Chee KayCheung United KingdomUniversity of Leicester

Dr. Chee Kay Cheung is a Consultant Nephrologist and Honorary Associate Professor, University of Leicester, UK. His PhD examined factors that contribute towards progressive kidney damage in IgA nephropathy, and current interests are in clinical trials in glomerular diseases, especially in IgAN. He leads a number of investigator-initiated studies in this area in collaboration with pharmaceutical companies and academic partners, and has served as UK national chief investigator and principal investigator on multiple clinical trials. He leads specialist clinics in glomerular diseases and in vasculitis and lupus nephritis. He is a steering committee member and active member of several national working groups, including the UK glomerular diseases clinical studies group and UK IgAN and membranous nephropathy rare disease groups.