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Roy Calne
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A bronze bust of Calne by sculptor Laurence Broderick, outside the main operating theatres at Addenbrooke's Hospital
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| Born | 30 December 1930 Richmond, Surrey, England
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| Died | 6 January 2024 (aged 93) Cambridge, England
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| Education | Lancing College King's College London Guy's Hospital Medical School |
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| Profession | Surgeon |
| Sub-specialties | Organ transplantation |
| Awards | Lister Medal (1984) Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh (1990) Ernst Jung Prize (1992) Prince Mahidol Award (2002) Pride of Britain Lifetime Achievement Award (2014) |
Sir Roy Yorke Calne FRS (30 December 1930 – 6 January 2024) was a British surgeon and pioneer in organ transplantation.
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Personal life
Calne was born in Richmond, Surrey on 30 December 1930. He was educated at Guy's Hospital. For his national service, Calne served in the Royal Army Medical Corps. In 1956, he married Patricia Whelan, a nurse, and they had six children.
Calne died of heart failure in Cambridge on 6 January 2024, at the age of 93.
Career
His most notable achievements are the first liver transplantation operation in Europe in 1968, the world's first liver, heart, and lung transplant together with John Wallwork in 1987; the first intestinal transplant in the UK in 1992, and the first successful combined stomach, intestine, pancreas, liver, and kidney cluster transplant in 1994.
Calne was a Fellow of the Royal Society and was Professor of Surgery at Cambridge University between 1965 and 1998 where he initiated the kidney transplant programme. He was Harkness Fellow at Harvard Medical School from 1960 to 1961. He was the Yoah Ghim Professor of Surgery at the National University of Singapore.
Awards and honours
Calne 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.
Calne was knighted in the 1986 Birthday Honours. In 1990, he received the Ellison-Cliffe Medal from the Royal Society of Medicine. 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 was a member and Patron of Humanists UK and he was an Honorary Vice-President of the Cambridge University Lawn Tennis Club.
Art
Calne was an artist, and was a member of the art group Group 90 in Singapore. The Amerasinghe Ganendra Collection (Shalini Ganendra) has a significant number of his art works (paper, canvas, bronze) and a comprehensive collection of his art related publications.
Gallery
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Gertrude Elion. Oil painting by Sir Roy Calne, 1990.
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An empty abdomen during a six-organ transplant. Watercolour by Sir Roy Calne, 1994.
