David Macintosh
Surgeon · Ethicist · Author
Fifty years at the intersection of medicine, trust, and the human condition.
About David
David Macintosh spent fifty years as an orthopaedic surgeon before turning to bioethics and writing. He has operated on thousands of patients, sat on ethics committees, and watched medicine drift from its moral centre. His books and essays are an attempt to find it again — through rigorous argument, honest memoir, and the occasional dark laugh.
He writes for readers who believe that medicine is, at its heart, a moral practice — and that stories are how we remember why.
Where Is My F***n Leg?!
A serialized novel told from the inside of a surgical ward — raw, funny, and unflinching. New chapters appear first on David's Substack. Follow along as the story unfolds.