Sir Robert Ian Lechler (born 24 December 1951) is a British nephrologist, immunologist, and academic.
[4] He was educated at Monkton Combe School in Somerset, Victoria University of Manchester (MB ChB 1975), and the Royal Postgraduate Medical School (PhD 1983).
[5] On 29 June 2015, Lechler was appointed as President of the Academy of Medical Sciences.
[1] In the 2012 Queen's Birthday Honours, Lechler was made a Knight Bachelor "for services to Academic Medicine", and therefore granted the title sir.
[7] On 7 November 2012, he was knighted by Anne, Princess Royal (acting on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II) during a ceremony at Buckingham Palace.