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Professor Lars-Erik Gelin
Memorial Foundation for Transplant Research
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Lars-Erik Gelin (1920 – 1980) was
professor of General Surgery and Transplantation Surgery at Gothenburg
University and the director of dept. of Surgery I,
Sahlgrenska Hospital. Prof. Gelin
initiated 1965 the renal transplant program at the Sahlgrenska Hospital which
during the 1970’s under his leadership expanded successfully both clinically
as well as scientifically to become one of the worlds’ largest renal
transplant units. |
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Professor Lars-Erik Gelin
Memorial Foundation for
Transplant Research was founded 1981 with the aim to support research in the transplantation field, especially
transplantations of abdominal organs. The foundation was created on
the initiative of the Association of Kidney Patients of West Sweden and its
board members consist of representatives of the patient organisation,
professor Gelin family and transplant surgeons/physicians. The main support of the
foundation is given as research grants to individual scientific
projects. In addition 2 scholarships
have been created. ·
The “Gelin
scholarship for surgeons/physicions” (presently SEK 100 000) was founded 1996
and is annually awarded to one surgeon/physician in order to develop their clinical competence by
practicing at a foreign transplant clinic. ·
The “Gelin scholarship
for paramedical transplantation
staff” (presently SEK 30 000) has been introduced annually to nurses,
coordinators and other paramedical
transplantation staff to increase their clinical competence in the
care of transplantation patients. The total foundation capital assets is today about
SEK 12,5 millions (USD 1, 7 millions). |
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