Professor David Lloyd is Professor of Hepatobiliary, Laparoscopic and Groin Surgery at the University of Leicester, UK. He trained as a liver transplant surgeon in London, Chicago and Hamburg and has pioneered many laparoscopic procedures and developed a microwave machine to treat liver cancer which is now being used all around the world.

He has a special interest in groin surgery and groin anatomy and has described a new third-type of inguinal hernia which challenges the current definition of only having two. He has also developed a new procedure for the treatment of groin pain known as the Lloyd Release Procedure which releases the tension in the inguinal ligament and strengthens the groin. This procedure has proven successful for elite athletes and is beneficial for the treatment of some patients with chronic groin pain particularly those who have undergone previous open mesh repair of an inguinal hernia.

He has an international practice attracting elite athletes from around the world. He has operated on many elite rugby players including Shane Williams and Stuart Lancaster and hundreds of elite football players. Glen Murray, Michael Carrick, Peter Crouch, Scott McTominay, from Manchester United have all had the Lloyd Release Procedure. It was Jamie Vardy’s successful operation which focussed the sporting world. Professor Lloyd operated on Jamie Vardy in the middle of the 2015-6 season when he scored 11 goals in 11 successive games. Jamie then helped Leicester City win the Premier League. The Lloyd Release Procedure was hailed as a success and Professor Lloyd now has an international practice.