Sydney Tang Hong Kong, ChinaThe University of Hong Kong

Sydney Tang is currently Chair of Renal Medicine and Yu Professor in Nephrology at The University of Hong Kong (HKU). He graduated from HKU with MBBS, MD and PhD degrees. He trained in Nephrology at Queen Mary Hospital (Hong Kong) and in basic sciences at King’s College London (UK) and the University of Washington (USA). His research interests include the pathogenetic mechanisms and treatment of IgA nephropathy, and chronic kidney disease especially diabetic kidney disease. He has published over 380 SCI articles and written over 30 book chapters including one on diabetic kidney disease in Comprehensive Clinical Nephrology. He is an Associate Editor of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN), Editorial Board member of Kidney International (KI), CJASN, American Journal of Nephrology and Kidney Diseases, and Emeritus Editor-in-Chief of Nephrology (Carlton). He became a Distinguished Fellow of the European Renal Association (FERA) in 2025, and is the Chair of the Scientific Program Working Group of the World Congress of Nephrology 2026 held in Yokohama, and Scientific Program Committee Member of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis (ISPD) Congress 2026 in Cape Town. He is currently Chair of the Publications Committee of ISPD, Co-Chair of the Peer Support Committee of the International Society of Glomerular Disease (ISGD), Steering Committee of the International Home Dialysis Consortium (IHDC), past President of the Asian Pacific Society of Nephrology (APSN) and Chair of the CME Program Committee of the ISN, and Executive Committee Member of KDIGO (2020-2023) in which he is a member of the writing group of the IgA nephropathy clinical practice guideline published in 2021 and 2025, respectively. Locally, he serves the Hong Kong College of Physicians as Council Member and Chairman of the Specialty Board in Nephrology and is a past Chairman of the Hong Kong Society of Nephrology.