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Medical Director – Kidney Health Australia Dr Timothy Mathew graduated from Melbourne University in 1961 and became a Member of the RACP in 1965. He began his nephrological career at Royal Melbourne Hospital in 1963 when dialysis and transplantation were commencing. He won an Overseas Scholarship (RACP) in 1966, which enabled him to do a Fellowship in Nephrology at Georgetown Hospital, Washington DC, 1967-70 during which time his studies focussed on transplantation and acute renal failure. On his return to Melbourne in 1970 he was appointed Deputy Director of the Royal Melbourne Hospital Department of Nephrology. In 1977 he was appointed Director of the Renal Unit at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Adelaide, a position he held till 2002. Major interests pursued over the years include hypertension, prevention of progression of kidney failure and the effect of drugs on the kidney. He was Chair of ADRAC 1993-2001 and a core member of ADEC during that time. He has been a member of numerous international and national Scientific Advisory Boards to the Pharmaceutical industry and was the Chair of the RACP Therapeutics Advisory Committee 2000-03. He has over 120 publications and has written 6 book chapters on various aspects of kidney disease. Dr Mathew was appointed as the Medical Director of Kidney Health Australia in May 2002. He continues in active consultant nephrology and hypertension practice.
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