Curriculum Vitae – Gavin Dreyer
Postgraduate Education and Training
November 2010 – present - Honorary lecturer in nephrology, Queen Elizabeth central hospital,
Blantyre, Malawi
October 2008 - October 2010 MD – The effect of vitamin D on the microcirculation of patients
with chronic kidney disease (supervised by Professor M. M. Yaqoob)
March 2007 – October 2008 - Specialist Registrar in Nephrology, Royal London Hospital
April 2006 – March 2007 - Specialist Registrar in Nephrology and General Medicine, North
Middlesex Hospital, London
August 2005 – February 2006 - Honorary lecturer in medicine, Mbarara University, Uganda
January 2005 – July 2005 - Advanced trainee in nephrology, Royal Darwin Hospital, Australia
February 2003 – Nov 2004 - Senior House Officer in General Internal Medicine – Royal Devon
and Exeter Hospital
August 2002 – February 2003 - Senior House Officer in Accident and Emergency Medicine Bristol Royal Infirmary and Weston General Hospital
August 2001 – August 2002 - Pre-registration House Officer Rotation - Derriford Hospital,
Plymouth
Research Grants
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British Renal Society Grant Award 2009 - £17,880: For research into the effect of vitamin
D on the microcirculation of patients with chronic kidney.
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Strutt and Harper Research Grant 2008 - £35,000:
For research into health
inequalities in ethnic minorities. To study the impact of ethnicity on the prevalence,
incidence and progression of chronic kidney disease in a population with diabetes mellitus
and hypertension.
Post-graduate awards
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London Deanery Leadership conference – runner up Best Oral Presentation
London Hypertension Society 2010 Young investigator award – runner up. The effect
of ethnicity on the prevalence of hypertension and CKD in a multi-ethnic population in
London
Amgen bursary 2008 – awarded for an oral presentation at the 2008 Renal Association
meeting
MRCP diploma – awarded August 2004
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Publications, presentations and reviews
Publications
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May 2000 - present
Dreyer G, Gonani A, Luycks V. Haemodialysis services in the developing world - enhancing
local expertise is crucial. N Engl J Med 2011; 364:584-585
Dreyer G. Teaching corner – examining the urine –what can it tell us at the bed-side?
Malawi Medical Journal; 22(4): 126-128 December 2010
Hull S, Dreyer G, Yaqoob M. Collecting and analyzing ethnicity data can direct health care
resources to reduce inequalities. N Engl J Med 363:96, July 1, 2010
Dreyer G, Fan S. Therapeutic implications of co-existing severe pulmonary haemorrhage
and pulmonary emboli in a case of Wegener’s granulomatosis. ePub AJKD May 2009 (Vol.
53, Issue 5, Pages e5-e8)
Dreyer G, Hull S, Aitken Z, Chesser A, Yaqoob M. The effect of ethnicity on the prevalence
of diabetes and associated chronic kidney disease. QJM, April 2009; 102: 261 - 269.
Dreyer G, Fan S. Potential Role of Intermittent Peritoneal Dialysis as a Treatment Option?
Perit Dial Int 2008 28: 484–486
Dreyer G, Jose M, Lawton P. Heparin leak from a haemodialysis catheter causing major
bleeding, ultimately leading to transplant rejection and death. Hemodialysis International
2008; 12:431–433
Dreyer GAcute renal failure: Estimated glomerular filtration rate should be entered on drug
charts. BMJ, Oct 2006; 333: 917
J. D. Pimentel, G. Dreyer and G. D. Lum Peritonitis due to Cunninghamella bertholletiae in a
patient undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. J Med Microbiol 2006; 55:
115-118
Dreyer G, Bingham C. Right atrial thrombus occurring as a consequence of a temporary
haemodialysis catheter. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2005 Feb;20(2):474-5
Dreyer G. Student soapbox: national medical exams. Student BMJ 2000;8:428
Book chapters
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December 2010
Co-author for book chapter Renal Disease in Africa from Medicine in Africa (Edited by E.
Parry.
Referees
Professor M.M. Yaqoob (Consultant Nephrologist)
Department of Nephrology,
Royal London Hospital,
Whitechapel Road,
London,
E1 1BB
Tel – 0207 377 7040
Fax – 0207 377 7003
m.m.yaqoob@qmul.ac.uk
Dr S Fan (Consultant Nephrologist)
Department of Nephrology,
Royal London Hospital,
Whitechapel Road
London,
E1 1BB
Tel – 0207 377 7040
Fax – 0207 377 7003
S.Fan@qmul.ac.uk
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