John Wallwork (surgeon)

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John Wallwork

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BornJuly 1946

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]

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] Wallwork is a Distinguished Supporter of Humanists UK.

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