Francis L. Delmonico

Francis L. Delmonico, born in New York in 1945, is a retired American surgeon, clinical professor and health expert in the field of organ transplantation. He served on many national and international committees on organ donation and transplant and was affiliated with leading organizations and institutions in the field. Alongside his work as a transplant surgeon he was chief medical officer of the New England Donor Services and part-time Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School in Boston, where he is emeritus director of renal transplantation. He is author or co-author of more than 300 academic papers. He was president of The Transplantation Society from 2012 to 2014 and president of the United Network for Organ Sharing in 2005, he serves as an advisor to the World Health Organization on organ donation and transplantation, and Pope Francis appointed him to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences in 2016.