Meet the Team
Who we are
Core Team Members
Dr. Rob Elias
Clinical Lead, LKN
Nephrologist, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Ravi Rajakariar
Deputy Clinical Lead, LKN
Nephrologist, Barts Health NHS Trust
Dr Andrew Frankel
Senior Clinical Advisor, LKN
Nephrologist, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Stephen Cass
Director, LKN
Peter Wilson
Business Intelligence Lead, LKN
Nicola Cunningham
Senior Programme Manager, LKN
Linda Tarm
Clinical Co-Chair, CKD Prevention, LKN
Mariza Procopio
Project Manager, LKN
Victoria Odesesan
Project Co-ordinator, LKN
Multi-Professional Team Members
Wendy Brown
Multi-Professional Lead, LKN
Katie Durman
Multi-Professional Lead, LKN
Dietetic Manager, Barts Health NHS Trust
Sarah Mackie
Multi-Professional Lead, LKN
Lead Nurse for Acute Kidney Injury, King’s College Hosptial NHS Foundataion Trust
Deepa Kariyawasam
Multi-Professional Lead, LKN and Co-Chair, Health Equity Group
Specialist Renal Dietitian, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundaton Trust
Clinical Chairs
Kieran McCafferty
Clinical Co-Chair, CKD Prevention
Nephrologist, Barts Health NHS Trust
Linda Tarm
Clinical Co-Chair, CKD Prevention
London Kidney Network
Sapna Shah
Clinical Co-Chair, Tranplant
Nephrologist, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Lisa Silas
Clinical Co-Chair, Tranplant
Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
Ismail Mohammed
Clinical Co-Chair, Transplant
General, Transplant and Vascular Access Surgeon, Barts Health NHS Trust
Ben Lindsey
Clinical Chair, Vascular Access
General, Vascular and Renal Replacement Surgeon, Barts Health NHS Trust
Richard Corbett
Clinical Co-Chair, Dialysis at Home
Nephrologist, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Bhrigu Sood
Clinical Co-Chair, Dialysis at Home
Nephrologist, Epsom and St Helier Univerity Hospitals
Refik Gokmen
Clinical Chair, Young Adults
Nephrologist, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
Katie Vinen
Clinical Co-Chair, Supportive Care
Heather Brown
Clinical Co-Chair, Supportive Care
Expert Advisory Group Chairs
Gavin Dreyer
Co-Chair, Health Equity Group
Nephrologist, Barts Health NHS Trust
Paramit Chowdhury
Chair, Clinical Information Group (CIG)
Nephrologist, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
What our partners say about working in the LKN
“Joining the Network has allowed trainees to participate in pan-London projects leading to meaningful improvements in how we deliver care in the Capital. The Network benefits from engaged, motivated individuals who have developed a passion for the group they’re working in.”
“The LKN… can help challenge old perceptions of a patient’s relationship with the health care provider (both individuals and the institutions). Having a patient engagement lead… can help shape decisions at a leadership level.”
“The LKN offers a fantastic opportunity to bring together expertise from across London to support the delivery of care for the person who wants to dialyse at home; driving improvements in both access to home dialysis and the quality of care.”
“The LKN represents the opportunity to combine the best expertise and resource from the London renal units to provide consistent high-quality care in an equitable manner to over 26% of the England end stage renal population. The task is significant, but the potential prize is greater.”
“…It has become evident that many of the barriers to delivering excellent kidney care are duplicated…consistently across London Centres.
[The LKN provides] a way of pulling together as one voice to overcome these barriers.”
“The LKN is bringing people together in a way that has never been done before to serve the growing and changing population of London. In my role as the health equity group Chair, I am working with colleagues I would not have had a chance to work with before, sharing ideas and working to deliver sustainable change to reduce kidney health inequalities in London.”