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Professional statement
Dr Rhys Evans is a highly experienced and esteemed associate professor of renal medicine and consultant nephrologist at the UCL Centre for Kidney and Bladder Health, Royal Free Hospital. He specialises in acute kidney injury, chronic kidney disease, electrolyte disorders (tubular kidney diseases), hypertension, kidney infections and kidney transplantation, and currently practises at the Cromwell Hospital and the Royal Free London Private Patients Unit.
Dr Evans studied medicine at Cambridge University and University College London Medical School, qualifying in 2007. He has sub-speciality expertise in transplantation, including donor and recipient assessment, as well as all aspects of post-transplant care. He is the deputy lead of the UCL Centre for Transplantation and is principal investigator on a number of clinical trials. He also has sub-specialty expertise in the management of patients with inherited and acquired tubular kidney diseases, including unexplained electrolyte disorders, and helps run the clinical service of the London Tubular Centre.
Dr Evans is an academic clinician with a diverse research portfolio. He was awarded a PhD from UCL for translational work investigating the impact of salt on the immune system during which he provided the first description of immunodeficiency in patients with inherited salt-losing tubulopathies. He continues to investigate changes in immunity in patients with tubular kidney disease and hypertension.
He was awarded the UCL Oliver Wrong Prize for an outstanding contribution to Renal Physiology research in 2021 and is a member of the British Transplant Society and the International Society of Nephrology but to mention a few. His other focus is aimed at improving the care of patients with kidney disease in low-resource settings, which he has done in a number of different countries worldwide.
He has previously worked as a clinical lecturer at the University of Malawi and has published widely on the epidemiology of kidney disease in Africa and novel tools to detect it. He has a friendly approach to medicine and strongly believes in shared decision making with patients and their families.
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Rhys is a thorough & attentive doctor committed to the care of his patients. My consultation with him was detailed and helped me properly understand my condition and the steps. He is attentive, proactively following up with me post appointment to check on his prescribed care
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