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Watch the BJS Award Ceremony citation given by Professor Stephen Wigmore
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BJS Award 2025 - Professor James Shapiro's acceptance speech
Watch 2025 BJS Award winner Professor James Shapiro's acceptance speech.
2025 BJS Award - Award Ceremony and Dinner
Relive the 2025 BJS Award Ceremony, held at the Royal College of Surgeons of England in London.
Interview with Professor James Shapiro, 2025 BJS Award recipient
Tune into the interview of Professor James Shapiro conducted by Professor Stephen Wigmore, BJS Foundation Treasurer.
Webinar - 2025 BJS Award winner: Professor James Shapiro
Join us later this year for a special webinar featuring Professor James Shapiro, recipient of the 2025 BJS Award.
Discover his ground breaking surgical achievements in islet transplantaion and cutting-edge diabetes treatment, alongside esteemed colleagues.
Achievements
James Shapiro was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. He developed a longstanding interest in liver and islet cell transplantation as a medical student working in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and has worked in this field for over 40 years. He has been on Faculty at the University of Alberta since 1998, where he holds a prestigious Tier 1 Canada Research Chair inTransplantation Surgery and Regenerative Medicine.
He is Surgical Director of the Liver Transplant Program (carrying out over 110 liver transplantsper year in Edmonton), the Living Donor Liver Transplant and the Islet Transplant Programs at the University of Alberta. His many awards include a Hunterian Medal from The Royal College of Surgeons of England, and Gold Medals from the Governor General and from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Uppsalain Sweden, and from the University of Athabasca in Alberta.