Dr Martilord, a medical doctor, health systems economist, and pharmacoeconomist, is a Research Assistant Professor at the Global Surgery Policy Unit (GSPU), a strategic collaboration of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and the Royal College of Surgeons of England. He is also an Honorary Clinical Fellow in General Surgery at Homerton University Hospital, London. His research interest lies in the economics and dynamic complexities of surgical systems in low and middle-income countries, and he possesses extensive field experience in conducting empirical hospital- and community-level studies in sub-Saharan Africa. He has published in the International Journal of Health Policy and Management (IJHPM), BMC Health Services Research, BMJ Global Health, Journal of Global Health, Health Policy and Planning, and BMJ Quality & Safety. Prior to joining the LSE, Dr Martilord had worked as a medical officer in Nigeria; a Junior Researcher at Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; and a Research Consultant (Health Economics and Strategic Market Access) at Open Health Evidence and Access, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Martilord obtained his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) from the College of Medicine, University of Nigeria, Enugu, Nigeria. He also holds a master’s degree in Health Economics, Policy, and Law from Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands, and a PhD in Global Health Economics from Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.