Prof. Ofer Levy

Ofer Levy studied medicine at the Hebrew University and Hadassah School of Medicine, Jerusalem, from 1976-1982. After completion of his military service he continued his general surgical training at Kaplan Medical Centre in Rehovot, Israel. He then moved to Sheba Medical Centre, Tel Hashomer, for his higher surgical orthopaedic training. In 1992 he was appointed instructor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, where his work included significant research into both clinical and basic sciences. In 1995 he was appointed Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon and Chief of the Shoulder Surgery Service at Soroka Medical Centre in Beer Sheva, Israel and lecturer in Orthopaedic Surgery at the Faculty of Health Science at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva. Since 1997 he has been working with Stephen Copeland in Reading, UK. In 1998, he was appointed Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Royal Berkshire Hospital and both established the Reading Shoulder Unit. Ofer Levy leads the Reading Shoulder Unit, Professor & Chair of the Orthopaedic Research and Learning Centre in the School of Engineering and Design, Brunel University, West London. Research interests: biomechanics and kinematics, surgical anatomy, surgical technologies, arthroscopic and minimal invasive surgery, total joint replacement (shoulders), muscloskeletal infections, developments of virtual reality arthroscopic simulators. Assistant editor, Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. Reviewer for journals. Special External Examiner at Masters Degree level, The National University of Ireland and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. Was awarded National Bronze clinical excellence award in 2006. He is a founder member of the Israeli Shoulder and Elbow Society, a member of the American Shoulder and Elbow Society. He has published many scientific papers, written chapters to books on Shoulder Surgery and invited to lecture worldwide.