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prof martin birchall

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  • Prof
  • Martin
  • Anthony
  • Birchall
  • Prof Martin Birchall
  • Tel: 0207 915 1308
  • Fax: 0207 833 9480
  • m.birchall@ucl.ac.uk
  • Website
  • https://iris.ucl.ac.uk/images/profile/MABIR06.jpg
  • 2009-01-06
Address
  • 4274
  • Professorial Unit
  • RNTNEH
  • 330 Gray's Inn Road
  • London
  • WC1X 8DA
Appointment
  • CLICON
  • 2009-01-06
  • 1
  • Chair of Larynogology
  • HP
  • The Ear Institute
  • FBRS
  • Faculty of Brain Sciences
Joined UCL
  • 2009-01-06

Research Summary

In 2008, with Professor Paolo Macchiarini, University of Barcelona, I led the European Team which successfully performed the World’s first stem-cell based, tissue-engineered organ transplant, opening up new vistas for organ replacement in years to come.

I am a passionate supporter of Research in Surgery, at UCL Partners and nationally through the Royal College of Surgeons of England, and always try and embed bright young surgeons in these research teams, thus supporting the next generation of surgical pioneers.

Biography

Since 1995, I have attempted to harness the best of biomedical science to support restoration of function to people whose throats have been damaged by accident and disease, including cancer. Working with scientists, fellow surgeons and patients (I am Medical Director, National Association of Laryngectomee Clubs), I have assembled specific teams to address a variety of throat disorders. These include the understanding of laryngeal immunity to help people with inflammatory (laryngitis) and malignant (throat cancer) conditions; repairing paralysed laryngeal nerves; and investigating viral (papillomatosis) and bacterial infections of the throat.

With the ultimate goal of achieving complete replacement of the larynx for persons in whom it is destroyed by trauma or cancer, the work of these teams, underpinned by the unparalleled infrastructure and know-how of UCL, is now being brought together into parallel themes of stem-cell/tissue-engineered airway replacements, and laryngeal transplantation.

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