[5][6] He is an examiner for the Court of Examiners at the Royal College of Surgeons of England, former president of the Liverpool Medical Institution, treasurer of the British Association of Clinical Anatomists and a fellow of the British Medical Association.
[7] He is a past secretary and honorary member of The International Research Society of Spinal Deformities (IRSSD).
[9] Both during and after the Alder Hey organs scandal (1999-2001), Dangerfield came to public prominence, as a media commentator.
[11] Notably, Gunther von Hagens', Body Worlds exhibition in 2002.
[12] Dangerfield's research interests include paediatric skeletal conditions, aetiology and pathogenesis of spinal deformity, Perthes' disease and normal growth and development.