FRCS: Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England 1985
MChir : (Master of Surgery) University of Cambridge 1991
Hunterian Professor, Royal College of Surgeons 1992
NHS National Clinical Excellence Award 2013
Biography
Mr David Rew qualified in Medicine and Surgery in 1981 at King’s College Hospital in South London. He trained in General Surgery in London and Wessex, particularly in Southampton from 1989 to 1994. From 1994 to 1999, Mr Rew was a Senior Lecturer in General Surgery at Glenfield Hospital in Leicester.
In 1999, he became a full-time NHS Consultant General Surgeon in Southampton, specialising in breast and endocrine surgeries, performing around 5000 breast operations, 1000 thyroid operations, and numerous other procedures. He also served in the military from 1975 to 2018, with deployments in the Gulf and Afghanistan, and were awarded the QVRM in 2015.
Nationally, Mr Rew served on executive boards of surgical associations, and internationally, he was Editor in Chief of the European Journal of Surgical Oncology (2003-2009). Since 2009, he has been the Subject Chair for Medicine on the SCOPUS Advisory Board and contributed to digital health information systems at University Hospital Southampton. Mr Hew was appointed Visiting Professor at Southampton Solent University in 2017.
Retiring from full-time NHS surgery in 2022 and from endocrine surgery in 2023, he continued sessional work at Royal South Hants Hospital, performing over 300 operations since 2022. He remains involved in NHS digital transformation, academic publishing, and global travel.
Mr Rew joined the Practice Plus Group Hospital, Southampton consultant panel in 2022.
