John Wallwork (surgeon)

John Wallwork CBE FRCS FMedSci (born July 1946), is a retired cardiothoracic surgeon and emeritus professor who performed Europe's first successful combined heart-lung transplant in 1984, and in 1986 performed the world's first heart-lung and liver transplant with Sir Roy Calne.[1][2][3]

Professor

John Wallwork

CBE
BornJuly 1946

Early life

John Wallwork was born in July 1946.

He attended Accrington Grammar School (since 2008 the Accrington Academy) in Lancashire. At the University of Edinburgh he gained a BSc in pharmacology in 1966, then a degree in medicine in 1970 (MB ChB).

Career
Heart transplant

From 1975 to 1976 he was at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and then at the Adelaide Provincial Hospital (Eastern Cape) from 1977 to 1978. He spent the following year at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary, then subsequent year at St Bartholomew's Hospital in London.

At Stanford University School of Medicine he worked in Cardiovascular and Cardiac Transplant Surgery from 1980 to 1981.

Papworth Hospital
Papworth Hospital at Papworth Everard

From 1981 to 2011 he worked at Papworth Hospital, being Director of Transplantation from 1989–2006. He worked with Sir Terence English, who had performed the UK's first heart transplant at Papworth in January 1979.

In 2014, he became Chairman of Royal Papworth Hospital.[4]

He was President of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) 1994–1995.[5][6][7][8]

Personal life

He married Elizabeth Medley in 1973; they have a son and two daughters. He was awarded the CBE in the 2012 New Year Honours.

References
  1. Tansey, E. M.; Reynolds, L. A., eds. (1999). Early heart transplant surgery in the UK; The transcript of a witness seminar held at the Wellcome Institute for the history of medicine (10 June 1997) (PDF). 3. Wellcome Trust. ISBN 978 184129 007 2.
  2. "Heart, lung and liver transplant (1987) - NHS Graduates". www.nhsgraduates.co.uk. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  3. Prickett, Helen Burchell and Katy (17 December 2016). "'We owe them a huge debt of gratitude'". BBC News. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  4. "Our Board Of Directors". Royal Papworth Hospital. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  5. "Professor John Wallwork – CUHP". CUHP. CUHP. 2018-07-15. Retrieved 2018-07-15.CS1 maint: others (link)
  6. "ISHLT: The International Society for Heart & Lung Transplantation - Past Presidents". www.ishlt.org. Retrieved 2018-07-15.
  7. "Heart surgeon honoured by Queen". BBC News. 2011-12-31. Retrieved 2018-07-15.
  8. "ISHLT: The International Society for Heart & Lung Transplantation - Scientific Program" (PDF). www.ishlt.org. Retrieved 13 January 2019.


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