Robert Lechler
British nephrologist, immunologist and academic
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Sir Robert Ian Lechler (born 24 December 1951) is a British nephrologist, immunologist, and academic. He specialises in transplantation tolerance and immunology. Since 2004, he has been Professor of Immunology at King's College London.[1][2][3] Since 2009, he has been executive director of King's Health Partners.[4]
- Research into transplant rejection
- Kidney and liver transplant research
- Knight Bachelor (2012)
- FMedSci (2016)
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| Website | https://acmedsci.ac.uk/about/governance/academy-president/professor-sir-robert-lechler |
He was educated at Monkton Combe School in Somerset, Victoria University of Manchester (MB ChB 1975), and the Royal Postgraduate Medical School (PhD 1983).[5]
On 29 June 2015, Lechler was appointed as President of the Academy of Medical Sciences.[4] and began his five-year term on 3 December 2015.[6]
Lechler currently serves as the Chair of the Board of Trustees of Croydon based orchestra London Mozart Players.[7]
Honours
Lechler was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP) in 1990, a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists (FRCPath) in 1996, and a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci) in 2000.[1]
In the 2012 Queen's Birthday Honours, Lechler was made a Knight Bachelor "for services to Academic Medicine", and therefore granted the title sir.[8] On 7 November 2012, he was knighted by Anne, Princess Royal (acting on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II) during a ceremony at Buckingham Palace.[9]