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Prof. Dr. Jeremy Chapman's profile

Professor Jeremy Chapman AC, MB BChir MD FRACMA(hon) FRACP FRCP FAHMS

Professor Chapman trained in Cambridge, London and Oxford before moving to Westmead Hospital and Sydney University in 1987 as consultant renal physician and then Director of Western Renal Services 1992 - 2019.

• Research: Lifetime H index is currently about 100, more than 26,000 citations from more than 460 peer reviewed publications. Global no 1 Transplant Specialist on publications 2014, 2015.

• President: The (International) Transplantation Society, responsible for multiple major global congresses, education systems and research developments in Transplantation between 2000 and 2014

• President: World Marrow Donor Association (1998- 2010)

• Member Expert Advisory Panel of the World Health Organisation 2010 – 2022.

• Editor in Chief of the Transplantation Journal (IF 6.2) and Transplantation Direct Journal (IF 2.3) 2014-2024.

• Inaugural chair of the Westmead Research Hub Executive in 2003. Current chair of the Westmead Research Hub Council.

• Deputy Chair of the Western Sydney Local Health District Board (member 999-2004, 2010-2020).Chair WSLHD Research Development Committee, member Finance and Performance and Redevelopment committees

• Inaugural Chair Australian Bone Marrow Donor Registry (1991- current).

• Chair Ceclia Kilkeary Foundation, Board Member Westmead Hospital Foundation

• Chair National Taskforce on Australian Organ Donation leading to creation of the National Agency, the Organ and Tissue Authority (Board member 2009-17) which doubled organ donation in Australia between 2008 and 2018. Current Chair National Vigilance and Surveillance Expert Committee

Honours

• Australia 2003 Medal of the Order of Australia, OAM

• Spain 2010 Asturias Award for International Cooperation

• Mongolia 2018 Medal of the Polar Star

• Australia 2015 Companion of the Order of Australia, AC

• Australia 2017 Fellow Academy of Health and Medical Science