Charles Rob, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Charles Rob

Date of Birth: 04-May-1913

Place of Birth: Weybridge, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 26-Jul-2001

Profession: military personnel

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Charles Granville Rob (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, he operated throughout the Blitz and in the Tunisian Campaign, where he received the Military Cross. After the Second World War, he became involved in the vascular surgery programme 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.