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Editorial
Foreword by Dr. David Wheeler
Welcome
to a new Website for healthcare professionals involved in the management
of patients with kidney disease -- www.nephronline.org.
On
behalf of the Editorial Panel, I would like to thank Amgen Ltd.for
supporting this innovative project and our administrators, Rhys
Roberts - Ideas in Practice, for putting in all the hard work that
has brought the site into existence on schedule.
Our
shared vision has been to build a Website that will aid communication,
provide an educational resource, and facilitate dissemination of
information. The site is designed to augment those already established
by The Renal Association and the UK National Kidney Federation as
well as the Kidney Patient Guide set up by Dr Peter Rutherford and
his colleagues at the Wrexham Maelor Hospital.
The
content of www.nephronline.org reflects both the ideas of panel
members and the results of a National Survey aimed at assessing
the needs of potential browsers. All the material has been developed
specifically for the Internet and is designed to make the best use
of this electronic medium. For example:
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The
Dialysis unit directory allows you to find the location
of the renal unit nearest to your patient's holiday destination
by dragging the cursor over a map of the British Isles. |
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We
hope you will download images from the Slide
library to help you brighten up your presentations to fellow
health professionals and patients. |
The
site as you find it is still under development, but it will be actively
managed and regularly updated.
Just
as the current content is based on the results of our pre-launch
survey, we hope to be able to respond to further feedback. Please
email your comments to us at: info@nephronline.org.
We
hope that you enjoy visiting www.nephronline.org and that the site
proves to be a valuable resource for nephrological community. Bookmark
us Now [press Ctrl+D].
David
Wheeler
Nephronline Editorial Panel Chairman
Department of Nephrology
Royal Free Hospital, London
The
Editorial Panel
 Dr
David Wheeler (Panel Co-ordinator)
Dr David Wheeler is Senior Lecturer in Nephrology at the Royal Free
Campus of the Medical School of University College London. He graduated
with an MB ChB from Birmingham Medical School in 1980 and received
his early clinical training in Leicester and Leeds. In 1986 he was
awarded an MRC Training Fellowship and undertook a period of research
at the Royal Free Hospital, leading to an MD. He subsequently obtained
an MRC Travelling Fellowship, allowing him to spend two years at
Boston University Medical School. On returning to the UK in 1993,
he was appointed to the post of Lecturer in Nephrology at the University
of Wales College of Medicine in Cardiff. He was Consultant Nephrologist/Honorary
Senior Lecturer at the University Hospital in Birmingham from 1994
until taking up his current position at the Royal Free Campus in
October 2000.
Dr
Charlie Tomson
 Qualified
in medicine in Oxford in 1981. Senior House Officer rotation in
Nottingham 1982-1984; Registrar rotation in Newcastle upon Tyne
1984-1986. Research registrar on a Wellcome-funded project into
hyperoxalaemia in chronic
renal failure 1986-1987, resulting in a D.M. from Oxford awarded
1991. MRC Training Fellowship 1987, attempting to refine echocardiographic
measurement of cardiac function in renal patients using end-systolic
indices to allow for the influence of abnormal loading conditions.
Moved from Newcastle to Leicester in 1988 to work as Lecturer in
Medicine at the Leicester Royal Infirmary and subsequently in the
Regional Renal Unit at Leicester General Hospital. Moved to a Consultant
post at St Barts' Hospital London in 1991 and then to Southmead
Hospital Bristol in 1993.
Now a full-time NHS clinician with a research interest in the causes
and prevention of cardiovascular disease in patients with renal
impairment. Secretary of the Renal Association Standards and Audit
Subcommittee. Organiser of the Renal Association Advanced Nephrology
Course. Member of the Renal Association Training, Education, and
Research Subcommittee and Renal Association representative on the
Royal College of Physicians Continuing Professional Development
Advisory Group.
 Dr
George Mellotte
Currently Consultant Nephrologist, to St James's Hospital and to
The Adelaide and Meath Hospital, in Dublin. Also Lecturer in Nephrology,
Trinity College, University of Dublin. Qualified from the Medical
School, National University of Ireland, Galway. Trained in nephrology
in The Meath Hospital, Dublin, St Helier Hospital, Surrey and St.
George's Hospital, London. Obtained an M. Sc. in Biochemistry from
King's College London. Research interests include erythropoietin
and iron metabolism.
 Renal
Practitioner Althea
Mahon
Nurse Consultant PD.
Barts and The London NHS Trust
Althea Mahon joined Barts and The London NHS Trust in the summer
of 2001 as Nurse Consultant for Community Peritoneal Dialysis. Althea
previously worked as a Lecturer/Practitioner for the Renal Unit
at King's College Hospital, London where she was the Course Leader
for the ENB 136 Renal Nursing Clinical Award, and instrumental in
setting up a Solid Organ Transplant course at King's College.
Althea initially trained as a registered nurse in Western Australia
in1988 before undertaking a BSc in Nursing for which she was awarded
a Higher Distinction in 1997. Althea is the current UK Key member
for the EDTNA/ERCA, and her research interest is sexual and erectile
dysfunction in renal patients, and patient education.
 Professor
Stephen Powis
Stephen Powis is Professor of Renal Medicine and Director of the
Centre for Nephrology at the Royal Free Campus of the Royal Free
and University College Medical School of University College London.
He studied pre?clinical Medicine at Glasgow University where he
also obtained a First Class Honours B.Sc. in Immunology. He then
completed his clinical training at St. John's College, Oxford, graduating
B.M. B.Ch. in 1985. Professor Powis became an MRC Clinician Scientist
Fellow in 1990, and subsequently obtained his Ph.D. whilst working
in the Human Immunogenetics Laboratory of the Imperial Cancer Research
Fund. He was appointed Senior Lecturer in Renal Medicine at UMDS,
Guy's Hospital in 1995, before moving to the Royal Free in 1997.
Professor Powis's main area of expertise is the genetics and biology
of the human major histocompatibility complex (MHC or HLA region),
the region of the genorne that encodes the major transplantation
antigens. The MHC also contains genes encoding a variety of other
immune system proteins, and is associated with susceptibility to
a large number of human diseases such as diabetes and rheumatoid
arthritis. Other ongoing transplant research projects within his
laboratory include work on pancreatic islet cell transplantation
and studies of cytokine expression during the rejection of renal
transplants.
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Graeme Jackson (Managing editor)
Graeme is a freelance journalist who currently specialises in medicine
and computers, although he has worked on magazines in industries
as diverse as kitchens, health & safety and construction.
During a 20-year career, he has held positions, which have equipped
him with the skills, needed successfully to edit and write for printed
publications: Skills he is now transferring to the new medium of
Web-based publishing. These have included publisher/Editor on the
weekly magazine, Optometry Today, Senior Clinical Reporter on Doctor
and Hospital Doctor newspapers, Managing Editor/Editor of Geriatric
Medicine and Medical Digest, Managing Editor of Anaesthetic Annotations
and Musculoskeletal Medicine, and Assistant Editor of the computer
industry's Channel Business.
Graeme has a BSc in physiology from St Andrews University, a diploma
in dietetics from The Queen's College, Glasgow, and is a State Registered
Dietician.
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