Nikolaos Karydis is a transplant surgeon at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and was the first to perform a kidney transplant using an organ from an HIV positive donor.Nolan, E., Karydis, N., Drage, M. & Hilton, R. First UK case report of kidney transplantation from an HIV-infected deceased donor to two HIV-infected recipients. Clinical kidney journal 11, 289-291, doi:10.1093/ckj/sfx109 (2018). The discovery that HIV-infected organs can be used in patients with a similar HIV type significantly improves the medical opportunities for patients with HIV associated nephropathy.
References