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Sir Roy Calne, who was granted the Knight Bachelor Honors in 1986, is a revered professor, author and surgeon in the field of transplantation surgery.
Currently Emeritus Professor of Surgery at the University of Cambridge and General Surgeon and Consultant in Transplantation Surgery, Dr. Calne is also Professor of Surgery at the National University of Singapore. Among his many previous appointments, he served as an active Professor of Surgery at the University of Cambridge for many years, as well as the Senior Vice President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Since the publication of his first book, Renal Transplantation, in 1963, Dr. Calne has published over 18 books, hundreds of articles, and lectured at some of the world’s most admired medical schools including Harvard University, University of Cambridge, University of London, and Oxford University.
Dr. Calne has been a pioneer in transplantation medicine since 1959, when he engaged into research in the field and described the first effective immunosuppressive treatment for kidney transplantation. He started the Cambridge Kidney Transplant Program in 1965, and the first European Liver Transplant Program in 1968. He is also acclaimed for being the first surgeon to perform a pancreas transplant in the United Kingdom in 1979 and the first to perform an intestinal transplant there in 1992.
Former President of the International Transplantation Society, Dr. Calne has been awarded numerous distinctions and honorary degrees in many countries and prestigious academic institutions around the world for his groundbreaking work in medicine. | 