The Cardiorenal Forum (CRF) is an independent group formed in 2006.
The key objective of the group is to highlight the important clinical overlap that
exists between patients presenting with a primary cardiovascular or renal problem.

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CRF Steering Committee

Dr Paul Kalra
Consultant Cardiologist
Department of Cardiology
Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust
St Mary’s Hospital
Milton Road, Portsmouth PO3 6AD
Tel: 02392 286000 ext. 2035
Email: paul.kalra@doctors.org.uk

Dr Phil Kalra
Consultant Nephrologist
& Senior Lecturer
Salford Royal Hospitals NHS Trust
Stott Lane, Salford M6 8HD
Tel: 0161 206 5998
Email: Philip.kalra@srht.nhs.uk

Dr Henry Purcell
Royal Brompton Hospital
Sydney Street
London
SW3 6NP
Tel: 020 7351 8642
Email: h.purcell@rbht.nhs.uk

CRF Scientific Committee

Dr George Bakris
University of Chicago Medical Center
5841 S Maryland Avenue
MC 1027
Chicago IL 60637, USA
Email: gbakris@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu

Professor Martin Cowie
Professor of Cardiology,
Cardiac Medicine,
National Heart & Lung Institute
Imperial College,
Dovehouse Street
London SW3 6LY
Tel: 020 7 351 8858
Email: m.cowie@ic.ac.uk

Professor John Feehally
Professor of Renal Medicine
The John Walls Renal Unit,
Leicester General Hospital,
Gwendolen Road,
Leicester LE5 4 PW
Tel: 0116 258 4132
Email: jf27@le.ac.uk

Dr Robert Foley
Consultant Nephrologist
Chronic Disease Research Group
914 S Eighth Street
Suite D253
Minneapolis MN55404, USA
Tel: 612 347 5979
Email: rfoley@nephrology.org

Dr David Goldsmith
Consultant Nephrologist
Guy’s Hospital
St Thomas’ Street
London SE1 9RT
Tel: 020 7188 5708
Fax: 020 7188 5646
Email: david.goldsmith@gstt.nhs.uk

Professor Peter Grant
Academic Unit of Molecular Vascular Medicine
The LIGHT Laboratory
Clarendon Way
University of Leeds
Leeds LS2 9JT
Tel: 0113 343 7721
Email: p.j.grant@leeds.ac.uk

Professor Lars Lindholm
Dept of Public Health & Clinical Medicine
Umeå University Hospital
SE-90185 Umeå
Sweden
Tel: +46 90 785 35 26
Email: larsh.lindholm@fammed.umu.se

Dr Ken McDonald
Consultant Cardiologist
St Vincent’s Hospital
Dublin
Email: kenneth.mcdonald@ucd.ie

Professor Giuseppe Mancia
University of Milan-Bicocca
Piazza Dell’Ateneo Nuovo 1
Milan 20126, Italy
Email: Giuseppe.mancia@unimib.it

Dr Donal O'Donoghue
National Clinical Director for Kidney Care & Consultant Renal Physician,
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Hope Hospital
Stott Road, Salford M6 8HD
Tel: 0161 206 4389 Email: donal.odonoghue@srft.nhs.uk

Dr Luis Ruilope
Octubre Hospital
Madrid 28041, Spain
Email: ruilope@ad-hocbox.com

Sudhir V. Shah, MD, FACP Professor of Medicine and Director, Division of Nephrology UAMS College of Medicine 4301 West Markham, Slot 501 Little Rock, AR 72205 Office: (501) 257-5832 Fax: (501) 257-5827 Email: shahsudhirv@uams.edu

Dr Iain Squire
Senior Lecturer in Medicine
Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester
Clinical Sciences Building
Leicester Royal Infirmary
Leicester LE1
Tel: 0116 252 3125
Fax: 0116 252 3108
Email: is11@le.ac.uk

Professor Luigi Tavazzi
Policlinico S Matteo
Institute of Care and Research
Pavia, Italy
Email: l.tavazzi@smatteo.pv.it

Dr David Wheeler
Centre for Nephrology
Hampstead Campus
Royal Free and University College Medical School, Roland Hill Street
London NW3 2PF
Tel: 020 7830 2930
Fax: 020 7317 8591
Email: d.wheeler@medsch.ucl.ac.uk

Dr Faiez Zannad
Professeur de Thérapeutique-Cardiologie, Unité HTA et Insuffisance Cardiaque
Pôle CardioVasculaire,
Centre d'Investigation Clinique Inserm, CHU de Nancy
Unité Inserm U684
Université Henri Poincaré, Nancy
Tél: + 33 383 65 66 25
Email: f.zannad@chu-nancy.fr
Assistante: Catherine Villemain
(c.villemain@chu-nancy.fr)

Dr Dick de Zeeuw
Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Ant Deusinglaan 1
9713 AV Groningen
The Netherlands
Email: d.de.zeeuw@med.umcg.nl