Our Team

Stephen Marks

Professor Stephen Marks, MD MSc MRCP DCH FRCPCH is President of the British Association for Paediatric Nephrology and Professor of Paediatric Nephrology and Transplantation at University College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health.  He is Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist and Director of the National Institute for Health and Care Research Great Ormond Street Hospital Clinical Research Facility at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust.  He has local, national and international roles, including Chair of the Education Committee of the International Pediatric Transplant Association (IPTA), having also been an IPTA Councillor.  His research continues to date in the fields of renal transplantation (including biomarkers and innovative drug trials concerning new anti-rejection therapies and assessment of children post-renal transplantation), systemic lupus erythematosus and vasculitis.  He is on the editorial board for “Pediatric Nephrology” and “British Journal of Renal Medicine” and is Associate Editor for “Transplantation” and “Pediatric Transplantation”, which are the journals of The Transplantation Society (TTS) and the International Pediatric Transplant Association (IPTA), respectively.

Hitesh Prajapati

I am a Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist at Leeds Children’s Hospital. My clinical interests include caring for children and young people with chronic kidney disease, antenatal counselling, and renal tubular disease. I lead the paediatric peritoneal dialysis service in Leeds and am involved in education, running regular renal simulation sessions.  As part of my role as BAPN Secretary, I am part of the UKKA Patient Safety Committee and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health speciality board. I am an animal enthusiast and partial to wolves and cats.

Drew Maxted

Doug Stewart

Carolyn Jones

Ashish Patel

Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist working at Nottingham Children’s Hospital. I am the Communications Officer for the BAPN, also sitting on the Paediatric Nephrology Clinical Reference Group and InfoKID working group. Specialist interests in nephrology include low clearance, dialysis and cystinosis, as well as expertise in simulation based-education. I am a keen baker, supporting in wellbeing initiatives with the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.

Madhuri Raja

Dr Madhuri Raja MBChB MSc FRCPCH is Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist at Southampton Children’s Hospital and Chair of the BAPN Audit and Informatics Committee. With experience in working in resource-limited settings, she has a special interest in Global Child Health. Her research primarily focuses on early detection of kidney disease and developing resourceful, equitable, sustainable kidney care models. She has expertise in Simulation-Based Education, Human Factors, and Non-Technical Skills Training and is committed to medical education and improving workforce resilience.

Ben Reynolds

Ben Reynolds is a Paediatric Nephrologist, based in Glasgow UK.  He trained in Glasgow and Newcastle, with a brief stint in Toronto, and a longer stint in Edinburgh completing a PhD in cellular immunology and regulatory T-cells. Ben has been a consultant at the Royal Hospital for Children from 2016, and is the clinical lead for transplantation, and lead for clinical research.  His interests include several steps in the kidney patient journey, including patient understanding, patient education, and how to best support shared decision-making. In free time, Ben is a martial artist and VR enthusiast.

Dal Hothi

Roy Connell

Zainab Arslan

Zainab Arslan is a Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist at Great Ormond Street Ormond Hospital and an Honorary Lecturer in the Developmental Biology & Cancer Department at the UCL Great Ormond Institute of Child Health. She has an MSc in Genomic Medicine, and her research interests include the management of failing kidney allografts and kidney genomics. Zainab is a member of the ESPN Dialysis and CKD-MBD Working Groups. She is also Chair of the BAPN Clinical Services Leads and is an affiliate member of the Paediatric Renal Clinical Reference Group (CRG).

Carolyn Major

Grace McCall

Dr Grace McCall MBChB, MRCPCH is a Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist at the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children. She holds a number of national and international leadership roles, including UK Kidney Association Paediatric Guideline Lead, Northern Ireland lead for NHSE Paediatric Transplantation Networked Model of Care Service Disruption Subgroup, member of the UKKA’s Transition to Young Adult Specialist Interest Group, and member of the International Paediatric Nephrology Association (IPNA) Associates Curriculum Steering Committee. Her specialist interests include transitional care for young people with kidney disease, paediatric kidney transplantation, quality improvement and clinical guideline development.

Caroline Anderson

Hazel Gibson

Janette Cansick

I studied at Cambridge University, qualifying in 1994. I dually accredited as a general paediatrician and paediatric nephrologist. I have worked as a consultant paediatrician with an interest in nephrology since 2006, at Medway NHS Foundation Trust since 2012.

I have two work passions – paediatric nephrology and education. I was Trust Director of Medical Education for 9 years. Since January 2026 I have been lead for paediatricians with special interest in nephrology through representation on the BAPN Executive Committee and on Nephrology CSAC for RCPCH. I also now chair the IPNA Associates group. I am delighted to be using both my clinical and educational expertise to undertake these roles.

Yomna Hossam

Peter Foxon

Paediatric Nephrology Pharmacist working in Nottingham Children’s Hospital. Pharmacy representative to the BAPN and Paediatric Nephrology Pharmacist representative to the UKKA Kidney Patient Safety Committee. Specialist interest in Medicines Safety within Paediatric Nephrology.

Shazia Adalat

Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist at Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Honorary Senior Lecturer at King’s College London. Chair, BAPN-KCUK Patient Information Committee. Lead, BAPN-PNNG Sustainability QIP. Chair, IPNA Green Nephrology Taskforce. Member, ESPN Green Nephrology Task Force. Lead, South East England RENAL regional Network.  Chair, Climate-Kidneys-Cognition (CKC) consortium. Research interests: climate and systems health, neurodevelopmental impacts of kidney disease, gut-kidney-brain axis.

Maura Scott