Sir Netar Prakash Mallick (born 3 August 1935) is professor emeritus of

renal medicine Nephrology (from Greek'' nephros'' "kidney", combined with the suffix ''-logy'', "the study of") is a specialty of adult internal medicine and pediatric medicine that concerns the study of the kidneys, specifically normal kidney function (ren ...

at the

University of Manchester , mottoeng = Knowledge, Wisdom, Humanity , established = 2004 – University of Manchester Predecessor institutions: 1956 – UMIST (as university college; university 1994) 1904 – Victoria University of Manchester 1880 – Victoria Univ ...

. Mallick was born in

Blackburn Blackburn () is an industrial town and the administrative centre of the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The town is north of the West Pennine Moors on the southern edge of the Ribble Valley, east of Preston and north-n ...

and educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School and the

Victoria University of Manchester The Victoria University of Manchester, usually referred to as simply the University of Manchester, was a university in Manchester, England. It was founded in 1851 as Owens College. In 1880, the college joined the federal Victoria University. Afte ...

, where he served as president of the students' union in 1958–1959. He spent a year as a research fellow in surgery at

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, then held

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appointments at

Manchester Royal Infirmary Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI) is a large NHS teaching hospital in Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester, England. Founded by Charles White in 1752 as part of the voluntary hospital movement of the 18th century, it is now a major regional and nati ...

and

Withington Hospital Withington Community Hospital is a hospital in south Manchester, England, managed by the Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. History Originally known as the Chorlton Barlow Moor Work House, the hospital was purpose-built in 1854–55 as ...

Manchester. Mallick took charge of the department of renal medicine at Manchester Royal Infirmary in 1973. He was appointed professor of renal medicine at the University of Manchester in 1994. Mallick was president of the British Renal Society from 1988 to 1990, and of the Renal Association from 1998 until 1991. He was awarded a knighthood in the

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for his work on kidney treatment and kidney transplantation. He served as

High Sheriff of Greater Manchester The Office of High Sheriff of Greater Manchester is the ceremonial position of High Sheriff appointed to Greater Manchester, a metropolitan county in North West England. The appointment is made by the British monarch, in their capacity as Duke o ...

in 2002–2003. He was President of the

Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society The Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, popularly known as the Lit. & Phil., is one of the oldest learned societies in the United Kingdom and second oldest provincial learned society (after the Spalding Gentlemen's Society). Promine ...

in 2016.

Personal life

Mallick married in 1960 and has three daughters.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mallick, Netar Living people 1935 births People from Blackburn People educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn Alumni of the Victoria University of Manchester British nephrologists 20th-century English medical doctors High Sheriffs of Greater Manchester Knights Bachelor Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society

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