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Francis L. Delmonico | |
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 Professor Francis L. Delmonico | |
| Born | 1945 |
| Alma mater | George Washington University Medical College of Virginia |
| Known for | organ transplant surgery |
| Awards | NKF Hume Lifetime Achievement Award
AST Senior Achievement Award in Clinical Transplantation AOPO The President's Award TTS Medawar Prize |
Francis L. Delmonico, MD, FACS (born in New York in 1945) is an American surgeon, clinical professor and health expert in the field of transplantation. He serves on numerous committees and is affiliated with various leading organizations and institutions. He is the chief medical officer of the New England Organ Bank (NEOB) and Professor of Surgery, Part-Time at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts, where he is emeritus director of renal transplantation. He served as president of The Transplantation Society (TTS) from 2012 to 2014, an international non-profit organization based in Montreal, Canada that works with international transplantation physicians and researchers. He also served as the president of the United Network of Organ Sharing (UNOS) in 2005, which overseas the practice of organ donation and transplantation in the United States. He was appointed and still serves as an advisor to the World Health Organization in matters of organ donation and transplantation. He was appointed by Pope Francis to the Pontifical Academy of Science in 2016. In 2020, he became the recipient of the Medawar Prize of The Transplantation Society.