Christopher J Deighan, Consultant Nephrologist, Glasgow Renal & Transplant Unit, NHS
Greater Glasgow & Clyde
Christopher has been a Consultant Physician in the Glasgow Renal & Transplant Unit based
at Glasgow Royal Infirmary and now Glasgow Western Infirmary for over 14 years.
He
graduated from the University of Glasgow Medical School in 1989 and completed his
postgraduate training in Nephrology and General Medicine in the West of Scotland, gaining
his CCST in 2000.
During this time he undertook research in the field of lipoprotein metabolism, completing his
MD thesis on The Atherogenic Lipoprotein Phenotype in Renal Disease.
He was appointed Clinical Director with responsibility for Renal Services (Nephrology and
Renal Transplantation) in November 2009. He has served on the end-points committee for
the AURORA multicentre international trial of rosuvastatin in end stage renal failure.
His main publications have been in the fields of lipid & lipoprotein metabolism and
proteinura & albuminuria.