Renal Unit Staff

Consultant medical staff

Professor AD Cumming was trained in Edinburgh, and first worked in the Renal Unit as SHO in 1976. He was appointed Senior Lecturer with the University of Edinburgh and Honorary Consultant in Renal Medicine in 1989. He has major teaching responsibilities within the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, and was awarded a personal Chair in Medical Education in 2004. Special interests Medical education Acute renal failure Major responsibilities Director of Undergraduate Learning and Teaching in the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine at Edinburgh University.
Professor AN Turner was appointed Professor of Nephrology in 1997 and came to Edinburgh full time in 1998. He was trained in Cambridge and Oxford and has previously worked in Aberdeen, London, and other centres. Special interests Autoimmunity and autoimmune diseases (major research interest) Basement membrane disorders of the kidney Inflammatory diseases of the kidney (clinical and research) Adolescent nephrology (and patients transferring from Hospital for Sick Children) Information transfer in medicine for education and healthcare (e.g. this website) Major responsibilities Programme director for Nephrology training in South East Scotland Head of Division of Clinical and Surgical Sciences within College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Dr CE Whitworth was appointed Consultant in Renal and General Medicine in 1998. She was trained in Edinburgh and Leicester, and undertook research on malignant hypertension in Edinburgh. Special interests Renovascular disease and hypertension Renal transplantation Renal diseases in pregnancy Predialysis education Major responsibilities Lead clinician since 2004 Lead nephrologist for renal transplantation General medical receiving Responsibility for the satellite dialysis unit at the Western General Hospital General nephrology clinic at Western General
Dr RG Phelps came to Edinburgh as Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Renal Medicine in 1998 after training in Oxford and London, and working in London and Aberdeen. Special interests Antigen processing and autoimmunity (major research interests) Inflammatory renal disease Special responsibilities Haemodialysis IT system development
Dr P Gibson was appointed Consultant in Renal Medicine in 2001. He qualified in Leeds, and did most of his renal training in Edinburgh but has experience from a number of other Units. Special interests Peritoneal dialysis Teaching - postgraduate and undergraduate Special responsibilities West Lothian clinic and satellite dialysis unit Module leader for nephrology teaching in undergraduate medical curriculum Peritoneal dialysis programme
Dr J Hughes came to the Centre for Inflammation in Edinburgh as a Senior Wellcome Clinical Research Fellow in 2000, from a research project in Seattle. He qualified from Oxford, and his previous training in nephrology was in London and in Nottingham. His major responsibilities are research-related but he is also involved in clinical work at consultant level. Special interests Resolution of renal scarring Calcification Chess Special responsibilities Organiser of weekly academic programme
Dr J Goddard was appointed Consultant in Renal Medicine in 2003. She qualified from Edinburgh and did her renal training in London, Paris and Edinburgh, where she also undertook research as a clinical lecturer. Special interests Vascular biology and endothelial dysfunction Diabetes Clinical research Special responsibilities Haemodialysis Joint renal and diabetic clinic
Dr D Kluth joined the University as a Senior Lecturer in Nephrology in 2003, from NKRF Senior Research Fellowship in Aberdeen. He was trained in ..... Special interests Inflammatory renal disease, particularly vasculitis and SLE. Macrophage-mediated injury in inflammation, and modulation of injury by macrophages. Special responsibilities Head of teaching of Medicine in the final year of the medical curriculum
Dr W Metcalfe was appointed as consultant from April 2005. She qualified in Glasgow and trained in nephrology in Aberdeen and Bristol. Special interests Registries Epidemiology of acute and chronic renal failure Special responsibilities Borders region, including clinic and satellite dialysis unit
Dr J Neary was appointed as consultant from May 2005. He was trained in Dublin and .... Special interests Mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis Renal physiology Teaching Special responsibilities Haemodialysis Peritoneal dialysis programme
Dr RJ Winney retired in 2006 but returns to teach on the unit and as an examiner. He was trained in Edinburgh and joined the Renal Unit as a junior doctor in 1972. Special interests Renal bone disease Hyperparathyroidism and calcium metabolism
Dr CP Swainson was trained ..... is currently Medical Director of Lothian University Hospitals Trust. Clinically he is involved in out of hours work and in follow-up of patients after renal transplantation. Special responsibilities Transplant clinics Medical Director, Lothian Health
Professor J Savill came to Edinburgh as Professor of Medicine in 1998 from Nottingham. He is currently mostly restricted to activities as Head of College and his clinical work is within acute medicine. Special interests Resolution of inflammation Special responsibilities Head of College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine since 2002 Acute medical receiving

Intermediate grade medical staff

Dr MG Dimova is an Associate Specialist with particular responsibility for patients with renal failure managed by dialysis.

The Unit has up to six middle-grade trainees (registrars) at any one time, and five or six junior trainees (Senior House Officers) who work on the Renal and Transplant units.

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