Since the charity was established 50 years ago by Prof Sir Netar Mallick and Mr Bob Johnson, the Trustee Board has evolved regularly. This ensures a continual flow of fresh ideas while maintaining strong governance and best practice.

The charity is governed by nine Trustees, all of whom are doctors and surgeons leading in research, education, and patient care. In addition the Board of Trustees, we also have a Fundraising Manager and a Fundraiser.

Although the fundraising team is based at Manchester Royal Infirmary, they regularly travel to renal hubs across the North West.

You can contact the team via email at fundraiser@kidneysforlife.org or by phone on 07507 001829 or 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

I started at Kidneys for Life in 2017 and was originally based at Salford Royal. In 2020, I moved to […]

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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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Professor Rachel Lennon

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

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Dr Durga Anil K Kanigicherla

Dr Durga Anil K Kanigicherla MBBS, MD, FRCP Dr Durga Kanigicherla is a Consultant Nephrologist at Manchester University NHS Foundation […]

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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

Andy is a Consultant Nephrologist and Supportive Care Lead in the Department of Renal Medicine, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation […]

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Professor Smeeta Sinha

Professor Smeeta Sinha is a Consultant Nephrologist at Salford Royal Hospital, Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust and an Honorary […]

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