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About the speaker: Dr Joachim Beige – Medical Director and Chief Acting Physician, Kuratorium for Dialysis and Kidney Transplantation (KfH).
Dr Joachim Beige, MD, is a Nephrologist who specializes…
Rapid advancements in digital healthcare technologies have created new opportunities in nephrology, but they have also increased the fragmentation of datasets, complexity of data sharing, data privacy…
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June 2026
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Evans, D., Özyilmaz, ÖT., Xue, H., Provenzano, M., Qu, N., Bakker, SJL., de Borst, MH., Tietge, UJF., Szili-Torok, T.
AbstractThe burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and its risk factors are projected to rise in parallel with the rapidly ageing global population. By 2050, the prevalence of CKD category G3–G5 may…
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July 2024
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Chesnaye, NC., Ortiz, A., Zoccali, C., Stel, VS., Jager, KJ.
Diabetes is the most common cause of chronic kidney disease (CKD), a condition found in 850 million persons and projected to become the fifth global cause of death by 2040. Research is needed that…
Project completed as part of the Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh (WWL) Green Team Competition 2025. Team membersLewis Veale, Physician Associate & Skin Cancer Pathway Specialist, Wrightington, Wigan…
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September 2025
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Lewis Veale, Dr Monica Bhushan, Andrea Jones, Olivia Madden, Ayesha Habib
AbstractBackgroundHealthcare contributes significantly to global carbon dioxide equivalent emissions, with kidney care contributing disproportionately to this. Renal medicine was one of the first…
Green nephrology has often focussed on dialysis, with its intensive use of water and energy. In comparison, non-dialysis outpatient care of chronic kidney disease (CKD) has received less attention.…
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March 2026
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Berman-Parks, N., Rho, E., Stoneman, S., Woywodt, A., Torreggiani, M.
This resource from Getting it Right First Time (GIRFT) is part of the‘greener’ pathwaysseries. It highlightsthesteps that can be taken by trusts to decarbonise the renal medicine pathway, improving…
