Professor Anan Shetty Awarded Prestigious Hunterian Award

Professor A A Shetty has been awarded a prestigious Hunterian Professorship and the Surgical Medal for 2017 by the Royal College of Surgeons of England for his research on stem cells in articular cartilage repair.

Professor Shetty is a renowned knee and limb reconstruction surgeon in the UK. He is also a Chair of Orthopaedics and Director of Stem Cell Research at the Canterbury Christ Church University, UK.

Named after the pioneering surgeon scientist, John Hunter, and dating back over two centuries, this continues to be a highly regarded and prestigious award within the field of surgery and is awarded annually.

The Hunterian Professorship is considered to be one of the proudest traditional honours of the college bestowed to surgeons of eminence who have richly contributed to the field of surgery by original research or innovations. The honour of delivering the Hunterian lecture is regarded by surgeons around the world as a great privilege and high accolade awarded to recognise their work.