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Henry Marsh
Neurosurgeon
Henry Marsh read politics, philosophy, and economics at Oxford University before studying medicine at the Royal Free Hospital in London. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1984 and was appointed Consultant Neurosurgeon at Atkinson Morley's/St.George's in 1987. He has been the subject of two major documentary films: Your Life in their Hands (BBC 2003) which won the Royal Television Society Gold Medal and The English Surgeon (2009) which won an Emmy. He was made a CBE by HM the Queen in 2010. Henry has supported and worked extensively with neurosurgeons in the former Soviet Union, mainly in Ukraine, to modernize neurosurgery there along Western lines. He pioneered brain surgery under local anesthetic allowing, patients to converse with their surgeons whilst they operate, minimizing the risk of damaging 'eloquent' parts of the brain. He is the author of the bestselling book Do No Harm.
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