Anthony David Barnes

Developments in tissue typing showed that recipient matched kidneys were less prone to rejection, and from 1972 Tony chaired the first national matching and sharing scheme, the National Organ Matching and Distribution Service, which later merged with the National Tissue Typing Reference Laboratory to become the UK Transplant Service. In addition to renal transplantation, Tony was accomplished in all aspects of general surgery, and his experience with patients with renal failure helped him establish the principles of parathyroid surgery.