Dean is a consultant paediatric nephrologist and clinical lead for paediatric nephrology at the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital (RMCH). His interests include CKD, C3GN/IC-MPGN, ADPKD, Dialysis and in particular home therapies having set up the North West’s first paediatric home HD service. He is actively involved in clinical research and principal investigator on several research studies in Manchester. Additional interests include tubulopathies, the intentional salt poisoning of infants, the neurocognitive effects of CKD and dialysis in children and he has extensive experience of investigating medico-legal and ethical challenges in dialysis.

He has a keen interest in the transition of nephrology patients and is a charity trustee and active member of the Ready, Steady, Go, Hello collaborative.

Dr Ahmed graduated from Leeds Medical School and completed his renal training in London and the North East. He was appointed as a Renal Consultant in 2017 and has also served as Clinical Director for Medical Specialties. More recently, he moved into a role at the University of Sunderland Medical School as Deputy Undergraduate Programme Lead.

Dr Ahmed is Chair of the UK Diagnostic Interventional Nephrology Specialist Interest Group, which hosts an annual meeting. He is also a lecturer on the PG Certificate in Interventional Nephrology at Newcastle University. As an ISN Ambassador to Pakistan, Dr Ahmed helped establish an interventional nephrology training programme. He has delivered interventional nephrology training courses both nationally and internationally, including in the USA, Kenya, Hong Kong, Tanzania, Tunisia and Ireland.

In his spare time, Dr Ahmed enjoys running half marathons and spending time with his family

Lisa has more than 20 years of NHS clinical experience and a strong background in healthcare education, staff development and mentoring. Now working as MEDICE UK’s Clinical Nurse Educator in Renal, she supports healthcare professionals through practical education, with a particular focus on renal anaemia and translating clinical knowledge into everyday patient care.

Shahid is an Author, Specialist Biomedical Scientist, HCPC Scientist, Chartered Scientist, Academic Lead. He has been Finalist for Scientist of the Year under Advancing Healthcare Awards (2018), (2022), Jenny Kitsen Safety Award Winner (2022) Winner, Royal Society of Medicine (RSM), Nephrology President's Day Prize Presenter (2022), Jenny Kitsen Safety Award Winner (2023), Finalist for the Synnovis Award for Innovation in Healthcare Science, under Advancing Healthcare Awards (2023) and Finalist for The Academy for Healthcare Science Award for Innovative Practice to Enhance Patient Safety, under Advancing Healthcare Awards (2024).He is the Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) for the Renal Patient Support Group (RPSG) and acting Academic Lead for the Kidney Disease and Renal Support (KDARs) Group for Kids. He is a Fellow for the Institute of Biomedical Sciences (FIBMS) and a Chartered Scientist under the Science Council (CSci). He is also the CEO for audio-podcast channel ZtormLabostix Productions. He has provided multidisciplinary team working perspectives from secondary care to primary care. He has worked in various health settings, research and industry. He has published several seminal publications, including systematic reviews, literature reviews, mixed methodology publications, narrative reviews. He has acquired skill-mix across scientific practice: He has co-developed between academia, the RPSG, ZtormLabostix Productions and KDARs Group for Kids - efforts have been shortlisted under Partnership Working and Education Institution under the Institute of Biomedical Sciences (IBMS) Awards (2026). He has been involved in the development of key practices through several working groups/ panels. He was a member for the NHSBT Paediatric Kidney Advisory Group (PKAG-sub-committee 2009-2011) and was a member of the British Association of Paediatric Nephrology (BAPN) (2011-2014). He was also a member of the Kidney Research Education Initiative (KREI) (2010-2013). Through collaborative efforts, he has formed several publications, and presented work locally, regionally, in various European countries, virtually and internationally. He has a detailed interest investigating Healthcare, Paediatric Nephrology and Immunology, in addition to General Pathology.