Mr David Nasralla

Mr David Nasralla is a Consultant General and Laparoscopic (keyhole) Surgeon at The Princess Grace Hospital. He has a special interest in diseases affecting the liver, pancreas and gallbladder, complex abdominal wall hernias and emergency surgery. His NHS practice is based at the Royal Free Hospital, London, where he is a Consultant Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary (HPB), Multi-organ Retrieval and Liver Transplant Surgeon. His work is focused on treating complex diseases affecting the liver, pancreas and gallbladder, with cases referred to him from across the UK and beyond. 

Mr Nasralla studied medicine at Oxford University Medical School, where he also completed his PhD under Prof Peter Friend. His PhD research investigated a technique for keeping the liver alive outside the body (normothermic liver perfusion) in order to improve its condition for transplantation. He has received many national and international awards for his work, including being recognised as a Rising Star by the International Liver Transplantation Society. He was awarded the prestigious Medawar Medal by the British Transplantation Society and is frequently invited to deliver lectures at international surgical meetings. His work has been featured on the cover of the journal Nature, as well as on BBC Radio 4’s Inside Health and in the BBC Two television series Hospital. 

Mr Nasralla is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and also a member of the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, the UK and Ireland HPB Association, the British Transplantation Society and the International Liver Transplantation Society. 

Mr Nasralla studied medicine at Oxford University Medical School where he also completed his PhD research under Professor Peter Friend. This investigated a technique for keeping the liver alive outside the body (normothermic liver perfusion) in order to improve its condition for transplantation.

He has received many national and international awards for his work, including being recognised as a Rising Star by the International Liver Transplantation Society and awarded the prestigious Medawar Medal by the British Transplantation Society.