Invited Faculty - John Forsythe

John Forsythe is an Honorary Professor and Consultant Transplant Surgeon at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, UK, a position he has held since 1995. Prior to this, he was a Consultant Surgeon with special interest in renal transplantation at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
A prolific speaker, Professor Forsythe has presented at numerous national and international meetings and chaired many sessions. His career has been marked by a number of awards and distinctions, including the Moynihan Prize and Medal (Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, 1989), the Honeyman Gillespie Lecture (1998) and the Rutherford Morison Lecture 2010.

Professor Forsythe holds many professional committee appointments, among them Clinical Lead for Organ Donation and Transplantation in Scotland, Chairman of the Scottish Transplant Group and Non-Executive Board member of NHS Blood and Transplant. He is also Chairman of the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs Advisory Committee to the UK Government. He is a Past President of the British Transplantation Society and General Secretary of the European Society for Organ Transplantation (ESOT) having served as Chair of the Education Committee of ESOT for a number of years.