Introduction.

Pioneering, award-winning and distinguished consultant general and transplant surgeon, Professor Nadey Hakim has consistently broken new ground throughout his career. A specialist in General Surgery, he started the first Pancreas Transplant Programme in south-east England and pioneered the finger-assisted nephrectomy technique to streamline kidney transplants.

He was the British Surgeon on the international team which performed the world’s first successful arm transplant and was the first surgeon to be awarded the prestigious Max Thorek Professorship of Surgery. With over 200 peer-reviewed papers and 24 textbooks, he is also a prolific author and sought-after international speaker.

Professor Hakim gained his MD from Paris Descartes University as the Distinguished Laureate of the Faculté de Médicine and trained in surgery at Guy’s Hospital in London. At the University of London, he obtained his PhD before completing a Gastrointestinal Fellowship at the Mayo Clinic and a Multi-organ Transplant Fellowship at the University of Minnesota.

Currently a Professor of Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic London and Imperial College London, Professor Hakim’s academic awards and professional achievements are extensive. He has been awarded honorary professorships from the universities of Lyon, Peru, Ankara, Belgrade and São Paulo, and has been a Visiting Professor to several universities including Harvard University.

He is President-elect of The Transplantation Society and formerly President of the International College of Surgeons and Vice-President of the Royal Society of Medicine. In 2016 he was appointed Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur by President François Hollande of France.