Mr David McArthur, Colorectal Surgeon
Mr David McArthur
Colorectal Surgeon
Mr David McArthur
Colorectal Surgeon
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Address
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The Harborne Hospital, part of HCA Healthcare UK
Mindelsohn Way, Birmingham, B15 2FQ
Heart Of England NHS Foundation Trust
Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Bordesley Green East, Birmingham, West Midlands, B9 5ST
About Mr David McArthur
GMC number: 4502757
Year qualified: 1998
Place of primary qualification: University of Birmingham
David McArthur is a Consultant General Surgeon at The Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust. He qualified in 1998 at Birmingham University with Honours in Surgery. In between junior and senior house-jobs in the Midlands, he lectured in anatomy at Birmingham University. He subsequently undertook a period of research into the pathogenesis of colorectal cancer and submitted a thesis for which he was awarded an MD by Warwick University.
After registrar training in the West Midlands, he secured an Association of Coloproctology of GB&I Fellowship in Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery at Leeds, working with Peter Sagar, gaining considerable experience of advanced laparoscopic techniques, including ileo-anal pouches.
On completion of training, David McArthur took up post as Consultant Surgeon in July 2011. He has had a key role in advancing laparoscopic colorectal surgery at Heartlands Hospital and setting up a service for patients with locally advanced and recurrent rectal cancer. He is on the teaching faculty of a number of postgraduate courses and has a continuing interest in clinical research.
Areas of expertise
- Colorectal Surgery