Dr. Raymond Vanholder

Raymond Vanholder, MD PhD Dr. Vanholder has published more than 900 papers, including reviews and book chapters, on the adequacy of dialysis, uremic toxicity, and various topics related to clinical nephrology, especially cardio-vascular and infectious complications. He serves as a member of the editorial review board of several journals and is the subject editor of Nephrology Dialysis and Transplantation and Toxins. Up until autumn 2010, he had been chairman of the European Uremic Toxin Work Group (EUTox) and a member of the Executive Board and treasurer of Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO). Up until the summer of 2011, he had been the chairman of the European Renal Best Practice (ERBP). Up until the autumn of 2014, he chaired the Renal Disaster Relief Task Force (RDRTF) of the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) and participated in several international relief operations. Dr. Vanholder was the founding president of the Belgian Society of Nephrology (BVN-SBN). He was the past president of the European Society of Artificial Organs (ESAO) and the past president of ERA-EDTA. He is now retired (Prof Em at Ghent University) and chair of the European Kidney Health Alliance and of the European Chronic Disease Alliance.