Clinical expertise
Mr Chris Callaghan is a consultant transplant surgeon and specialises in kidney transplantation and pancreas transplantation.
He regularly treats patients with conditions such as:
- renal (kidney) cancer
- systemic vasculitis
He performs treatments such as:
- kidney transplantation
- vascular access and peritoneal dialysis insertion
- hand-assisted laparoscopic (key-hole surgery) donor nephrectomy
- dialysis access surgery
- pancreas transplantation
Locations
Our specialist provides care at these locations:
Biography
Mr Chris Callaghan is a consultant transplant surgeon at Guy’s and St Thomas’ hospitals.
Mr Chris Callaghan 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
Research
Mr Chris Callaghan has a specialist interest in paediatric kidney transplantation and pancreas transplantation.
His research interests are in the mechanisms of antibody-mediated rejection and B cell tolerance, the use of autogenous veins in vascular access surgery, increasing the use of donation after circulatory death organs and improving the utilisation of donated organs.
