| Authorised form of name | Calne; Sir; Roy Yorke; transplant surgeon |
| Dates | 1930 - 2024 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Richmond, Surrey, England |
| Date of birth | 30/12/1930 |
| Place of death | Cambridge, England |
| Date of death | 06/01/2024 |
| Occupation | clinical surgeon and transplantation biologist |
| Research field | Anatomy |
| Transplant surgery |
| Surgery |
| Activity | Education:
Dulwich Preparatory London; Lancig College, West Sussex; M.B; BS (Lond) with Honours (1953); FRCS Eng (1958); MS (Lond) (1961); MA (Cantab) (1965); Guy's Hospital Medical School
Career:
Completed his medical education (1952); served in the Royal Army Medical Corps, stationed with the Gurkhas (1953-1955); returned to England; Professor of Surgery, University of Cambridge and consultant at Addenbroke hospital(1965-1998); performed the first successful liver transplant in Europe (1968); carried out the world's first lver, heart, and lung transplant with Professor John Wallwork, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge (1986); became professor of surgery in Singapore, following his retirement; died of heart failure.
Honours:
Kt 1986
Memberships: MRCS; RCP
Medals/Awards:
Lister Medal 1984
Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh 1990
Ellison-Cliffe Medal 1990
Ernst Jung Prize 1992
Prize Mahidol Award 2002
Lesker Prize 2012
Pride of Britain Lifetime Achievement Award 2014 |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 21/03/1974 |
| Age at election | 43 |
| Relationships | Parents: Joseph, a car engineer with Rover, and Eileen (née Gubbay).
Siblings: Donald Calne, neurologist.
Spouse: (1956) Patricia Whelan, nurse.
Children: Four daughters and two sons. |
| PublishedWorks | RCN 11117
RCN 11116
RCN 10586
RCN 12277
RCN 16938
RCN 17414
RCN 17415
RCN 10133
RCN 10079
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RCN 16939
RCN 10720 |
| OtherInfo | Pioneer in organ transplantation.
Undertook the UK's first successful liver transplant operation.
Devised the regimen of immuosuppresion now in use throughout the world for kidney transplantation.
Responsible for uncovering a new principle of transplantation in his work on the transplantation of the liver in pigs.
Enjoyed artistic expression and exhibited his paintings entitled 'Gift of Life' at the Barbican in 1991. |
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| Source | 'Fellows Directory: Sir Roy Calne FRS' , on Royal Society website [URL: https://royalsociety.org/people/roy-calne-11181/; last accessed: 20/11/2024]
'Pioneering transplant surgeon Sir Roy Calne dies aged 93', on University of Cambridge News website [URL: https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/pioneering-transplant-surgeon-sir-roy-calne-dies-aged-93; last accessed: 20/11/2024]
'Sir Roy Calne obituary', on The Guardian website [URL: https://web.archive.org/web/20240109172018/https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/jan/08/sir-roy-calne-obituary; last accessed: 20/11/2024]
'Professor Sir Roy Calne (1930-2024) The Passing of a Legend', on the British Transplantation Society website [URL; https://bts.org.uk/the-passing-of-a-legend-professor-sir-roy-calne-1930-2024/;las accessed: 20/11/2024) |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/15836344 |
| Code | NA3980 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1974/05 | Calne, Roy Yorke: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/GA/AR/7273 | Calne, Sir Roy Yorke | nd |