David Kerr (nephrologist)

Professor David Kerr CBE, FRCP, FRCPE
Born	(1927-12-27)27 December 1927 Hackney, London, England
Died	20 April 2014(2014-04-20) (aged 86)
Nationality	United Kingdom
Occupation	Nephrologist

Professor David Nichol Sharp Kerr CBE, FRCP, FRCPE (1927–2014) was a British nephrologist.

Kerr was born on 27 December 1927 in Hackney, London, England.[1]

He attended George Watson's Boys School, Edinburgh, and then the University of Edinburgh, where he obtained his MB ChB with Honours in 1951.[2] He subsequently undertook an MSc in Anatomy at the University of Wisconsin.[2]

He undertook National Service as a surgeon-lieutenant with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve from 1953 to 1955.[1]

He worked at University of Newcastle upon Tyne Medical School, where he rose to the position of professor of renal medicine, from 1968 to 1983,[2] and Hammersmith Hospital, where he was both professor of renal medicine and dean from 1984 to 1992.[2][3]

He served as editor of the Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London from 1994 to 1998.[1]

He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1991, and delivered the 1968 Goulstonian lecture and the 1983 Lumleian lecture.[1]

He died on 20 April 2014.[4]

References

1. "Professor David Kerr Obituary". Renal Association. Archived from the original on 21 March 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
2. Stefania Crowther; Lois Reynolds; Tilli Tansey, eds. (2009). History of Dialysis in the UK: c. 1950-1980. Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine. History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group. ISBN 978-0-85484-122-6. Wikidata Q29581768.
3. "David Nichol Sharp Kerr CBE". rcpe.ac.uk. Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
4. Cameron, J. S. (24 September 2014). "David NS Kerr (27.12.1927–20.4.2014)". Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 29 (10): 1980–1982. doi:10.1093/ndt/gfu290. PMID 25253203.

External links

• David Kerr on the History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group website