Nikolaos Karydis

Nikolaos Karydis is a transplant surgeon at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust[1] and was the first to perform a kidney transplant using an organ from an HIV positive donor.[2][3][4] The discovery that HIV-infected organs can be used in patients with a similar HIV type significantly improves the medical opportunities for patients with HIV associated nephropathy.

Nikolaos Karydis
Nationality	Greek
Occupation	Transplant Surgeon
Notable work	Transplantation for HIV positive people

References

1. Trust, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation. "Karydis, Nikolaos – consultant transplant surgeon". www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk.
2. Staff and agencies (5 May 2016). "HIV-positive patients get organs from donors with HIV in UK transplant first". the Guardian.
3. Gregory, Andrew (4 May 2016). "HIV organs used in NHS transplant for first time ever".
4. Nolan, E., Karydis, N., Drage, M. & Hilton, R. First UK case report of kidney transplantation from an HIV-infected deceased donor to two HIV-infected recipients. Clinical kidney journal 11, 289-291, doi:10.1093/ckj/sfx109 (2018).