Anthony Clarkson

In February 2019, Anthony Clarkson was appointed Director of Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation in UK. This was the culmination of a career spanning over twenty years with NHS Blood and Transplant and an extraordinary course from bedside care to the decision-making echelons of the organization. Anthony Clarkson is an internationally recognized expert in organ donation strategy and leadership and a speaker at conferences around the world, with the goal of spreading his expertise in service development and saving and improving lives. In 2018, he was awarded the prestigious HSJ Clinical Leader of the Year award. Anthony Clarkson qualified as a Registered Nurse in 1994, specializing in Head and Neck Surgery. In 1997 he moved to work in the National Blood Service, initially in both Blood and Live Tissue Donation. In 2000 he expanded his role to include Deceased Tissue Donation from living donors. In 2005 he took on a national role managing all aspects of Tissue Donation and the Professional Leadership for the UK Eye Retrieval Scheme. Gaining an MSc in Management Development, he went on to become the Head of Clinical Development before taking up the post as Assistant Director for Organ Donation from 2009 to 2019, when he assumed his current duties.