RARE "Organ Transplantation" Roy Calne Hand Signed Letterhead For Sale

Up for sale a RARE! "Organ Transplantation" Roy Calne Hand Signed Letterhead. 

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Sir

Roy Yorke Calne, FRCP, FRCS, FRS (born 30 December 1930) is a British surgeon and

pioneer in organ transplantation. His

most notable achievements are the world's first liver, heart, and lung transplant

together with John Wallwork in 1987;

the first successful combined stomach, intestine, pancreas, liver, and kidney cluster

transplant in 1994, the first liver transplantation operation

in Europe in 1968, and the first intestinal transplant in the UK in 1992. Calne

is a fellow of the Royal

Society and was Professor of Surgery at Cambridge University between

1965 and 1998 where he initiated the kidney transplant program. He was Harkness Fellow at Harvard Medical School from

1960 to 1961. Much of his subsequent work has been concerned with the

improvement at prolonging the life of liver transplant recipients. He is currently

the Yoah Ghim Professor of Surgery at the National University of

Singapore. He was elected to the Royal Society in 1974, and was

awarded the 1988 Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh.

He was awarded the 1984 Lister Medal for his contributions to surgical science. The

corresponding Lister Oration, given at the Royal

College of Surgeons of England, was delivered on 21 May 1985, and

was titled 'Organ transplantation: from laboratory to clinic'. He was knighted

as Knight Bachelor, in 1986.

In 1990 he received the Ellison-Cliffe Medal from

the Royal Society of Medicine.

His portrait, commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery,

was painted by John Bellany in 1991.

In 2012, Calne shared the prestigious Lasker Award (Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research

Award) with Dr. Thomas Starzl 'for

the development of liver transplantation, which has restored normal life to

thousands of patients with end-stage liver disease.' Calne is a Distinguished

Supporter of Humanists UK[9] and he is an Honorary Vice-President Lawn Tennis Club.