Prof. Bengt Lindholm received his B.Sc. (Econ) from the Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden, MD, and Ph.D. (Renal Medicine) from the Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. He was a postdoc at the Karolinska Institutet. Currently, he has a position as a Senior Research Specialist at the Department of Clinical Sciences, Intervention and Technology (Clintec), Karolinska Institutet, an Associate Professor and a Head of Renal Medicine at Novum, Renal Medicine, Clintec, Karolinska Institutet. His current research projects include Chronic kidney disease and dialysis; Peritoneal transport kinetics and dialysis solutions; Metabolism, nutrition, oxidative stress, inflammation, cardiovascular disease, and other factors influencing clinical outcomes in CKD patients including those undergoing kidney replacement therapies. According to Google Scholar, his scientific publications are cited 54786 times, his Hirsch index is 113 and his i10-index is 601.