John P. Merrill

John Putnam Merrill (March 10, 1917 – April 14, 1984) was an American physician and medical researcher. He led the team which performed the world's first successful kidney transplant. He generally credited as the "father of nephrology" or "the founder of nephrology," which is the scientific study of the kidney and its diseases.

In 1950, Merrill began teaching at Harvard Medical School.

Chronology 1947–1950 residency, Brigham Hospital 1950–1956 investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute at the Brigham Hospital 1952 Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, Paris 1954 kidney transplant 1950–1984 faculty, Harvard Medical School

Merrill's career was cut short when he died on April 14, 1984, in a boating accident while vacationing in the Bahamas.

1980 – The role of the kidney in human hypertension. 1980 – Factors Influencing Renal Vasculature During Anesthesia, Trauma, and Oliguric Renal Failure States in Man 1977 – Electrolyte Imbalance 1974 – Present Status of Kidney Transplantation 1973 – Topics in Nephrology 1973 – Squirrel Island, Maine: the First Hundred Years 1971 – Uremia; Progress in Pathophysiology and Treatment 1971 – Artificial Organs and Cardiopulmonary Support Systems 1969 – Treatment of acute renal failure 1967 – Il trattamento dell'insufficienza renale 1963 – Reversible Renal Failure 1959 – Die Behandlung der Niereninsuffizienz therapeutische Grundlagen der Behandlung akuter und chronischer Urämie unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Elektrolythaushaltes 1959 – Die Behandlung der Niereninsuffienz (The Treatment of Renal Failure) 1955 – The Treatment of Renal Failure; Therapeutic Principles in the Management of Acute and Chronic Uremia

Honors Gairdner Foundation International Award, 1969 American Society for Clinical Investigation, president, 1963