The Transplant Links Community
Medical Faculty
We are blessed to have a growing team of Nephrologists (Kidney Specialists), Surgeons, Nurses, Operating Theatre Technicians and Anaesthetists who give up their time to travel around the world to pass on their skills and knowledge to medical staff in developing countries. Because our management team is small and our medical team are volunteers, we can keep our overheads and costs as low as possible.
Our Medical Director is Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist Dr David Milford and our Clinical Director is Consultant Transplant Surgeon Professor Nick Inston.
Trustees and advisors
The charity is managed by Jennie and Aimee and a board of trustees: (left to right) Chair of Trustees / Medical Director / Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist Dr David Milford, TLC CEO/founder Dr Jennie Jewitt-Harris, Consultant Transplant Surgeon Mr Andrew Ready, Simon Whittingham, Beverley Evans, Jeanette Swan and Consultant Nephrologist Dr Shazia Shabir. We are also immensely grateful to have the support of ‘Computer Chris’.
Patrons
TLC are delighted to enjoy the support of some wonderful public figures who are passionate about helping children and adults with kidney failure in developing countries to get the treatment and care that they so desperately deserve. Our patrons are: Baroness Floella Benjamin OM DBE DL, Baroness Julia Cumberlege CBE DL, Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub, Elsie Owusu OBE, Quentin Cooper, Lord Bernard Ribeiro CBE and Yinka Shonibare MBE.
The work of TLC is of great importance to me.
TLC is a small but mighty charity who take doctors and surgeons to developing countries to pass on their surgical and medical skills to local surgeons and doctors. They specifically train doctors and surgeons in kidney transplantation, where a healthy relative can save the life of a loved one who is suffering from kidney failure by donating a healthy kidney. This work saves and transforms the lives of children and adults, and ensures many more will benefit in the future. The generosity of the medical volunteers, the support of sponsors and the hard work of the TLC staff gives children and adults who previously had no hope the chance of a near normal life. I am honoured and privileged to be a patron of Transplant Links Community.
Baroness Floella Benjamin DBE DL, pictured right during a TLC teaching mission in 2020.
Contact us
If you are a healthcare professional who is interested in becoming part of the Transplant Links Community then please get in touch using this contact form.