Thomas Earl Starzl ( 11 March 1926-4 March 2017 )

By the end ofthe year, many successful liver transplants had been performed.4 The next revolution in the field of liver transplantation was the introduction of cyclosporine A, making immunosuppression much more reliable and less toxic. Working from his office above the Pizza-Hut across the road from the hospital, he worked out a protocol for 'tolerogenic immunosuppression'. Since the protocol required a period of treatment before the transplant, it was best suited for living donor liver transplantation. Amadeo Marcos, one of the pioneers of adult-to-adult right lobe living donor liver transplantation was recruited to head the transplant unit at the Starzl Institute and trials of the new protocol began.