Charles Rob

Charles Rob MC FRCS
Charles Rob as a 1st Lt. in the Royal Army Medical Corps, Tunisia, 1943.[1]
Born	Charles Granville Rob (1913-05-04)4 May 1913 Weybridge, England, United Kingdom
Died	26 July 2001(2001-07-26) (aged 88) Berlin, Germany
Nationality	British
Education	St John's College, Cambridge
Known for	Carotid endarterectomy First deceased donor kidney transplant Aortic aneurysm repair procedures
Medical career
Profession	Surgeon
Field	Transplant surgeon
Sub-specialties	Vascular surgery
Awards	René Leriche prize

Charles Granville Rob MC FRCS (4 May 1913 – 26 July 2001) was a British surgeon who pioneered techniques in the repair of damaged blood vessels, particularly the operation to unblock arteries of the neck, known as carotid endarterectomy and of the aorta when treating aortic aneurysms.

After graduating from Cambridge University and St Thomas' Hospital Medical School, Rob operated throughout the Blitz and in the Tunisian Campaign, where he received the Military Cross.

After the Second World War, Rob became the youngest chief of surgery at St. Mary's Hospital, London and he also lead the vascular surgery program at St Mary's Hospital, London where he carried out one of the world's first carotid endarterectomies and a year later performed the UK's first deceased donor human-to-human kidney transplant. His contributions paved the way for St Mary's in becoming a pioneering centre in vascular surgery and transplant surgery.

In 1960, he moved to the United States and continued developing techniques in vascular surgery including vein by-pass grafting.