Prof. Dr. Brian Rayner is the Head and Director of Research of
the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension at the Groote Schuur Hospital and
University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, and is a past President of
the Southern African Hypertension Society. He graduated in M.B.Ch.B. from the University
of Cape Town in 1978, obtained a Fellowship from the College of Medicine (SA)
in 1986, and has a Master of Medicine and PhD from the University of Cape Town.
Furthermore, his research topics mainly include therapy of hypertension,
mutations in the ENaC, genetic determinants of salt sensitivity, HIVAN,
vascular calcification and chronic kidney disease, primary aldosteronism,
assessing adherence in hypertensive patients, ethics of rationing dialysis
therapy, AKI, and genetics of severe hypertension in blacks.
Short Biography
Prof. Dr. Brian Rayner is the Head and Director of Research of
the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension at the Groote Schuur Hospital and
University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, and is a past President of
the Southern African Hypertension Society. He graduated in M.B.Ch.B. from the University
of Cape Town in 1978, obtained a Fellowship from the College of Medicine (SA)
in 1986, and has a Master of Medicine and PhD from the University of Cape Town.
Furthermore, his research topics mainly include therapy of hypertension,
mutations in the ENaC, genetic determinants of salt sensitivity, HIVAN,
vascular calcification and chronic kidney disease, primary aldosteronism,
assessing adherence in hypertensive patients, ethics of rationing dialysis
therapy, AKI, and genetics of severe hypertension in blacks.
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