It is unclear if Sir Roy Calne has children or not. There is no information about his children on the internet as he likes to keep his personal life away from the limelight.
Sir Roy Calne’s impact extended beyond surgical theatres. As a Fellow of the Royal Society and Professor of Surgery at Cambridge University from 1965 to 1998, he played a pivotal role in initiating the kidney transplant program. His tenure as a Harkness Fellow at Harvard Medical School (1960-1961) and later as the Yoah Ghim Professor of Surgery at the National University of Singapore showcased his global influence in the medical community.
Sir Roy’s contributions were recognized with numerous prestigious awards and honours, including being elected to the Royal Society in 1974. He received the Cameron Prize for Therapeutics in 1988, the Lister Medal in 1984, and the Ellison-Cliffe Medal from the Royal Society of Medicine in 1990. His knighthood in the 1986 Birthday Honours and the Hamdan Award for Medical Research Excellence in Organ & Tissue Transplantation in 2008 reflected the acknowledgement of his exceptional contributions.
In 2012, Sir Roy shared the Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award with Dr. Thomas Starzl for their development of liver transplantation, a procedure that has transformed the lives of thousands facing end-stage liver disease.