Jeremy Robert Chapman (born 20 September 1953) is a British–Australian

nephrologist Nephrology is a specialty for both adult internal medicine and pediatric medicine that concerns the study of the kidneys, specifically normal kidney function (renal physiology) and kidney disease (renal pathophysiology), the preservation of kid ...

renal In humans, the kidneys are two reddish-brown bean-shaped blood-filtering organs that are a multilobar, multipapillary form of mammalian kidneys, usually without signs of external lobulation. They are located on the left and right in the retrop ...

physician and transplant surgeon. He has been the director of the Division of Medicine and Cancer at

Westmead Hospital Westmead Hospital is a major teaching hospital in Sydney, Australia. Opened on 10 November 1978, the 975-bed hospital forms part of the Western Sydney Local Health District, and is a teaching hospital of Sydney Medical School at the University of ...

in Sydney since 2007.

Early life and education

Chapman was born in London, England and educated at

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in Kent. He studied medicine at the

University of Cambridge The University of Cambridge is a Public university, public collegiate university, collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209, the University of Cambridge is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, wo ...

, gaining a

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(MB BChir),

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(MA) and

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(MD). From 1984 to 1987, he was a lecturer and

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at the

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Career

Chapman migrated to Australia in 1987, and commenced lecturing at

the University of Sydney The University of Sydney (USYD) is a public university, public research university in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in both Australia and Oceania. One of Australia's six sandstone universities, it was one of the ...

and practising medicine at the newly opened Westmead Hospital. Chapman is a board member of the Western Sydney Local Health District, Westmead Medical Research Foundation, and is chairman, Australian Bone Marrow Donor Registry, since 1991 and Manager of the Australian National Kidney Matching Service, since 1988. He served as President of The Transplantation Society between 2008 and 2010.

Awards and honours

In 2014, Expertscape named Professor Chapman the world's leading expert in kidney transplantation. He was awarded the Medal of the

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in 2003 for establishment of the Australian Bone Marrow Donor Registry. In 2015, he was appointed as a Companion of the Order of Australia for eminent service to medicine, particularly in the areas of clinical and biomedical research, to the development of ethical policy and practices for organ donation, acquisition and transplantation, and to renal medicine organisations and publications. Chapman was elected Fellow of the

Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences The Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences is an academy to promote health and medical sciences in Australia. It was established in June 2014. It cites "The Academy will serve the three purposes identified as of high priority in the 2 ...

in 2017.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chapman, Jeremy 1953 births Living people Australian nephrologists Australian transplant surgeons Companions of the Order of Australia Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia Academic staff of the University of Sydney Alumni of the University of Cambridge Fellows of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians People educated at Sevenoaks School British emigrants to Australia Australian healthcare managers Fellows of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences