Education
Marsh attended the Dragon School in Oxford and Westminster School in London.
- Photos
- Works
- Photos
- Works
Henry Marsh
Edit Profilefiction writer neurosurgeon university professor
Career
His widely acclaimed memoir Do Number Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery was published by Orion Publishers in 2014 and according to The Economist is "So elegantly written it is little wonder some say that in Mr Marsh neurosurgery has found its Boswell." Marsh is the senior consultant neurosurgeon at the Atkinson Morley Wing at Street George"s Hospital, south London, one of the country"s largest specialist brain surgery units. He has been working with neurosurgeons in the former Soviet Union, mainly in Ukraine with protege neurosurgeon Igor Kurilets, since 1992 and his work there was the subject of the British Broadcasting Corporation Storyville film The English Surgeon from 2007. He has a particular interest in the influence of hospital buildings and design on patient outcomes and staff morale.
He has broadcast and lectured widely on this subject.
