Mr Chris Callaghan

Mr Chris Callaghan is a consultant transplant surgeon and has been at Guy’s and St Thomas’ since 2011. He has a specialist interest in paediatric kidney transplantation and pancreas transplantation.

Special interests

Chris’ areas of expertise include hand-assisted laparoscopic (key-hole surgery) donor nephrectomy, dialysis access surgery, kidney and pancreas transplantation.

Treatments

• Kidney transplantation
• Vascular access and peritoneal dialysis insertion

Education

Chris trained at the University of Otago, New Zealand, and then completed his higher surgical training in multi-organ abdominal transplant surgery at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge.

He has a PhD in transplant immunology from the University of Cambridge and continues to have active research interests in deceased donor organ utilisation and machine perfusion.

Membership of professional bodies

• Royal College of Surgeons of England
• The Transplantation Society
• British Transplantation Society