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I am Professor of Transplantation at the Department of Surgery, University of Cambridge and a Consultant Transplant Surgeon at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (Addenbrooke's Hospital). My clinical interests include adult kidney, pancreas and liver transplantation. My laboratory research focus is on cancer (genetic basis, experimental models and safety and efficacy of immunotherapies), regenerative medicine (function and immunogenicity of regenerative cellular therapies) and transplantation (ischaemia reperfusion injury). My multidisciplinary, collaborative and translational research approach includes the full range of in vitro, small animal, large animal and human experimental models, including ex vivo organ perfusion. As joint Director of Studies in Clinical Medicine, I am responsible for the academic progress of clinical medical students at Fitzwilliam College. Together with other medical and veterinary fellows, I am involved in the admissions process and interview applicants that wish to read Medical and Veterinary Sciences Tripos at Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge.

Background

I matriculated as a medical student at Fitzwilliam College in 1993. My interest in biomedical research was developed during my Part II year studying Anatomy A (neurosciences and developmental biology) and I subsequently enrolled on the MB-PhD programme. I completed my doctoral thesis in neurophysiology of circadian rhythms in 2000 and qualified as a medical doctor in 2001. While studying for my PhD, I pursued an active interest in teaching and started supervising undergraduates at Fitzwilliam (and other colleges) in 1998. I served as MCR President in 1999, became a Fellow in 2003 and Director of Studies in Clinical Medicine in 2004. I pursued a career in surgery after graduation and was appointed as a University Lecturer in Transplant Surgery in 2012.