Graham Lipkin

Dr Lipkin is a highly experienced renal medicine consultant with more than 30 years’ expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of kidney disease. He trained at Leeds General Infirmary, St Bartholomew’s Hospital London, and University Hospital Birmingham.

He is a former President of the UK Kidney Association, National Co-Chair for Renal GIRFT (Getting It Right First Time), co-author of the National Renal Quality Improvement (QI) Report, and Chair of the Board at Kidney Care UK. Dr Lipkin also led the development of the Birmingham Centre for Rare Disease and served as Clinical Director of Renal Medicine at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHBFT).

Clinical expertise

Dr Lipkin specialises in the management of:

• Chronic kidney disease (CKD)

• High blood pressure (hypertension)

• Dialysis treatment

• Kidney transplantation

• Rare kidney diseases

Research and publications

His research interests include pregnancy in patients with chronic kidney disease and kidney transplantation outcomes. Dr Lipkin has published more than 80 peer-reviewed research papers and contributed to multiple medical book chapters.