Managing long-term conditions can save the NHS - Dr Damian Fogarty

Joint meeting with UMS and BCH

Damian Fogarty is a Consultant Kidney physician (nephrologist) in the Regional

Nephrology and Transplant Unit, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust and Honorary

Professor of Medicine in the Centre for Public Health, Queen’s University of Belfast.

He trained in Belfast and Boston (Harvard & Joslin Diabetes Centre) before returning to

consultant posts in 2000 in Antrim then a joint appointment Senior Lecturer post with

QUB (2002-2014). He has a long term clinical and research interest in Chronic Kidney

Disease and it’s interface with other chronic conditions especially hypertension,

diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

He has held a variety of leadership roles such as Medical Director of the UK Renal

Registry from 2010-14, Clinical Advisor to HSC Business Services Organisation (2015-

16) and Clinical Director of the regional unit (2018-21) and Northern Ireland’s

representative to UK Kidney Association and Irish Society of Nephrology. His clinical

and research projects have resulted in over 140 published papers, a number of meta-

analyses, 4 book chapters and numerous presentations.

His clinical focus has been across all areas of renal medicine but in the last 10 years he

has led a focus on earlier CKD management with interface working alongside a range

of colleagues but especially general practice teams using enhanced triage and prompt

advice services. Using evidenced based interventions this has led to greatly reduced

waiting times & outcome avoidance. Outside work & family life he relaxes by organizing

and ‘quietly’ participating in a twice-weekly football game.