All Mark Pollock Blogs

As the recipient of the 2015 RCSI honourary doctorate, awarded to an individual who has made an out-standing contribution worldwide, Mark spoke to 282 future doctors, from 24 different countries around the world about balancing competition and collaboration. Professor Cathal Kelly, Chief Executive, RCSI, who read the citation at the conferring ceremony said: “We make […]

I floated out of my mind for a flurry of seconds and then I was back in the lab, on a bench. Like so many of the new feelings I’ve felt this past year it is hard to describe. It was a bit like the floating I felt on morphine in intensive care. But that […]

Last week I was in court in the UK about the fall that left me paralysed in 2010. For legal reasons I could not talk about the case and in that vacuum there have been unbalanced accounts of the court proceedings in the media. Whatever the court’s judgment I wanted to explain to you why […]

Last Sunday I dropped into The South Pole Inn in Annascaul, Co. Kerry to honour Tom Crean. He was a titan of the heroic age of polar exploration. He was born in Annascaul and the pub he ran after his polar exploration ended in 1916 still serves beer and is a memorial to his incredible […]

As part of his ongoing research using trans-cutaneous spinal stimulation, Mark stood independently. The moment was captured in an award-winning radio documentary featured on Newstalk’s Futureproof. You can hear the full Exploring the space between skeleton and skin show Here: https://www.markpollock.com/exploring-the-space-between-skeleton-and-skin/