Fergus is a Consultant Nephrologist, an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer and Medical Director at the UK Renal Registry.

Having graduated from the University of Glasgow in 1993, Fergus went on to obtain a Masters in Public Health and Health Services Research and then a further Masters in the Cost-effectiveness of Dialysis in Europe from the University of Aberdeen. He has a special interest in health services research.

Fergus became a Consultant Nephrologist in Bristol in 2005 and was appointed Medical Director of the UK Renal Registry in 2013. His research interests include the epidemiology of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end stage renal disease (ESRD) particularly around equity, the application of mixed methods research to understand the reasons behind observed differences, and the measurement of patient reported outcomes.