Roger Green, b 1942.

Green gained his medical qualifications in Sheffield in 1965, and held house appointments there. He came to Manchester in 1966 as temporary lecturer in physiology, aiming to become a surgeon. Green did not become a surgeon, but became well known as a physiologist in the field of kidney research. He spent two years as a research associate in Yale, returning in 1973 to set up the renal laboratory at Manchester. Green became chair of physiology at the University of Manchester in 1981 and later served as head of the department of physiological sciences and dean for undergraduate medical studies. In 1997 Green was appointed dean of the Manchester Medical School.