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Front. Transplant.
Sec. Abdominal Transplantation
Volume 3 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/frtra.2024.1530925
This article is part of the Research Topic Transplantation Pillars View all 10 articles

Ronald W. Busuttil, M.D., Ph.D. – TTS 2024 Medawar Prize Laureate

Provisionally accepted
Jerzy Kupiec-Weglinski Jerzy Kupiec-Weglinski *
  • Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States

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    The Transplantation Society (TTS) has been presenting the Medawar Prize at its biennial Congresses since 1990 in recognition of Sir Peter Medawar's seminal contributions to organ transplantation. This prestigious award acknowledges individuals for their outstanding accomplishments in experimental and clinical transplantation. On September 25, 2024, I was honored to introduce Ronald W. Busuttil, M.D., Ph.D., as the 2024 Medawar Prize Laureate during the 30th TTS Congress in Istanbul, Turkey. This article highlights the remarkable achievements and critical milestones in Dr. Busuttil's over forty-year career in organ transplantation, which have profoundly advanced scientific knowledge and clinical practice, embodying the true spirit of this accolade.

    Keywords: Ronald Busuttil, Medawar Prize, Liver Transplantation, surgical scholar, ischemia-reperfusion injury

    Received: 19 Nov 2024; Accepted: 12 Dec 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Kupiec-Weglinski. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Jerzy Kupiec-Weglinski, Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States

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