Suren returned to Newcastle on his appointment as a Consultant Nephrologist in 2004. During his time in specialty training, he spent 3 years as the Saturo Nakamoto Hemodialysis Research Fellow at the Cleveland Clinic, USA, where NIH-sponsored work on renal support for acute kidney injury (AKI) formed the basis of his MD thesis.
He led the haemodialysis service between 2007 and 2022, continues to look after a cohort of haemodialysis patients and undertakes regular renal in-patient work.
Suren is committed to improving the environmental impact of healthcare and is now in partnership with the Sustainable Healthcare Coalition, undertaking deep, life-cycle analyses of renal service environmental impacts and developing carbon calculators for use by the global renal community in identifying their own carbon hotspots.
Dr Kanagasundaram's Newcastle University profileOther roles:
Expert advisor: NCEPOD – Acute Kidney Injury: Adding Insult to Injury Report (2009)
Co-author: UK Renal Association clinical practice guideline for AKI (2011)
Lead author: Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) | The UK Kidney Association (2019)
Clinical representative: Newcastle Hospitals Executive Oversight Group for the Climate Emergency
Clinical co-chair: Sustainable Kidney Care Committee | The UK Kidney Association (2021 – ongoing)
Steering group member: GREEN-K – Global Environmental Evolution in Nephrology and Kidney Care – International Society of Nephrology (2022 – ongoing)
Member: NHS England, Net Zero Clinical Advisory Board (2023 – ongoing)
Trustee: Northumberland Wildlife Trust (nwt.org.uk) (2023 – ongoing)
Founder: Nature Connect – Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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