counselling patients in the wide variety of general and common ENT problems such as nasal blockage and sinusitis, tinnitus, hearing loss, throat problems, and dizziness.  

Mr Vijay Singh

Vijay Singh is a General ENT Surgeon, with a sub-speciality interest and experience in Rhinology (nasal medicine and surgery), Dysphagia (swallowing disorders) and Snoring & Sleep Apnoea.

 In Rhinology, Vijay has considerable experience in Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery (FESS) and its extended applications such as the endoscopic treatment of epistaxis (nose bleeds), in addition to routine nasal surgery. He also carries out cosmetic nasal surgery by the closed Rhinoplasty technique.