Peter Morris (surgeon)
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Professor Sir Peter John Morris AC (born 1934) is an Australian surgeon and a pioneer in organ transplant.
Morris was born in Australia in 1934 and after education at Xavier College, Melbourne, he was a medical student at St. Vincent’s Hospital and the University of Melbourne
, graduating in 1957. He commenced his surgical training in Melbourne before moving to the UK and the USA to complete his training.
. He held this post for 28 years before being elected as President of The Royal College of Surgeons of England from 2001 to 2004 . On arrival in Oxford he established the transplantation programme at the Oxford Transplant Centre of which he was Director. He was also the co-founder with John Bell of the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics. He now serves as Director of the Centre for Evidence in Transplantation (CET) at the Royal College of Surgeons and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, where he holds an Honorary Professorship and is a member of Court. He served as Chairman of the British Heart Foundation for 8 years and is now President of the Medical Protection Society.
He was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1994 and as a Foundation Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 1998. In the USA he was elected as a Foreign Member of both the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Philosophical Society.
He has received a number of prizes for his work, the most prestigious of which are the Lister Medal in 1997 for his contributions to surgical science and the Medawar Prize in 2006 for his contributions to transplantation.
In 1996 he was knighted by the Queen for services to medicine. He was made a Companion of the Order of Australia for services to medical sciences in 2004.
Morris was born in Australia in 1934 and after education at Xavier College, Melbourne, he was a medical student at St. Vincent’s Hospital and the University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne is a public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1853, it is the second oldest university in Australia and the oldest in Victoria...
, graduating in 1957. He commenced his surgical training in Melbourne before moving to the UK and the USA to complete his training.
Appointments
He returned to Melbourne in 1968 to the University of Melbourne’s Department of Surgery, becoming Reader in Surgery in 1971. In 1973 at the age of 39 he was appointed to the Nuffield Chair of Surgery at the University of OxfordUniversity of Oxford
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. He held this post for 28 years before being elected as President of The Royal College of Surgeons of England from 2001 to 2004 . On arrival in Oxford he established the transplantation programme at the Oxford Transplant Centre of which he was Director. He was also the co-founder with John Bell of the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics. He now serves as Director of the Centre for Evidence in Transplantation (CET) at the Royal College of Surgeons and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, where he holds an Honorary Professorship and is a member of Court. He served as Chairman of the British Heart Foundation for 8 years and is now President of the Medical Protection Society.
He was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1994 and as a Foundation Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 1998. In the USA he was elected as a Foreign Member of both the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Philosophical Society.
Career
His professional scientific career has revolved around transplantation and transplantation biology, with a major interest in the immune response to histocompatibility antigens and its suppression. One of his key contributions was the discovery of cytotoxic antibodies in patients after renal transplantation and their association with graft failure. Other research interests included extensive studies of HLA and disease and the use of HLA as a genetic marker in anthropology. His clinical interests have been in transplantation and vascular surgery. He is a former President of The Transplantation Society (International), the British Transplantation Society, the European Surgical Association and the International Surgical Society. He is the editor of Kidney Transplantation: Principles and Practice, which is now in its 6th edition, and the widely acclaimed Oxford Textbook of Surgery, which is in its 2nd edition.Awards
He has been awarded numerous Honorary Fellowships, including those of the American Surgical Association, the American College of Surgeons, the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, German Surgical Society, Japanese Surgical Society and the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Glasgow and Ireland as well as an Honorary DSc of Imperial College, London and the University of Hong Kong. He has served as a visiting Professor in some 50 institutions and delivered over 30 eponymous lectures worldwide.He has received a number of prizes for his work, the most prestigious of which are the Lister Medal in 1997 for his contributions to surgical science and the Medawar Prize in 2006 for his contributions to transplantation.
In 1996 he was knighted by the Queen for services to medicine. He was made a Companion of the Order of Australia for services to medical sciences in 2004.
External links
- http://www.transplantevidence.com/staff_cv.php?id=2 CV
- http://www.transplantevidence.com/images/staff/2.jpg Photo
- http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3533750 Public lecture given by Professor Sir Peter Morris on the history of transplantations. Recorded 15 June 2005 at Melbourne, Vic
- http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3533748 Peter Morris interviewed by Peter Pockley. Recorded on 16 June 2005 at Melbourne, Vic
- http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1183202 Kidney transplantation : principles and practice / edited by P.J. Morris, London : Academic Press ; New York : Grune & Stratton, 1979.