Prof. Nadey Hakim

Pioneering, award-winning, and distinguished consultant general and transplant surgeon, Professor Nadey Hakim. 

He is the British-Lebanese-Maltese Professor of Transplantation Surgery at London’s Imperial College and Professor of General Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Loondon. As a specialist in obesity (bariatric), pancreas, and kidney transplant surgery, he started the first Pancreas Transplant Program in Southeast England and pioneered the finger-assisted nephrectomy technique for streamlining kidney transplants. 

He was also part of the team that performed the first kidney transplantation in the Arab world in 2003, during the Iraq War, and later developed a kidney transplant technique using an unusually small incision.  

Subsequently, in 2013, he performed the first kidney transplantation in Abuja, Nigeria.

In his role in global health issues, he has been involved in collaborations tackling disease in Africa and has raised the issue of the risks of unregulated trade in organ donation.

Prof. Nadey Hakim was also the Surgeon on the International team which performed the world’s first successful arm transplant. 

Additionally, he is entitled as the first surgeon to be awarded the prestigious Max Thorek Professorship of Surgery. Professor Hakim’s academic awards and professional achievements are extensive.