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Professor Andrew Davies

Prof Consultant of Palliative Medicine (Clinical Medicine)

 andavies@tcd.ie

 


Biography

Professor Andrew Davies is Professor of Palliative Medicine at Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin, and Our Lady's Hospice in Dublin. His undergraduate training was at St. George's Hospital Medical School (University of London), and postgraduate (specialty) training in Palliative Medicine was undertaken in London and Surrey. His clinical / research interests encompass supportive care (in cancer), palliative care, and end-of-life care. Current research projects involve cancer-related anorexia, opioid-induced constipation, symptom assessment, deprescribing, circadian rhythm disorders, remote patient monitoring (photoplethysmography), and clinically-assisted hydration. He is Immediate Past President of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, and Past-President of the Association for Palliative Medicine of Great Britain and Ireland.

Research Tags

  Clinical research, trials   End-of-life   End-of-life care   Medical Sciences, Research   Medical technology   Oral diseases and Oral medicine   Oral microbiology   Pain measurement, pain relief, pain recovery   PALLIATION   PALLIATIVE   Palliative and end of life care   Palliative care   PALLIATIVE CARE   Palliative Medicine   Saliva and Salivary gland   Supportive care

Research Projects

 A cluster randomised trial of clinically-assisted hydration in patients in the last days of life (CHELsea II trial)
 An observational study of diagnostic criteria, clinical features and management of opioid-induced constipation (OIC) in European patients with cancer pain
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Memberships

Membership of Professional Institutions, Associations, Societies

Details Date From Date To
Fellow of Royal College of Physicians (London) 05/2004 Current
Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer 07/2006 Current
Hayes J, Bruera E, Crawford G, Fleury M, Santos M, Thompson J, Davies A, Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) expert opinion / guidance on the use of clinically-assisted hydration in patients with advanced cancer, Supportive Care in Cancer, 32, (4), 2024, p228 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Davies A, Barry C, Barclay S, Uncertainties: What is the role of clinically-assisted hydration in the last days of life?, British Medical Journal, 380, 2023, pe072116 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Gouldthorpe C, Ancoli-Israel S, Cash E, Innominato P, Jakobsen G, Lévi F, Miaskowski C, Parganiha A, Pati AK, Pereira DB, Revell V, Zeitzer JM, Davies A, International e-Delphi consensus recommendations for the assessment and diagnosis of circadian rest-activity rhythm disorders (CARDs) in patients with cancer, Cancers, 15, 2023, p3784 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Power J, Gouldthorpe C, Davies A, Vital signs in palliative care: a scoping review, Cancers, 15, 2023, p4651 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Walsh M, Fagan N, Davies A, Xerostomia in patients with advanced cancer: a scoping review of clinical features and complications, BMC Palliative Care, 22, 2023, p178 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Barry C, Paes P, Noble S, Davies A, Challenges to delivering evidence-based palliative medicine, Clinical Medicine, 23, 2023, p182-4 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Webber K, Davies AN, Leach C, Waghorn M, Symptom prevalence and severity in palliative cancer medicine, BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, 13, 2023, pe270-2 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Cleary N, Guerin S, Fagan N, Davies A, The Oral Symptom Assessment Scale (OSAS): criterion validation with the EORTC QLQ-OH15 and reliability testing, Supportive Care in Cancer, 31, 2023, p647 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Gouldthorpe C, Power J, Taylor A, Davies A, Specialist palliative for patients with cancer: more than end-of-life care, Cancers, 15, 2023, p3551 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Davies A, Leach C, Butler C, Patel SD, Shorthose K, Batsari KM, Opioid-induced constipation: a stepwise treatment algorithm feasibility study, BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, 13, 2023, pE446-53 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
  

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Awards and Honours

Award Date
FRCP 05/2004

Research Interests

Description Of Research Interests

Research interests: 1) Supportive care in cancer; 2) Palliative care; 3) End-of-life care; 4) Cancer survivorship; 5) Cancer pain; 6) Cancer symptoms; 7) Adverse effects cancer treatment; 8) Clinically-assisted hydration; 9) Opioid-induced constipation; 10) Cancer-related anorexia / cachexia; 11) Circadian rhythm disorders; 12) Remote patient monitoring; 13) Symptom assessment; 14) Deprescribing