Dr. Grant Farrow earned his degree in medicine from the University of Toronto in 1958. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1964, a McLaughlin Travelling Fellow in Surgery from Paris and London in 1965 and 1966, and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons in 1973. He was on the academic staff of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto for many years, and worked as a surgeon at the Toronto General Hospital beginning in 1966. While there, he developed many new surgical procedures, including performing the first human kidney transplant at the Toronto General Hospital, and subsequently the next 50 as well. Over the course of his career, Dr. Farrow worked extensively outside of Toronto. During the 25 years between 1970 and 1995, he taught and/or performed surgery in Canada in Victoria, Kingston, Halifax, Ottawa, the Ontario Legislature, and Osgoode Hall. Places he worked overseas include: Beijing and Xian in China; Istanbul, Turkey; Edinburgh, Scotland; Sydney, Australia; Auckland, New Zealand; San Juan, Puerto Rico; London, UK; Seville, Spain; Mansura, Egypt; and, Harare, Zimbabwe. Dr. Farrow also participated in many medical and scientific associations.