In 2025, the charity has a 9 Trustees (all doctors/surgeons at the forefront of research, education, and patient care), a Fundraising Manager and a Fundraiser.

Whilst the fundraisers are based at Manchester Royal Infirmary they do travel to many north west renal hubs.

We can be contacted by email – fundraiser@kidneysforlife.org or by phone 07507 001829/0161 276 6671

Kidneys For Life


Penny McKnight

I joined Kidneys for Life in September 2020 which was certainly a strange time in all our lives but I […]

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Victoria Thomson

Victoria started at Kidneys for Life in 2017 as a Fundraiser and was based at Salford Royal. In 2020 Victoria […]

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Trustees


Mr Afshin Tavakoli – Kidneys for Life Chair of Trustees

Afshin was born in Shiraz-Iran. He then qualified in PÉCS Medical University and trained in General Surgery and Transplantation in […]

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Dr Ajay Dhaygude

Ajay is a Nephrologist based at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals. He was trained in India and completed his nephrology training in […]

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Dr Rachel Lennon

Professor Rachel Lennon

Rachel is a Professor of Nephrology at the University of Manchester and a Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist. The research in Rachel’s […]

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Dr Durga Anil K Kanigicherla

Durga Anil K Kanigicherla MBBS, MD, FRCP Durga joined the Nephrology & Transplantation unit as a Higher Specialty Trainee during […]

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Professor Sandip Mitra

Consultant Nephrologist at Manchester Royal Infirmary. Qualified in 1990 in India with Specialty training in Nephrology in Stevenage, Oxford and […]

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Dr Amrit Kaur

I joined Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital paediatric nephrology department as a consultant in 2015. Previously I worked in Evelina London […]

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Dr Andy Nixon

In 2022, Andy was appointed as a Consultant Nephrologist and Supportive Care Lead at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust […]

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Professor Smeeta Sinha

Professor Smeeta Sinha is a Consultant Nephrologist at Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the […]

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