Henry Marsh

Henry Marsh (born 1950) is an English neurosurgeon. Before studying medicine at the Royal Free Hospital in London, he studied economics, politics and philosophy at Oxford. He subsequently worked as a consultant neurosurgeon at Atkinson Morley’s and St George’s Hospital in London, retiring in 2015. Through a foundation he established, he operated on patients in Ukraine who would otherwise have had no access to medical care. Two award-winning television documentaries focused on his work. Marsh was awarded a British order of merit in 2010. His book “Do No Harm” received the PEN Ackerley Prize in 2015.