Nicos Kessaris
Consultant transplant surgeon
Biography
Nicos Kessaris worked at St George's renal transplant unit as a consultant between 2007 and 2012. During this period he established the ABO and HLA incompatible transplant programs.
Nicos has been at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust since April 2012. He is currently involved in renal, pancreas, and paediatric transplantation. He also participates in vascular access and peritoneal dialysis surgery.
Education and training
- Specialist registrar training in general surgery and transplantation, London Deanery
Research interests
- Patients' views on kidney allocation in the UK
- The role of sCD30 in kidney, pancreas and antibody incompatible transplantation using ELISA
- Assessing the incidence and risk factors for developing cancer after transplantation using data from the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), USA
Awards
- Adrian Tanner Prize, surgery section, Royal Society of Medicine, 2013
- ESOT 2009 Young Investigator Award, European Society for Organ Transplantation, Paris, September 2009
- e-poster of distinction, Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, Glasgow, May 2009
- e-poster of distinction, Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, Bournemouth, May 2008
Last updated: January 2023