Stewart Cameron (nephrologist)

John Stewart Cameron CBE, FRCP (5 July 1934 – 30 July 2023) was a British nephrologist.

Professor

Stewart Cameron

CBE, FRCP
Picture of nephrologist Dr. J. Stewart Cameron from 2018.
Born
John Stewart Cameron

(1934-07-05)5 July 1934
Aberdeen, Scotland
Died30 July 2023(2023-07-30) (aged 89)
NationalityUnited Kingdom
Alma materGuy's Hospital
OccupationNephrologist
EmployerGuy's Hospital/ King's College Medical School

Biography

John Stewart Cameron was born in Aberdeen, Scotland on 5 July 1934.[1] He undertook his medical training at Guy's Hospital and spent the large part of his career there and at King's College Medical School, into which it was merged.[2] He eventually became professor of renal medicine.[2]

While at Cornell University in 1962, he became interested in dialysis.[2] He has also worked on kidney transplantation, and has written on the history of nephrology.[2] He was president of the European Society of Paediatric Nephrology from 1975–98,[3] the European Renal Association - European Dialysis and Transplant Association (ERA/EDTA) from 1984–87,[4] the UK Renal Association from 1992–95,[5] and the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) from 1993–1995.[6] He retired from active clinical practice in 1996.[7] He gave the Lumleian Lectures in 1997.

Cameron was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1998 New Year Honours, "For services to Nephrology",[8] and has been elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP).[2] He was awarded the Jean Hamburger Award of the ISN in 2003,[9] and the David M. Hume Award of the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) in 2004.[10]

Stewart Cameron died on 30 July 2023, at the age of 89.

References
  1. Feehally, John (19 September 2023). "Stewart Cameron obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  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. "Former Council Members ESPN". The ESPN. The European Society of Paediatric Nephrology. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  4. "Former Officers and Council Members ERA/EDTA". The ERA/EDTA. European Renal Association/European Dialysis and Transplant Association. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  5. "History UK Renal Association". The UK Renal Association. UK Renal Association. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  6. "Past Leadership ISN". The ISN. International Society of Nephrology. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  7. "Stewart Cameron" (PDF). NDT. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  8. "No. 54993". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1997. p. 8.
  9. "Jean Hamburger Award ISN". The ISN. International Society of Nephrology. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  10. "David M. Hume Award NKF". The NKF. The National Kidney Foundation, US. Retrieved 3 March 2019.


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