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Your child will be regularly reviewed at a clinic, where
their blood pressure, growth, weight, kidney function
and bone health will be monitored.
Dr Adnan Sharif
Consultant Nephrologist
and Transplant Physician
It can be difficult for parents to decide which option
is best, so you should talk to your doctor about the
pros and cons of hospital-based and home-based
treatment.
MD FRCP MBChB
Dr Adnan Sharif is a Consultant Nephrologist and Transplant Physician at the Queen
Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham and Honorary Associate Professor at the University of
Birmingham.
He graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 2002 and underwent his medical and
Dialysis and kidney transplants
In some cases, your doctor may recommend surgery
to remove 1 or both of your child's kidneys.
nephrology training in Cardiff and Birmingham respectively, including an observership post
at Johns Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore, USA) before starting his Consultant post in 2011.
He retains an active research focus and has >170 peer-reviewed scientific publications
and numerous book chapters. He is currently Chief Investigator on a number of
This will stop proteins being lost in your child's urine
and reduce their risk of potentially serious problems,
such as blood clots.
prospective cohort and randomized clinical trials related to dialysis and kidney
transplantation.
His research projects include:
• Chief Investigator: Comparing Glycaemic Benefits of Active Versus Passive Lifestyle
Intervention in Kidney Allograft Recipients (CAVIAR) - NCT02233491
If both kidneys do need to be removed, your child will
need dialysis. Dialysis is where a machine replicates
kidney function, from an early age until they can
receive a kidney transplant.
• Chief Investigator: AGe-adapted benefits of Envarsus versus twice-daily tacrolimus
ImmunosuppressioN druGs after kidney transplantation (AGEING) – a feasibility study
- NCT03005236
• Chief Investigator: Frailty Intervention Trial in End-Stage Patients on Dialysis (FITNESS)
- NCT03071107
• Chief Investigator: Epidemiology of Cancer After Solid Organ Transplantation (EpCOT) NCT02991105
A person only needs 1 kidney to survive, so a living
person can donate a kidney. Ideally, this should be a
close relative.
• Post-Transplantation Diabetes Mellitus
• Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic issues relating to organ donation and transplantation
• Antibody-incompatible transplantation
• Transplantation ethics
In addition to his clinical and research interests, he is the secretary of the non-Government Organization Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting (DAFOH) which cam-
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Tel: 0121 371 5861 - Alternate Tel: 0121 371 5840 - Secretary
Mobile: 07967 017240 - Email: adnan.sharif@uhb.nhs.ukQueen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Mindelsohn Way, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2WB
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