Prof. David Wheeler is Professor of Kidney Medicine at University College London, UK, and Honorary Consultant Nephrologist at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. He is also NIHR Specialty Lead for Renal Disorders.

Prof. Wheeler is a clinician scientist interested in the complications of chronic kidney disease, specifically those that increase the burden of cardiovascular disease and/or accelerate progression of kidney failure. He has been the principle or co-investigator in several clinical trials assessing the effectiveness of therapeutic interventions in people with chronic kidney disease.

Other roles include Honorary Professorial Fellow of The George Institute (based in Sydney, Australia) with a remit to support this organisation’s clinical trials activities in Europe. He has been involved in the development of Clinical Practice Guidelines for several organisations, most recently for Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO). He has served as KDIGO co-chair between 2012 and 2019 and is Past President of the UK Renal Association and past chair of the UK Renal Registry.