How to stop the lies infecting medical research | Martin Elliott | TEDxWandsworth

Martin Elliott is Professor of Paediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery at University College London, Professor of Physic at Gresham College, London. Previously he was Medical Director at The Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust where he has worked as a paediatric cardiothoracic surgeon. Martin will expose the flaws in today’s peer-reviewed medical journals, where the manipulation of research data by a minority of doctors can result in harm to future patients. With Big Data forming a significant portion of the healthcare economy, he explains why patient healthcare and new medical procedures must utilise datasets to bring greater transparency and trust between doctors and their patients.

Martin Elliott is Professor of Paediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery at University College London, Professor of Physic at Gresham College, London, and Co-Medical Director at The Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust (GOS) where he has worked since 1984. He established and leads the National Service for Severe Tracheal Disease in Children at GOS. He developed modified ultrafiltration, helped set up paediatric heart and lung transplantation at GOS, started the European Congenital Heart Defects Database for outcomes analysis and leads the chest wall reconstruction team at GOS. The Tracheal Service at GOS is the largest in World, and the Team has pioneered a number of innovative techniques, including slide tracheoplasty, tracheal homograft patch transplantation, the development of absorbable stents and, most recently, the world’s first stem cell supported tracheal transplantation in a child.

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