"War Doctor" David Nott on Surgery in War Zones

Behind The Knife: The Surgery Podcast

Science, Health & Fitness, Medicine, Education

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2020

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Dr. David Nott has been a Consultant Surgeon at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital for 23 years where he specializes in general surgery. Professor Nott also performs vascular and trauma surgery at St Mary’s Hospital and cancer surgery at the Royal Marsden Hospital.

For the past twenty three years David has taken unpaid leave each year to work for the aid agencies Médecins Sans Frontières, the International Committee of the Red Cross and Syria Relief. He has provided surgical treatment to the victims of conflict and catastrophe in Bosnia, Afghanistan, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Chad, Darfur, Yemen, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, Iraq, Pakistan, Libya, Syria, Central African Republic, Gaza and Nepal.

Please check out his book "War Doctor" for an inspiring read

https://www.amazon.com/War-Doctor-Surgery-Front-Line-ebook/dp/B07WWGLY7Z/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=war+doctor&qid=1593638019&s=digital-text&sr=1-1

Also check out his foundation that supports training surgeons in war zones.

https://davidnottfoundation.com/

A big thanks to Patrick Georgoff for making this happen.

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0:30.4	UK. Behind the Knife, The Surgery Podcast, where we take a behind the scenes intimate look at
0:35.9	surgery from leaders behind the knife. This is Patrick Georgeoff and I'm joined
0:56.1	today by Dr. Jason Bingham and we are absolutely thrilled to have surgeon
1:00.7	Dr David not on the show.
1:03.1	So Dr. Not is a consultant surgeon in London
1:05.9	where he specializes in vascular trauma
1:07.8	and minimally invasive surgery.
1:10.2	And for the past 23 years,
1:12.2	David has taken unpaid leave each year to work for the aid agencies
1:17.0	Doctors Without Borders, the International Committee of the Red Cross, and serial relief.
1:22.0	And he has provided surgical treatment to victims of really countless areas of
1:28.3	conflict in catastrophe including and this is just a partial list, Bosnia, Afghanistan, Liberia, Darfur, Haiti,
1:39.3	Pakistan, Libya, Syria, Gaza, Nepal.
1:43.8	And as well as treating victims of conflict
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