An Introduction to Artificial Intelligence in Renal Medicine

Oshini is a Nephrology trainee, currently pursuing research at the Institute of Global Health Innovation at Imperial College London. She completed pre-clinical training at the University of Cambridge, followed by clinical training at Imperial College London. She aspires to pursue an academic career in Nephrology with special interest in Advanced Kidney Care and Dialysis. She is the secretary of the Dialysis Research and Innovation Group(DRIG) at the Imperial College Renal and Transplant Centre, London. She also writes and reviews kidney disease related patient information articles for the National Kidney Federation, UK.

Sri Lanka is important to her as her home country, but has also taught her the value of medical research and innovation. Having witnessed people being treated in a resource poor environment, it is crucial to get it right the first time, and has propelled an interest for Global Health. She is multi-lingual, and she recognises the value of diversity and respect equality. Family, friends and hiking help her retain focus and enthusiasm for the work she is passionate about.

Dr Duncan qualified from St Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical College, University of London 1995 with distinctions in Pharmacology and Therapeutics and Merit in Medicine and Pathology. During medical school he exercised his interest in Anthropology with an Intercalated BSc at University College London 1992. He gained Membership of the Royal College of Physicians London 1998 with Fellowship awarded 2009.

He became an Associate Fellow Higher Education Academy in 2015 teaching as Royal College Tutor training junior doctors, and was Educational Supervisor of the Year in the Division of Medicine at Imperial College 2019. He co-founded the International Society of Nephrology Sisterhood with a hospital in Colombo, Sri Lanka 2019, with the objective of universal health care. He achieved a Diploma Certificate in Medical Leadership from Birkbeck University 2021.

As a specialist registrar at St Mary’s Hospital, London his research interests were diverse investigating chronic kidney disease in the Indo Asian community, dialysis access and treatment of nephrotic syndrome. He was appointed Renal Consultant at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in 2005 and works at Hammersmith Hospital with extensive clinical experience in Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation. He is Clinical Lead and Research Lead for Dialysis. He has Honorary Consultancy at Northwick Park Hospital and the Royal Brompton Hospital.

He is a member of UK Kidney Association, the American Society of Nephrology, the International Society of Nephrology and the European Society for Artificial Organs. He has supervised postgraduate studies for trainees, he supports nurses and pharmacists as independent medical prescribers and has led a biannual Dialysis Academy a multidisciplinary course to improve patient care.

Peter Kotanko, MD is Head of Biomedical Evidence Generation and Research Director at the Renal Research Institute (RRI), New York. Prior to joining RRI, from 1997 to 2007 he served as Vice Chair of a department of internal medicine at an academic teaching hospital in Graz, Austria. Prior to moving to Graz in 1989, he worked 1982-89 at the Department of Physiology and the University Clinic of Internal Medicine, Innsbruck, Austria. From 1995-6 he trained in nephrology at the Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK. He is Adjunct Professor of Medicine and Nephrology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York and holds a teaching appointment at the Medical University Innsbruck. He has authored and co-authored over 410 publications and book chapters, and he is inventor on multiple patents in the kidney space. He is an awardee of the 2019 and 2021 KidneyX prize for innovations in dialysis and he is a Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology.