Highly commended in the Urology Category of the BMA Book Awards 2009
Oxford Desk Reference: Nephrology
Jonathan Barratt, Kevin Harris, and Peter Topham
Author Information
Jonathan Barratt, Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Nephrologist, John Walls Renal Unit, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, UK, Kevin Harris, Reader and Honorary Consultant Nephrologist, John Walls Renal Unit, Leicester General Hopsital, UK, and Peter Topham, Reader and Honorary Consultant Nephrologist, John Walls Renal Unit, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, UK
Contributors:
Dr Samuel Ajayi
Consultant Nephrologist
University of Abuja Teaching Hospital
Abuja, FCT
Nigeria
Dr Reem Al Jayyousi
Consultant Nephrologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer
John Walls Renal Unit
Leicester General Hospital
Leicester
Dr Karen Anderson
Consultant Nephrologist
The Richard Bright Renal Unit
Southmead Hospital
Bristol
Professor Mustafa Arici
Professor of Medicine
Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine
Department of Nephrology
Ankara
Turkey
Dr Richard Baines
Clinical Lecturer in Nephrology
John Walls Renal Unit
Leicester General Hospital
Leicester
Mr Ali Bakran
Consultant Transplant & Vascular Surgeon
Royal Liverpool University Hospital
Liverpool
Mr Adam Barlow
Clinical Research Fellow
Department of Transplant Surgery
Leicester General Hospital
Leicester
Dr Jonathan Barratt
Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Nephrologist
John Walls Renal Unit
Leicester General Hospital
Leicester
Professor Rashad Barsoum
Professor of Medicine
Kasr El-Aini Medical School
Cairo University
The Cairo Kidney Center
Egypt
Dr Anne Barton
Reader and Honorary Consultant Rheumatologist
ARC Epidemiology Unit
Division of Epidemiology and Health Sciences
University of Manchester, Stopford Building
Manchester
Dr Linda M Barton
Consultant Haematologist
Department of Haematolgoy, Leicester Royal Infirmary
Leicester
Dr Sunita Bavanandan
Consultant Nephrologist, Department of Nephrology
Institute of Urology and Nephrology
Hospital Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Professor Daniel Bichet
Professor of Medicine and Physiology
Renal Genetics
Montreal Sacré-Coeur Hospital
University of Montreal
Quebec
Canada
Dr Anne Blanchard
Centres d'Investigations Cliniques
Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou
Paris
France
Dr Detlef Böckenhauer
Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist
Department of Nephrology
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust
London
Professor Nigel Brunskill
Professor of Renal Medicine
John Walls Renal Unit
Leicester General Hospital
Leicester
Dr Katharine Buck
Consultant Nephrologist
Queen Margaret Hospital
Dunfermline
Mr Paul Butterworth
Consultant Urological Surgeon
Department of Urology
Leicester General Hospital
Leicester
Professor J Stewart Cameron
Emeritus Professor of Renal Medicine
Elm Bank
Melmerby, Penrith
Cumbria
Professor Giovambattista Capasso
Professor of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine
Second University of Naples
Naples
Italy
Dr S J Carr
Consultant Nephrologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer
John Walls Renal Unit
Leicester General Hospital
Leicester
Dr Claire S Chapman
Consultant Haematologist
Department of Haematology
Leicester Royal Infirmary
Leicester
Dr Chern Li Chow
Specialist Registrar in Nephrology
Kidney Genetics Group
Academic Nephrology Unit
The Henry Wellcome Laboratories for Medical Research
School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
University of Sheffield
Sheffield
Miss Alexandra J Colquhoun
Specialist Registrar in Urology
Department of Urology
Leicester General Hospital
Leicester
Professor Christian Combe
Professor of Nephrology
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux
Service de Néphrologie
Université de Bordeaux
Bordeaux
France
Dr Andrew Davenport
Consultant Nephrologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer
UCL Centre for Nephrology
Royal Free & University College Medical School
London
Dr Frédéric Debelle
Consultant Nephrologist
Department of Nephrology
Hôpital Erasme
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels
Belgium
Professor Chris Denton
Professor of Experimental Rheumatology
Department of Medicine
University College
London
Dr Stephen J Dickinson
Specialist Registrar in Nephrology
John Walls Renal Unit
Leicester General Hospital
Leicester
Dr Haresh Dodeja
Consultant Nephrologist and Transplant Physician
Wockhadt Hospitals Ltd
Mulund-Mumbai
India
Dr Christopher Dudley
Consultant Nephrologist
The Richard Bright Renal Unit
Southmead Hospital
Bristol
Dr Tony Elliott
Consultant Clinical Oncologist
The Christie Hospital
Manchester
Dr Hossam El Shazly
Consultant Nephrologist
Department of Renal Medicine
Cairns Base Hospital
Australia
Dr Sally Feather
Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist
Department of Paediatric Nephrology
St James's University Hospital
Leeds
Professor John Feehally
Professor of Renal Medicine
John Walls Renal Unit
Leicester General Hospital
Leicester
Professor Jürgen Floege
Professor of Nephrology
University Hospital
Aachen
Germany
Dr John Frew
Registrar in Clinical Oncology
Northern Centre for Cancer Treatment
Newcastle General Hospital
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Dr Trevor Friedman
Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist
Brandon Unit
Leicester General Hospital
Leicester
Dr Julian Gillmore
Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Nephrologist
National Amyloidosis Centre
Royal Free and University College Medical School
London
Mr Leyshon Griffiths
Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Urological Surgeon
Department of Cancer Studies & Molecular Medicine
University of Leicester Clinical Sciences Unit
Leicester General Hospital
Leicester
Professor Krishan Lal Gupta
Professor of Nephrology
Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research
Chandigarh
India
Dr Pankaj Gupta
Specialist Registrar in Chemical Pathology
Leicester Royal Infirmary
Leicester
Dr Shikha Gupta
Specialist Registrar in Dermatology
Leicester Royal Infirmary
Leicester
Dr Jenny Hainsworth
Clinical Psychologist
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust and Leicester General Hospital
Leicester
Dr Andrew Hall
Clinical Research Fellow
Centre for Nephrology
Royal Free and University College Medical School
London
Dr Matt Hall
Specialist Registrar in Nephrology
John Walls Renal Unit
Leicester General Hospital
Leicester
Dr Lorraine Harper
Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Nephrologist
Division of Immunity and Infection
The Medical School
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
Dr Steve Harper
Consultant Nephrologist
The Richard Bright Renal Unit
Southmead Hospital
Bristol
Dr Kevin Harris
Reader and Honorary Consultant Nephrologist
John Walls Renal Unit
Leicester General Hospital
Leicester
Professor Philip N Hawkins
Professor of Medicine
National Amyloidosis Centre
Royal Free and University College Medical School
London
Professor Friedhelm Hildebrandt
Professor of Pediatrics and of Human Genetics
Frederick G.L. Huetwell Professor for the Cure and Prevention of Birth Defects
Doris Duke Distinguished Clinical Scientist
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Dr Richard Holt
Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist
Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital
Liverpool
Professor Pascal Houillier
Professor of Physiology
Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou
Paris
France
Dr Peter Houtman
Consultant Paediatrician
Leicester Royal Infirmary
Leicester
Dr Alastair Hutchison
Consultant Nephrologist
Department of Renal Medicine
Manchester Royal Infirmary
Manchester
Dr David Jayne
Consultant Nephrologist
Renal Unit
Addenbrookes Hospital
Cambridge
Dr Graham Johnston
Consultant Dermatologist
Leicester Royal Infirmary
Leicester
Dr Caroline Jones
Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist
Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital
Alder Hey
Liverpool
Dr Philip A Kalra
Consultant Nephrologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer
Department of Renal Medicine
Hope Hospital
Salford
Dr Jens Kannmacher
Renal Fellow
Division of Nephrology
University Hospital
Aachen
Germany
Professor Robert Kleta
Professor of Nephrology
Royal Free and University College Medical School
London
Mr Roger Kockelbergh
Consultant Urological Surgeon
Leicester General Hospital
Leicester
Dr George Kosmadakis
Nephrologist and Clinical Research Fellow
John Walls Renal Unit
Leicester General Hospital
Leicester
Dr Andrew J P Lewington
Consultant Nephrologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer
St James's University Hospital
Leeds
Dr Robert Mactier
Consultant Nephrologist
Renal Unit, Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Glasgow
Dr Webster Madira
Consultant Chemical Pathologist
Leicester Royal Infirmary
Leicester
Dr Stephen D Marks
Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust
London
Dr Nick Mayer
Consultant Histopathologist
Departmemt of Pathology, Leicester General Hospital
Leicester
Dr Simon Maxwell
Senior Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacology
Queens Medical Research Institute
Edinburgh
Dr Catherine McBain
Consultant Clinical Oncologist
The Christie Hospital
Manchester
Professor John K Mellon
Professor of Urology
Department of Cancer Studies & Molecular Medicine
University of Leicester Clinical Sciences Unit
Leicester General Hospital, Leicester
Dr Christopher Mitchell
Consultant Paediatric Oncologist
John Radcliffe Hospital
Headington
Oxford
Dr Henry Morgan
Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist
Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital
Liverpool
Dr Francis J Mussai
Fellow in Paediatric Haematology and Oncology
John Hopkins University Hospital
Baltimore, MD, USA
Dr Chas Newstead
Consultant Nephrologist
St James's University Hospital
Leeds
Professor Michael Nicholson
Professor of Transplant Surgery
Leicester General Hospital
Leicester
Dr Joëlle Nortier
Head of the Department of Nephrology
Hôpital Erasme
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels
Belgium
Dr Albert CM Ong
Reader and Honorary Consultant Nephrologist
Kidney Genetics Group, Academic Nephrology Unit
The Henry Wellcome Laboratories for Medical Research
School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
University of Sheffield
Sheffield
Dr Rakesh S Patel
Specialist Registrar in Nephrology and General Medicine
John Walls Renal Unit
Leicester General Hospital
Leicester
Dr Sue Pavord
Consultant Haematologist
Leicester Royal Infirmary
Leicester
Dr Henry Penn
Clinical Research Fellow
Centre for Rheumatology
Royal Free Hospital
London
Dr Liam Plant
Consultant Nephrologist
Department of Renal Medicine
Cork University Hospital
Ireland
Dr Pradeep Rao
Specialist Registrar in Psychiatry
Brandon Unit
Leicester General Hospital
Leicester
Dr Yvonne Rees
Consultant Radiologist
Leicester General Hospital
Leicester
Professor Vincent Rigalleau
Professor of Nutrition
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux
Service de Diabétologie Nutrition
Université de Bordeaux
Bordeaux
France
Dr Alan D Salama
Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Nephrologist
Renal Section
Division of Medicine
Hammersmith Hospital
London
Dr Moin A Saleem
Reader and Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist
University of Bristol
Children's Renal Unit
Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
Bristol
Dr Andy Salmon
Clinical Lecturer in Nephrology
The Richard Bright Renal Unit
Southmead Hospital
Bristol
Mr Richard FJ Stanford
Clinical Research Fellow
Department of Cancer Studies & Molecular Medicine
University of Leicester
Leicester
Dr John Schollum
Consultant Nephrologist
Dunedin Hospital
Dunedin
New Zealand
Dr John E Scoble
Consultant Nephrologist
New Guy's House
London
Dr Adrian Stanley
Consultant Physician and Clinical Pharmacologist
Leicester Royal Infirmary
Leicester
Professor Vladisav Stefanovic
Professor of Medicine
Institute of Nephrology
University of Nis
Nis
Serbia
Dr Daniel Teta
Consultant Nephrologist
Privat-Docent & MER
Service de Néphrologie
CHUV, 1011 Lausanne
Switzerland
Mr James F Thorpe
Clinical Research Fellow
Department of Cancer Studies & Molecular Medicine
University of Leicester
Leicester
Dr Charles Tomson
Consultant Nephrologist
The Richard Bright Renal Unit
Southmead Hospital
Bristol
Dr Peter Topham
Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Nephrologist
John Walls Renal Unit
Leicester General Hospital
Leicester
Dr Kjell Tullus
Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust
London
Professor Robert Unwin
St Peter's Professor of Nephrology
Centre for Nephrology
Royal Free and University College Medical School
London
Professor Jean-Louis Vanherweghem
Emeritus Professor of Nephrology
Hôpital Erasme
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
Brussels
Belgium
Dr William Van't Hoff
Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist
Great Ormond Street Hospital
London
Dr Stephen Walsh
Clinical Research Fellow
Centre for Nephrology
Royal Free and University College Medical School
London
Dr Graham Warwick
Consultant Nephrologist
John Walls Renal Unit
Leicester General Hospital
Leicester
Professor Alan Watson
Professor of Paediatric Nephrology
Children's Renal and Urology Unit
Nottingham University Hospitals
Nottingham
Dr Rachel Westacott
Specialist Registrar in Nephrology
John Walls Renal Unit
Leicester General Hospital
Leicester
Dr Stanley White
Senior Lecturer
Institute of Membrane and Systems Biology
University of Leeds
Leeds
Dr Christopher Winearls
Consultant Nephrologist
Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals
Oxford
Dr Matthias T.F. Wolf
Senior Research Fellow
Department of Pediatrics
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Dr Graham Woodrow
Consultant Renal Physician
Department of Renal Medicine
St James's University Hospital
Leeds
Dr Rosnawati Yahya
Consultant Nephrologist
Hospital Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Dr Janak R de Zoysa
Consultant Nephrologist, Department of Renal Medicine
Auckland City Hospital
Auckland
New Zealand
