[{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki21\/british-transplantation-society-wikipedia\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki21\/british-transplantation-society-wikipedia\/","headline":"British Transplantation Society – Wikipedia","name":"British Transplantation Society – Wikipedia","description":"before-content-x4 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia after-content-x4 Non-profit professional body British Transplant Society Abbreviation BTS Established 1971 President after-content-x4 Lorna","datePublished":"2015-10-19","dateModified":"2015-10-19","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki21\/author\/lordneo\/#Person","name":"lordneo","url":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki21\/author\/lordneo\/","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c9645c498c9701c88b89b8537773dd7c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c9645c498c9701c88b89b8537773dd7c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/wiki4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download.jpg","url":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/wiki4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download.jpg","width":600,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/thumb\/a\/a2\/British_Transplant_Society_logo.svg\/220px-British_Transplant_Society_logo.svg.png","url":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/thumb\/a\/a2\/British_Transplant_Society_logo.svg\/220px-British_Transplant_Society_logo.svg.png","height":"160","width":"220"},"url":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki21\/british-transplantation-society-wikipedia\/","wordCount":2503,"articleBody":"     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});before-content-x4From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Non-profit professional bodyBritish Transplant SocietyAbbreviationBTSEstablished1971President       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Lorna MarsonVice PresidentSteve WigmoreWebsitewww.bts.org.ukThe British Transplantation Society (BTS) is a non-profit professional body representing the community of physicians, surgeons, nurses, allied health professionals and scientists involved in organ transplantation in the United Kingdom.[1][2] The BTS supports the provision and dissemination of medical research in organ transplantation, and also develops national guidance and policy in the provision of transplant care to patients,[3][4][5][6] including living donation.[7] Notably the society supported the debate for presumed consent from deceased donors in United Kingdom parliament[8] and also the use of donation after circulatory failure (DCD) in the expansion of the donor pool.[9][10]Table of Contents       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Purpose[edit]Education and research[edit]Awards[edit]Medawar  Medal[edit]Roy Calne Medal[edit]References[edit]Purpose[edit]The purpose of the BTS is “to promote transplantation in all its forms”.[11] However, the society states four strategic aims:[12]To advance research and innovation in the field of organ transplantationTo promote ethical standards in research and transplant medicineTo promote a culture of organ donation by influencing public opinionTo support patients living with a transplanted organEducation and research[edit]The BTS provides training and education to doctors in clinical transplantation. The BTS congress is held annually in order for novel research to be disseminated to the clinical and scientific communities.Awards[edit]The BTS awards two prizes each year to clinicians and scientists for excellence in transplantation research.Medawar  Medal[edit]The society gives two Medawar Medals each year to a doctor and scientist presenting the best clinical or scientific research, respectively.[13] The award is named after Sir Peter Medawar, the founder chairman of BTS and winner of the 1962 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology for the discovery of transplantation principle.[14]Roy Calne Medal[edit]The society awards a medal to the competitive winner of submission of a peer review publication in a recognised academic journal.[15] The award is named after Sir Roy Yorke Calne, who was the first surgeon to perform a combined heart-lung-liver transplant in 1987, the first liver transplantation operation in Europe in 1968, and the first small bowel transplant in the UK in 1992.[16]References[edit]^ “Wellcome Library Western Manuscripts and Archives catalogue”. Archives.wellcomelibrary.org.^ “Oxford Transplant Foundation – Useful links”. Oxfordtransplant.org.uk.^ McPherson S, Elsharkawy AM, Ankcorn M, et al. Summary of the British Transplantation Society UK Guidelines for Hepatitis E and Solid Organ Transplantation. Transplantation 2018; 102(1): 15-20.^ Newsome PN, Allison ME, Andrews PA, et al. Guidelines for liver transplantation for patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. Gut 2012; 61(4): 484-500.^ “NICE Evidence Search | british transplant society”. Archived from the original on 2018-04-20. Retrieved 2018-04-19.^ Parker, A. , Bowles, K. , Bradley, J. A., Emery, V. , Featherstone, C. , Gupte, G. , Marcus, R. , Parameshwar, J. , Ramsay, A. , Newstead, C. and , (2010), Management of post\u2010transplant lymphoproliferative disorder in adult solid organ transplant recipients \u2013 BCSH and BTS Guidelines. British Journal of Haematology, 149: 693-705. doi:10.1111\/j.1365-2141.2010.08160.x^ Andrews PA, Burnapp L, Manas D, Bradley JA, Dudley C. Summary of the British Transplantation Society\/Renal Association U.K. guidelines for living donor kidney transplantation. Transplantation 2012; 93(7): 666-73.^ “Microsoft Word – postpn231.doc” (PDF). Parliament.uk. Retrieved 2018-04-19.^ “Could deceased heart attack victims expand donor pool?”. Sciencedaily.com. Retrieved 19 April 2018.^ “Organ Donation after Circulatory Death” (PDF). Nhsbtdbe.blob.core.windows.net.^ “History of the BTS \u2013 British Transplantation Society”. Bts.org.uk.^ “About the BTS \u2013 British Transplantation Society”. Bts.org.uk.^ “Medawar Medal \u2013 British Transplantation Society”. Bts.org.uk. Retrieved 19 April 2018.^ “The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1960”. Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB. Retrieved 19 October 2015.^ “The Roy Calne Award \u2013 British Transplantation Society”. Bts.org.uk. Retrieved 19 April 2018.^ Amirani, Amir (May 1995). “Sir Roy Calne Pursues Higher Tolerance in Transplantatione”. Science Watch. The Thomson Corporation. Retrieved 2008-08-01       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki21\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki21\/british-transplantation-society-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"British Transplantation Society – Wikipedia"}}]}]