
Nephrology

The paediatric nephrology service at Great Ormond Street Hospital serves a paediatric population of around 2.5 million children across North Thames and surrounding regions. We offer inpatient and outpatient facilities through 14 inpatient nephrology beds, 17 haemodialysis units and outpatient facilities with around 7000 outpatient reviews at GOSH annually. Additional outreach clinics with paediatric colleagues at Lister Hospital, Royal London Hospital and Colchester Hospitals. We offer telephone advice 24/7 to hospitals within our network.
Our services include tertiary paediatric nephrology services for dialysis (in-centre and home therapies), kidney transplantation, chronic kidney disease, nephrotic, glomerular, tubular, stone, renal genetics, hypertension, renovascular and general nephrology and we receive quaternary referrals for complex kidney transplantation and for renovascular endovascular and surgical interventions.
Our department includes 12 consultants with Dr Matko Marlais as our current speciality lead, there are 7 consultant paediatric kidney transplant surgeons, 5 Advanced Nurse Practitioners, 8 Clinical Nurse specialists and one Physician Associate.
Our current NPTN Nephrology Network Leads are Dr Zainab Arslan and ANP Hazel Webb.
Nephrology Education
Please register for this event via Eventbrite link below
- November 2025 (date/venue TBC): Paediatric Nephrology Study Day for General Paediatricians
- December 2025 (date/venue TBC): Paediatric Kidney Transplant Symposium
- January/February 2026 (date/venue TBC): Paediatric Nephrology Dialysis Course
- April 2026 (date/venue TBC): GOSH Nephro-Urology Study Week