Robert Lechler
British nephrologist, immunologist and academic
Sir Robert Ian Lechler (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. Since 2009, he has been executive director of King's Health Partners.
He was educated at Monkton Combe School in Somerset, Victoria University of Manchester (MB ChB 1975), and the Royal Postgraduate Medical School (PhD 1983).
On 29 June 2015, Lechler was appointed as President of the Academy of Medical Sciences. and began his five-year term on 3 December 2015.
Lechler currently serves as the Chair of the Board of Trustees of Croydon based orchestra London Mozart Players.
Honours
Lechler was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP) in 1990, a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists (FRCPath) in 1996, and a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci) in 2000.
In the 2012 Queen's Birthday Honours, Lechler was made a Knight Bachelor "for services to Academic Medicine", and therefore granted the title sir.
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