Andrew Lewington

Consultant Renal Physician/Honorary Clinical Associate Professor, Director of Undergraduate Medical Education Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust Andrew studied renal medicine in Leicester and at Washington University USA, where he investigated the molecular mechanisms underlying acute kidney injury. Andrew provides a specialist renal opinion for critically ill patients on the intensive care units across Leeds. He was an expert adviser on the National Clinical Enquiry into Patient Outcomes…

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Nitin Kolhe

Nitin is a consultant nephrologist at the Royal Derby Hospital, and is chair for the Acute Kidney Injury Programme Measurement work stream. Nitin’s educational background began in Mumbai, training at the Lokmanya Tilak Medical school, later training in nephrology in Leeds and London. Nitin’s specialist interests include, acute kidney injury, hypertension, renal transplantation and glomerular disease. Nitin’s ‘guilty pleasure’ when it comes to music is 1970’s…

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Mike Jones

Mike Jones is an acute physician working in University Hospital of North Durham. Having trained in Nephrology and worked as a consultant in that specialty, he was at the forefront of developing acute medicine as a new specialty. Mike is chair of the SAC in acute medicine, and has been President of the Society for Acute Medicine. He is recently demitted Vice President of the Royal…

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Tom Blakeman

Tom is a GP and Clinical Senior Lecturer in Primary Care, as well as Lead for Kidney Health Programme, NIHR CLAHRC for Greater Manchester. He is interested in implementation research, with a focus on developing evidence-based interventions grounded in an understanding of routine clinical practice. Between 2014 and 2017, he was Co-Chair of the Think Kidneys Intervention workstream, leading the development of Best Practice Guidance: Responding…

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