Roy Yorke Calne Death: When Did Roy Yorke Calne Die?: British surgeon and pioneer in organ transplantation, Roy Calne has passed away. He was 93.
Roy Yorke Calne Death: When Did Roy Yorke Calne Die?
The pioneering transplant surgeon, Roy Calne died of heart failure on Saturday, January 6, 2024.
His son Russell said he was “an incredible person to have as a father. He was an amazing character, a slight eccentric and a wonderful father to six children”
“We were all very, very proud of him for everything he has achieved and done, and we’ve been to some amazing places due to his accolades”
“He was very driven by his work and he was also very widely academic as well. He used to have nightmares about patients that had died. It wasn’t all roses for him; it was stressful, but he never showed that”
“Sir Roy loved sport and would squeeze in a game of squash around lengthy operations if he could, his son added. He continued to ski up to the age of 75 and played tennis until he was 80.
“He was very much a down to earth person who looked after the little people; that was part of his forte,” Russell said. “Though a genius he never portrayed it to us; we were only ever shown love by him”
Following his demise, tributes have poured in for the British surgeon.
Mike More, chairman of Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, said Sir Roy inspired future generations of clinicians.
“Sir Roy leaves behind a truly amazing legacy and many of our staff will remember him with fondness for his vision and genuine kindness,” he said.
“We will all miss him very much.”
Dame Esther Rantzen, who presented the BBC television series That’s Life!, said Sir Roy was an “incredibly courageous” surgeon.
She said he got in touch with her to help save a two-year-old boy who had weeks to live unless he found a donor.
“He was not only a brilliantly skilled surgeon, but he had immense courage,” said Dame Esther.
Born in Richmond, Surrey, Roy Calne attended the Lancing College before having his medical training at Guy’s Hospital in Southwark, London.
He is considered one of the fathers of organ transplantation, alongside American scientist Dr. Thomas Starzl.
His most notable achievements are the first liver transplantation operation in Europe in 1968, and the world’s first liver, heart, and lung transplantation with John Wallwork in 1987.
He also did the first intestinal transplant in the UK in 1992 and the first successful combined stomach, intestine, pancreas, liver, and kidney cluster transplantation in 1994.
Roy was the first to use drugs to help stop the rejection of donated organs and this led to a major expansion of organ grafting worldwide.
Despite retiring from the Chair of Surgery at the University of Cambridge in 1998, he continued to perform kidney transplants until well into his 70s and remained active in research into his 80s.
In 2021, Addenbrooke’s Hospital named its transplant unit, one of Britain’s largest, after Calne. Calne was also an accomplished artist who painted portraits of dozens of his patients and medical colleagues.
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