Nick Maynard

Nick Maynard is a British surgeon who works as a consultant gastrointestinal surgeon at Oxford University Hospital. Maynard is also known for his many trips to Gaza between 2010 and 2024. After returning from Gaza in January 2024, he told media about the dire humanitarian situation and collapse of the healthcare system. Maynard has called for a ceasefire to end the violence.{{cite news |last1=Oxford |first1=George Grylls |title=British surgeon haunted by Gaza horrors pledges to go back |url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/article/gaza-hospital-british-surgeon-al-aqsa-israel-hamas-war-t0cjjpg5m |access-date=1 May 2024 |date=1 May 2024 |language=en}}{{cite news |title=Gaza: Surgeon ready to help says moral duty trumps fear |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-67334666 |access-date=1 May 2024 |work=BBC News |date=13 November 2023}}{{cite news |title=Healthcare Under Siege |url=https://tribunemag.co.uk/2024/02/healthcare-under-siege |access-date=1 May 2024 |work=tribunemag.co.uk}}{{cite news |last1=Patil |first1=Anushka |title=Back From Gaza Hospitals, Doctors Tell Washington of Horrors Amid Cease-Fire Push |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/21/world/middleeast/gaza-hospitals-doctors-israel-congress.html |access-date=1 May 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=22 March 2024}}{{cite news |title=Surgeon Describes Children Suffering "Appalling Injuries" in Gaza |url=https://www.democracynow.org/2024/3/21/gaza_doctor_nick_maynard |access-date=1 May 2024 |work=Democracy Now! |language=en}}{{cite news |title=Video Surgeon in Gaza refutes 'any evidence' of Hamas operating out of hospitals |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/video/surgeon-gaza-refutes-evidence-hamas-operating-hospitals-106270196 |access-date=1 May 2024 |work=ABC News |language=en}}{{cite news |title=Medical teams withdraw from Al Aqsa hospital in Gaza {{!}} CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2024/01/08/exp-surgeon-leaves-gaza-guest-live-010802pseg1-cnni-world.cnn |access-date=1 May 2024 |date=8 January 2024 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Sebouai |first1=Lilia |title='The single worst thing I've seen': Top Oxford surgeon recounts horrors of Gaza hospital |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/single-worst-top-oxford-surgeon-horrors-gaza-hospital/ |access-date=1 May 2024 |work=The Telegraph |date=12 January 2024}}

Early life

Maynard attended the now defunct Downside School in Purley and then the King's School, Canterbury.{{Cite web|url=https://issuu.com/oksassociation/docs/oks_magazine_spring_2024|title=Delivering emergency care in Gaza|work=OKS Magazine|first=Nick|last=Maynard|date=29 April 2024|accessdate=3 May 2024|page=20}} He trained at Exeter College, Oxford and Guy's Hospital Medical School (part of King's College London). He also spent two years as a Senior Registrar in Melbourne before returning to Guy's.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nds.ox.ac.uk/events/surgical-grand-rounds-nick-maynard-and-ian-beckingham|title=Surgical Grand Rounds - Mr Nick Maynard and Mr Ian Beckingham|website=Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences|date=11 March 2016|accessdate=3 May 2024}}

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