A transplant director
BMJ 2008; 336 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/sbmj.0805204 (Published 01 May 2008) Cite this as: BMJ 2008;336:0805204
- Hassan Al-Hashimi, final year medical student1,
- Ahmed Al-Hassani, third year medical student1
- 1Bart's and the London School of Medicine, London
Fact file
Name—Chris Rudge
Position—Managing director of UK Transplant
Biography—Chris Rudge graduated from Guy's Medical School, London, in 1966, when transplant surgery in the United Kingdom was new. He spent nine years training, in the UK and Cape Town. He has worked as a consultant transplant surgeon at Guy's, Middlesex, and the Royal London hospitals. He became more involved with the NHS transplant organisation known as UK Transplant. In 2001 he was appointed the medical director and in 2005 was designated head.
What is the main role of UK Transplant?
UK Transplant does a number of things in the United Kingdom to do with the organisation of transplants, but it doesn't have anything to do with individual transplant units. We don't employ transplant surgeons or pay them, but we keep the list of everybody in the country who is waiting for a transplant; coordinate the …
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