Professor Nick Maynard

About Professor Nick Maynard

Professor Nick Maynard is a leading consultant Upper GI Surgeon based in Oxford, with more than 25 years of experience in his field. He treats patients at The Manor Hospital, Nuffield Health Oxford. He specialises in the treatment of a wide range of Upper GI conditions, and has extensive experience conducting laparoscopic surgery to treat hiatal hernia, achalasia, and reflux disease. Professor Maynard also has particular expertise in revisional surgery, which is surgery done to correct or modify a previous surgery that did not have the desired outcome. As one of the leading Upper GI surgeons in the country, Professor Maynard is particularly experienced in upper gastrointestinal laparoscopy and endoscopy procedures. He is also an expert in treating adults who have had treatment of trachea-oesophageal fistula (TOF) and oesophageal atresia as a neonate - rare birth defects causing the upper part of the oesophagus and the windpipe to be connected to each other. Professor Maynard has been Consultant Upper GI Surgeon at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust since 1997. He was the Director for Surgery between 2008 and 2015, and the Director for Cancer Services for Oxford University Hospitals from 2017 – 2022. He is an Associate Professor of Surgery at Oxford University. Professor Maynard graduated from the University of Oxford with a BA in Physiological Sciences in 1983, before receiving his Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery from Guy´s Hospital Medical School in 1986. He then went on to receive his MS from the University of London in 1993, and his FRCS from the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1997. He then trained in various hospitals in Southeast England, as well as a 15-month stint in Melbourne, Australia. In 2020 he was awarded FRCS Ed (ad hominem) at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh as recognition of his contributions to upper GI Surgery over the last 25 years. He served as the president of AUGIS (Association of Upper GI Surgery of Great Britain and Ireland) from 2021 to 2023, and the Clinical Lead for the National Oesophago-Gastric Cancer Audit from 2015 to 2022. When not treating patients, Professor Maynard conducts research on a wide range of Upper GI conditions. Professor Maynard has worked extensively in Gaza since 2010 teaching medical students and carrying out upper GI surgery. He has travelled out to Gaza regularly during the recent war providing humanitarian aid. He has recently been awarded the Humanitarian Medal by King Charles for his humanitarian work in Gaza.