Ralph Shackman (29 March 1910 - June 1981), was the first professor of
urology at the
Hammersmith Hospital, who did significant research in
kidney failure,
hemodialysis, and
kidney transplantation
Kidney transplant or renal transplant is the organ transplant of a kidney into a patient with end-stage kidney disease (ESRD). Kidney transplant is typically classified as deceased-donor (formerly known as cadaveric) or living-donor transplantati ...
. With
Jim Dempster, in 1960, he performed one of Britain's first human
kidney transplantation
Kidney transplant or renal transplant is the organ transplant of a kidney into a patient with end-stage kidney disease (ESRD). Kidney transplant is typically classified as deceased-donor (formerly known as cadaveric) or living-donor transplantati ...
s.
References
British urologists
British transplant surgeons
1910 births
1989 deaths
20th-century surgeons
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