Professor Martin Elliott

He is Emeritus Professor of Paediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery at University College London, and Emeritus Professor of Physick and Fellow at Gresham College London. From 2010 until 2015, he was Medical Director at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (GOSH) where he had worked as a paediatric cardiothoracic surgeon from 1984. Engaged in transplantation since 1988, he led the thoracic transplant team at GOSH from 2000 to 2010.
He has directed research into the pathophysiology of cardiopulmonary bypass, clinical outcomes and databases, and tracheal reconstruction in children, pioneering several surgical techniques including tracheal transplantation. In 2000, he formed and led the National Service for Severe Tracheal Disease in Children the largest and most successful such service in the world. He has worked with Formula 1 and the Airline industry to improve teamwork in high-risk medical environments.
He has held several international visiting professorships and has taught and operated throughout the world. He has delivered over 450 invited lectures worldwide, including more than 40 named lectures. He was the 2015 Hunterian Orator at the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Widely published (https://iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profile?upi=MELLI50), he has also edited 4 books.
Other portfolio roles include being a Non-Executive Director at both The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS FT, London and Children’s Health Ireland, Dublin. He is a member of the (advisory) Industry Council of Novartis UK and a Senior Adviser to PA Consulting Ltd. He was a member of the recently completed China Tribunal (a People’s Tribunal) considering evidence of forced organ harvesting in Chinese detention camps (www.chinatribunal.com).
Gresham College delivers a fantastic series of free public lectures both online and in person and all the lectures are available on its website (www.gresham.ac.uk) to watch, listen to or download. The lectures can also be heard as podcasts (Gresham College lectures) via the usual places.