1. Charles Rob's contributions paved the way for St Mary's in becoming a pioneering centre in vascular surgery and transplant surgery.
17 Facts About Charles Rob
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Charles Rob was born on 4 May 1913 in Weybridge, England.
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Charles Rob's father was Joseph William Rob, a family physician, who came from the farming and landowning family in Catton near Thirsk, Yorkshire.
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Charles Rob was educated at Hordle House and Oundle before going on to graduate from St John's College, Cambridge, in 1934.
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Charles Rob joined the university air squadron to train to be a pilot.
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Charles Rob became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1937 and, after two years of surgical training at St Thomas's, he gained his FRCS.
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At the onset of the Second World War in 1939, Charles Rob was at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, but shortly returned to St Thomas's hospital to work throughout the Blitz.
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Charles Rob was later made resident assistant surgeon at Hydestile Hospital, close to Godalming and had operated in bunkered operating rooms at St Mary's hospital.
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Charles Rob joined the Royal Army Medical Corps in November 1942 and was posted to the 1st Parachute Battalion as a surgical specialist.
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Charles Rob took part in the mission to seize the Souk-el-Arba Airfields and the road junction at Beja during the Tunisian Campaign.
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Charles Rob suffered a left tibia and kneecap fracture when a bomb fell, and was reported to have used his own blood to transfuse a wounded person.
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Charles Rob was awarded the Military Cross for his efforts.
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In 1955, Charles Rob performed the UK's first recorded deceased donor kidney transplant with Hammersmith hospital's surgeon Jim Dempster, at St Mary's Hospital.
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In 1960 Charles Rob accepted the position of chief of the Department of Surgery at the University of Rochester, Strong Memorial Hospital and moved to the United States.
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Charles Rob was a past president of the International Society of Cardiovascular Surgery and the North American Chapter of the International Cardiovascular Society.
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Charles Rob was awarded the Rene Leriche prize of the International Society of Surgery.
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Charles Rob died of heart disease while visiting relatives on 26 July 2001 in Montpellier, Vt.