Simon Radley graduated from the University of Birmingham in 1985 with Honours in Surgery. He undertook registrar surgical training in general surgery in the West Midlands and went on to complete specialist training at St. Marks Hospital in London. During his registrar surgical training, he also undertook an overseas training fellowship to America visiting Boston, Minneapolis and The Mayo Clinic.
On completion of his registrar surgical training Simon took up a post as Senior Lecturer in Surgery at Birmingham University and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham subsequently being appointed to the post of Consultant Surgeon in April 2002. As a consultant, he has played a key role in introducing laparoscopic colorectal surgery to The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and to Circle The Priory Hospital.
Simon has been the Clinical Service Lead for General and Gastrointestinal surgery at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Simon is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Simon has a special interest in pelvic floor problems. He was instrumental in setting up one of the first combined pelvic floor clinics in the country at the Birmingham Women’s Hospital initially as a service for women who had suffered from pelvic floor injuries during childbirth. Simon has published and spoken extensively on pelvic floor issues. Simon has been the service lead for the functional bowel service at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital and introduced the routine use of neuromodulation to the hospital.
He teaches regularly on a number of local, national and international courses and is regularly invited to lecture at local, national and international meetings. Simon has been a trainer in the national LAPCO training program teaching UK Consultant Surgeons how to perform laparoscopic bowel cancer surgery.
Simon practices at The Circle Priory & Droitwich Spa Hospital, and the new HCA hospital, The Harborne Hospital.
