Professor Martin Elliott

Martin Elliott MD FRCS is Provost of Gresham College. He is  Professor Emeritus of Cardiothoracic Surgery at UCL & Professor Emeritus of Physic at Gresham College. He is an Honorary Bencher at the Inner Temple, London.

 He worked as a paediatric cardiothoracic (& transplant) surgeon at the Great Ormond Street Hospital from 1984 until 2019. He was co-Medical Director there from 2010 to 2015. He formed and led the National Service for Severe Tracheal Disease in Children. He was a member of the China Tribunal (assessing allegations of forced organ harvesting in Chinese detention camps) which published its judgment in 2020.  

He has led research into the pathophysiology of cardiopulmonary bypass, outcomes and clinical databases and tracheal transplantation and is widely published.  He has delivered over 450 invited lectures worldwide and many named lectures. He has held several international visiting professorships and taught and operated throughout the world.

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