Cypriot doctor subject of episode on one of Netflix’s most watched

London-based Cypriot doctor Kypros Nicolaides features in the first episode of one of Netflix’s currently most watched programmes, The Surgeon’s Cut.
The docuseries, produced by BBC Studios, tells the stories of world-renowned surgeons from around the globe, the ground-breaking procedures they pioneered and how they came to the specialties they practice.
The series’ first episode features London-based Cypriot doctor Nicolaides, a pioneer of fetal medicine, whose work has revolutionised the field.
Last month, Nicolaides was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in the USA, which is considered to be one of the highest honours in the fields of health and medicine and recognises individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service.
According to a statement released by King’s College Hospital, where Nicolaides works, “he was bestowed the honour for improving the care of pregnant women worldwide with pioneering rigorous and creative approaches, and making seminal contributions to prenatal diagnosis and every major obstetrical disorder.”
Nicolaides was born in 1953 in Paphos. He studied at the English School in Nicosia and was later sent by his father to England for higher education, where he studied Biochemistry and Physiology at King’s College London, going on to pursue medicine at the same institution.
The doctor’s visionary work has made King’s College Hospital one of the most renowned establishments globally for fetal medicine. Nicolaides is behind the idea of using laser surgery to help with the complication of twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome, which has revolutionised his field of work completely, as the series explains in detail.
Unfortunately however, the series also unveils the fact that Nicolaides was recently diagnosed with leukaemia, which he discusses at length in the episode.
The doctor said the illness has changed his view on mortality and made him realise how meaningful his life is. That’s why, in his own words, “his desire to keep working through his treatment until his last day on earth.”