Rare Disease Group

This group is to promote the recognition of patients with mitochondrial disease affecting the kidney.

The Lily Foundation is the UK’s leading mitochondrial disease charity. Our mission is to improve the lives of people affected by mitochondrial diseases. We are working towards a future where mitochondrial diseases can be effectively treated or cured.

https://www.thelilyfoundation.org.uk/

RDG Lead(s)
  • Prof John A Sayer, Consultant Nephrologist, Freeman Hospital, RDG lead
Patient representative(s)
  • Sister Rachel Steel, Paediatric haemodialysis sister and patient representative
Other members
  • Dr Gavin Hudson, Researcher, Newcastle University
  • Prof Robert Taylor, Professor, Newcastle University
  • Dr Yincent Tse, Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist, Great North Children’s Hospital
  • Dr Tom Connor, Consultant Nephrologist, Oxford Kidney Unit, Churchill Hospital
  • Prof Robert McFarland, Paediatric Neurologist, Wellcome Centre for Mitochondrial Research