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Join us in this special In Conversation Live episode with our previous guest Henry Marsh CBE, leading neurosurgeon and worldwide best-selling author, and Professor Roger Kirby for a compelling discussion about his life experiences working in Ukraine and the challenging conditions that the current war has brought to the delivery of adequate medical care to the victims.
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Until 2015, Henry Marsh was the Senior Consultant Neurosurgeon at the Atkinson Morley Wing at St George's Hospital, south London, one of the country's largest specialist brain surgery units. He specialises in operating on the brain under local anaesthetic and was the subject of a major BBC documentary Your Life in Their Hands in 2004, which won the Royal Television Society Gold Medal.
Henry Marsh has been working with neurosurgeons in the former Soviet Union, mainly in Ukraine, with protégé neurosurgeon Igor Kurilets, since 1992. His work there was the subject of the BBC Storyville film The English Surgeon from 2007. Marsh is known as a pioneer of neurosurgical advances in Ukraine and is also a best-selling author of two memoirs; Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery and Admissions: A life in brain surgery
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The In Conversation Live webinar series will continue our much loved In Conversation events, giving you the opportunity to get first-hand insights into the lives and thoughts of high profile individuals, bringing an intimate, relaxed and entertaining perspective into your living room.
Please donate: This event is free but we encourage you to donate to the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal.
This webinar will be recorded and stored by the Royal Society of Medicine and may be distributed in future on various internet channels.
