Understanding Kidney Diseases

Hugh C. Rayner

gained a first-class degree in physiology at Cambridge University before qualifying with honours at the London Hospital Medical College in 1981. Following an MD at the University of Leicester and clinical fellowship in Melbourne, Australia, he was a Consultant and Medical Director in Birmingham between 1993 and 2019.

He was a Founder Investigator of the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS). He was lead author of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges' guideline for writing letters directly to patients.

Mark E. Thomas

studied Biological Sciences and Medicine at King's College London and Westminster Medical School. He was a Research Fellow at Washington University Medical School in St. Louis, USA, and Senior Registrar in Leicester. A Consultant Nephrologist since 1998, he is also an Honorary Associate Clinical Professor at the University of Birmingham.

He is chief investigator for the Acute Kidney Outreach to Reduce Deterioration and Death (AKORDD) study and has chaired clinical guideline development groups for AKI, Anaemia Management in CKD and End of Life Care for the UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).

Indranil Dasgupta

studied medicine at Calcutta University, India, where he also gained an MD. Following specialist training and hypertension research in Nottingham, he is now Consultant Nephrologist in Birmingham and Honorary Professor at the Warwick Medical School.

He holds posts at the NIHR Clinical Research Network, the British and Irish Hypertension Society, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists, the UK Kidney Association, the UK Kidney Research Consortium CKD and Diabetes Clinical Study Group, the International Society of Nephrology Western Europe Board, the European Society of Nephrology Diabesity Working Group and is past Honorary Secretary of Renal Association UK

Alexander D. Lalayiannis

studied medicine at the University of Birmingham and completed his paediatric nephrology specialty training in Birmingham. He gained a PhD as a Paediatric Nephrology Research Fellow at the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, focusing on CKD-mineral bone disorder. He is now a Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist at the Birmingham Children's Hospital.

He is a member of the European Society for Paediatric Nephrology (ESPN) dialysis working group and a board member of the ESPN CKD-Mineral Bone Disorder working group.

Mohammed A. Hameed

studied medicine at the University of Birmingham and completed his nephrology specialty training in Birmingham. He gained a PhD, focussing on pathophysiological features, adherence to antihypertensives and treatment with renal denervation in patients with treatment-resistant hypertension.

He is currently a Consultant Physician and Nephrologist at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, with a specialist interest in hypertension. He is a member of UK Kidney Association and British and Irish Hypertension Society.