Dr Richard Fawcett

Qualifications

  • MBChB 2007
  • MRCS Part A 2010
  • FRCR 2013

Dr Richard Fawcett is a Consultant Musculoskeletal Radiologist at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

His areas of specialist interests are Spinal Radiology and Interventional Musculoskeletal Radiology, with an active research interest in these fields.

Dr Fawcett founded The British Spinal Intervention Course, a hands-on course to teach and train medical professionals in Spinal Interventional Radiology.

Overview

Richard's medical training was at the University of Birmingham, with post-graduate radiology training in Bristol and a post-CCT fellowship in Leeds.

As an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Leeds, Dr Fawcett is actively involved with postgraduate teaching and training of resident radiologists and clinical fellows in the Leeds MSK Radiology department. He lectures nationally and internationally in the field of Musculoskeletal Radiology.

He has an established medicolegal practice within the field of MSK Radiology.

Current Positions

  • Consultant MSK Radiologist and Lead Clinician for MRI, Leeds Teaching Hospitals
  • Leeds MSK Radiology Fellowship co-ordinator

Recent clinical advisory roles include working with NICE to establish the national guidance for the percutaneous treatment of vertebral metastases and with NHS England on the national pathway for the diagnosis and treatment of cauda equina syndrome.

Membership of Other Professional Bodies

  • Medical Protection Society
  • Royal College of Radiologists

Richard is a member of the British and European Societies of Skeletal Radiology and was the organiser of the BSSR Refresher Course in Leeds, 2023.