Professional profile
I have a broad practice in clinical nephrology, with a particualr interest in transplantation medicine. I am also the clinical lead of the histocompatibility and immunogentics (tissue typing) laboratory. My research interest is the mechanism of rejection of transplanted tissue and attitudes to organ donation. I am the co-author or co-editor of three books and numerous clinical and scientific articles. I have a major role in teaching and took the lead in developing Imperial Colelge's new Graduate-Entry MB BS Programme.
Hospital and Trust activities
I am head of education in the Circulation and Renal Sciences Clinicla Programme Group of the Imperial College Academic Health Sciences Centre.
Other contributions to the NHS
I sit on the Kidney Advisory Group of the Organ Donation and Transplantation Directorate of NHS Blood and Transplant and was involved in restructuring the national deceased donor kidney allocation scheme.
Clinical Excellence Award
National: Bronze (2007)
Professional affiliations and memberships
- I am the elected national Treasurer of the British Transplantation Society
- I am a member of the Department of Health's Advisory Committee on Safety in Blood, Tissues and Organs
- I am a member of the Academy of the Medical Royal Colleges' UK Transplantation Donation Ethics Committee
- I am a past President of the Section of Transplantation of the Royal Society of Medicine
- I sit on the Editorial Board of the journal, Transplantation.
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