David Nott OBE

David Nott OBE (MBChB Medicine 1981) – Trauma Surgeon

David gained his medical degree from The University of Manchester and in 1992 gained his FRCS from the Royal College of Surgeons of England to become a Consultant Surgeon.

He has been a Consultant Surgeon at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital for 20 years where he specialises in general surgery.  Mr Nott also performs vascular and trauma surgery at St Mary’s Hospital and cancer surgery at the Royal Marsden Hospital.  David is an authority in laparoscopic surgery and was the first surgeon to combine laparoscopic and vascular surgery.

For the past 23 years David has taken unpaid leave each year to work for the aid agencies Médecins Sans Frontières, the International Committee of the Red Cross and Syria Relief.  He has provided surgical treatment to the victims of conflict and catastrophe in Bosnia, Afghanistan, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Chad, Darfur, Yemen, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, Iraq, Pakistan, Libya, Syria, Central African Republic, Gaza and Nepal.

As well as treating victims of conflict and catastrophe and raising hundreds of thousands of pounds for charitable causes, David teaches advanced surgical skills to local medics and surgeons when he is abroad.  In London, he teaches the Definitive Surgical Trauma Skills (DSTS) and Surgical Training for the Austere Environment (STAE) courses at the Royal College of Surgeons.

In 2015 David established the David Nott Foundation with his wife Elly.  The Foundation will support surgeons to develop their operating skills for warzones and austere environments.

David is married to Elly and they have a daughter, Molly.