![]() ![]() But the doctor had never performed a cesarean and needed Dr. Nott got an emergency phone call from one of his international medical contacts about a young woman in Syria who needed a cesarean and was being evacuated to a doctor. Just as we were about to start recording, Dr. He spoke to me by Skype from one of the hospitals in London that he works in. His memoir, "War Doctor: Surgery On The Front Line," has just been published in the U.S. Queen Elizabeth awarded him the title Officer of the British Empire for his medical work in war zones. He does this work through the David Nott Foundation and the Royal College of Surgeons. When he started to question how many times he could cheat death, he decided to start changing the nature of his work by training front-line surgeons in conflict and natural disaster zones around the world. ![]() ![]() He's also worked in countries after natural disasters. For 25 years, David Nott spent several weeks each year volunteering in some of the world's most dangerous conflict zones, including Syria, Afghanistan, Congo, Iraq, Yemen and Sarajevo. And he is applying some of what he learned working in other peoples' wars and disasters. The war he's fighting now is against the coronavirus in London, where he lives. ![]() My guest is a world-renowned trauma surgeon who has worked in war zones around the globe. ![]()
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