British Transplantation Society Explained

British Transplant Society
Abbreviation:BTS
Established:1971
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Leader Title:President
Leader Name:Lorna Marson
Leader Title2:Vice President
Leader Name2:Steve Wigmore
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Website:www.bts.org.uk

The 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]

Purpose

The purpose of the BTS is "to promote transplantation in all its forms".[11] However, the society states four strategic aims:[12]

  1. To advance research and innovation in the field of organ transplantation
  2. To promote ethical standards in research and transplant medicine
  3. To promote a culture of organ donation by influencing public opinion
  4. To support patients living with a transplanted organ

Education and research

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

The BTS awards two prizes each year to clinicians and scientists for excellence in transplantation research.

Medawar Medal

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

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wellcome Library Western Manuscripts and Archives catalogue. Archives.wellcomelibrary.org.
  2. Web site: Oxford Transplant Foundation - Useful links. Oxfordtransplant.org.uk.
  3. 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.
  4. Newsome PN, Allison ME, Andrews PA, et al. Guidelines for liver transplantation for patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. Gut 2012; 61(4): 484-500.
  5. Web site: NICE Evidence Search | british transplant society . 2018-04-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180420073731/https://www.evidence.nhs.uk/Search?om=%22srn%22:%22British%20Transplantation%20Society%22&q=british+transplant+society . 2018-04-20 . dead .
  6. 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‐transplant lymphoproliferative disorder in adult solid organ transplant recipients – BCSH and BTS Guidelines. British Journal of Haematology, 149: 693-705. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2141.2010.08160.x
  7. 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.
  8. Web site: Microsoft Word - postpn231.doc . Parliament.uk . 2018-04-19.
  9. Web site: Could deceased heart attack victims expand donor pool?. Sciencedaily.com. 19 April 2018.
  10. Web site: Organ Donation after Circulatory Death . Nhsbtdbe.blob.core.windows.net .
  11. Web site: History of the BTS – British Transplantation Society. Bts.org.uk.
  12. Web site: About the BTS – British Transplantation Society. Bts.org.uk.
  13. Web site: Medawar Medal – British Transplantation Society. Bts.org.uk. 19 April 2018.
  14. "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1960". Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  15. Web site: The Roy Calne Award – British Transplantation Society. Bts.org.uk. 19 April 2018.
  16. Amirani, Amir (May 1995). "Sir Roy Calne Pursues Higher Tolerance in Transplantatione". Science Watch. The Thomson Corporation. Retrieved 2008-08-01

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