Pathophysiology of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)

BIOGRAPHY

David Goldsmith

Academic positions:
- Consultant Nephrologist, Guy's Hospital
- Honorary Senior Lecturer at Guy's King's and St Thomas' Hospitals Medical School

All industry positions (in last five years):
None declared

Research interests:
- Arterial structural and functional changes seen in uraemia,
- The use of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring as a tool to improve BP management of renal patients
- The use of screening tools to detect the presence of cardiovascular disease in patients with renal failure
- Characterisation of abnormal purine and pyrimidine metabolism in renal patients.

Any other information:
Associations;
- Royal Society of Medicine
- London Hypertension Society
- Medical Society of London
- UK Renal Association
- International Society of Nephrology
- European Renal Association
- Medical Journalists Association

Dr Goldsmith acts as a regular reviewer for various journals including and is a member of the Editorial Board for Journal of Renovascular Disease (2002 - ) and Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation (2004 -) and also Editor of Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation–Educational (2003-) and the Journal of Nephrology (2003 -).