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]
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| Born | 24 December 1951 |
| Nationality | British |
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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]
Honours
editLechler 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.[7] On 7 November 2012, he was knighted by Anne, Princess Royal (acting on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II) during a ceremony at Buckingham Palace.[8]
References
edit- ^ a b "Robert Ian LECHLER". People of Today. Debrett's. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
- ^ "Professor Sir Robert Lechler". King's Health Partners. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
- ^ "Professor Robert Lechler". Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine. King's College London. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
- ^ a b "Professor Sir Robert Lechler announced as new Academy President". The Academy of Medical Sciences. 29 June 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
- ^ ‘LECHLER, Sir Robert (Ian)’, Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2016
- ^ "Prof Sir John Tooke and Prof Sir Robert Lechler, outgoing President and President-elect of the Academy of Medical Sciences". Science Media Centre. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
- ^ "No. 60173". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 June 2012. p. 1.
- ^ "Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood". The London Gazette. No. 60593. 9 August 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2015.