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Robert Lechler
British nephrologist, immunologist and academic
Sir Robert Ian Lechler, FRCP, FRCPath, FMedSci (born 24 December 1951) is a British nephrologist, immunologist, and academic. He specialises in transplantation tolerance and immunology. Since 2004, he has been Professor of Immunology at King's College London.[1][2][3] Since 2009, he has been executive director of King's Health Partners.[4]
He was educated at Monkton Combe School in Somerset, Victoria University of Manchester (MB ChB 1975), and the Royal Postgraduate Medical School (PhD 1983).[5]
On 29 June 2015, Lechler was appointed as President of the Academy of Medical Sciences.[4] and began his five-year term on 3 December 2015.[6]