James Kustow

James is a London-based Consultant Psychiatrist. In addition to working as a part-time, NHS Liaison Psychiatrist, he has a private practice based at The Nightingale hospital in Central London. James is on the Executive Board of the Royal College Faculty of Liaison Psychiatry and was recently Chair of the Faculty’s New Consultant’s group.

James trained in the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (Guy’s and St Thomas’ hospitals) and at St Mary’s Hospital. In parallel to his general adult psychiatry training he also trained as an integrative psychotherapist and this continues to inform his practice. He has specialist expertise in Liaison Psychiatry (the interface between mental and physical health), Adult ADHD and working with psychological trauma. He is on the Executive Board of UKAAN (the main professional organisation for Adult ADHD in the UK) and chairs the national training committee.

He studied medicine in Nottingham and it was here after a school friend was diagnosed with leukaemia he went on to establish the student-run group 'Marrow'. Marrow, which is formally affiliated with Anthony Nolan, has since become an integral part of the university establishment, with trained teams of student volunteers in 44 UK universities and about ten other countries. The student groups run regular donor recruitment clinics and fundraising events and initiatives.

Marrow currently provides more than a third of the potential donors to the UK register and raises between £150,000 and £200,000 annually for Anthony Nolan. Approximately 20% of individuals who actually donate are recruited by Marrow. It has twice won the International Federation of Medical Schools Association’s (IFMSA) ‘Best Student-Run Project in the World’ award.