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Soon after his marriage, Woodruff decided to travel to England in order to take the second half of the [[FRCS]] Exam. Before departing, he applied for a position as a Tutor of Surgery at the [[University of Sheffield]], and learned en route that the University had accepted his application. He took the FRCS exam in 1947 and passed, perhaps aided by the fact that one of his examiners, Julian Taylor, had been with him at Changi.

===Sheffield===

After passing his exam, Woodruff entered his position at Sheffield. Originally, he had planned to do surgical research, but Sheffield had no positionsspace openfor him in thatits surgical fieldlab. Instead, Woodruff was given a place in the [[pathology]] laboratory atwhere Sheffield. In pathology, Woodruff and his wifehe studied the process of [[transplant rejection]] with an emphasis on thyroid allografts. Also whileWhile at Sheffield, Woodruff also first met [[Peter Medawar]] with whom he discussed [[transplantation]] and rejection., beginning a lasting professional relationship.

===Aberdeen===