Nick Maynard

Professor Nicholas David Maynard (born April 1962) is a British surgeon who works as a consultant gastrointestinal surgeon at Oxford University Hospital. He is also known for his humanitarian works in Gaza, having taken many trips to the region between 2010 and 2025. He attended the now defunct Downside School in Purley and then the King's School, Canterbury. He matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford in 1980 and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Physiological Sciences in 1983. He received further clinical training at Guy's Hospital Medical School (part of King's College London and earned his Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery degree in 1986. He earned his Master of Surgery qualification from University of London in 1993 and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1997. He is a lecturer of Clinical Medicine at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. As an academic, he has co-authored studies on oesophageal cancer treatment published across peer-reviewed journals.

Maynard is a trustee of the Oxfordshire Oesophageal and Stomach Organisation (OOSO), a charity that provides support to oesophageal cancer patients and their families in the county. In 2015, he and other doctors in Oxfordshire took part in a 10-day charity bike ride to raise money for the charitable organisation.

In 2019, he opposed the plan to privatise cancer screening by outsourcing the PET-CT service, which had been provided by Oxford's Churchill Hospital, to the private firm InHealth. He said that the move would lead to "inferior quality scans" and "a less safe service" for the people of Oxfordshire.

After returning from Gaza in January 2024, he told media of a dire humanitarian situation and the collapse of the healthcare system. Maynard has called for a ceasefire to end the violence. Also, in 2024, Maynard said that Israel was engaged in the "deliberate targeting of doctors, of nurses, and of hospitals". In a 2025 interview with Sky News, Maynard said that the IDF was shooting Palestinian civilians at aid points "almost like a game of target practice". He was interviewed by conservative commentator Tucker Carlson on the Tucker Carlson Show on May 28, 2026. He has written op-eds for the Guardian, and Middle East Eye.

Maynard joined the trustee board of Medical Aid for Palestinians as its chair in 2025.

Personal life Maynard resides with his wife in Oxfordshire.