David Kerr (nephrologist)

Professor David Nichol Sharp Kerr CBE, FRCP, FRCPE (1927–2014) was a British nephrologist.

Professor David Kerr CBE, FRCP, FRCPE
Born	27 December 1927 Hackney, London, England
Died	20 April 2014 (aged 86)
Nationality	United Kingdom
Occupation	Nephrologist

Kerr was born on 27 December 1927 in Hackney, London, England.[1]

He attended George Watson's Boys School, Edinburgh, and then the University of Edinburgh, where he obtained his MB ChB with Honours in 1951.[2] He subsequently undertook an MSc in Anatomy at the University of Wisconsin.[2]

He undertook National Service as a surgeon-lieutenant with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve from 1953 to 1955.[1]

He worked at University of Newcastle upon Tyne Medical School, where he rose to the position of professor of renal medicine, from 1968 to 1983,[2] and Hammersmith Hospital, where he was both professor of renal medicine and dean from 1984 to 1992.[2][3]

He served as editor of the Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London from 1994 to 1998.[1]

He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1991, and delivered the 1968 Goulstonian lecture and the 1983 Lumleian lecture.[1]

He died on 20 April 2014.[4]

References

1. "Professor David Kerr Obituary". Renal Association. Archived from the original on 21 March 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
2. Stefania Crowther; Lois Reynolds; Tilli Tansey, eds. (2009). History of Dialysis in the UK: c. 1950-1980. Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine. History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group. ISBN 978-0-85484-122-6. Wikidata Q29581768.
3. "David Nichol Sharp Kerr CBE". rcpe.ac.uk. Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
4. Cameron, J. S. (24 September 2014). "David NS Kerr (27.12.1927–20.4.2014)". Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 29 (10): 1980–1982. doi:10.1093/ndt/gfu290. PMID 25253203.

External links

• David Kerr on the History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group website