Hugh Feidhlim Woods MB, B.Ch, BAO (Hons), MRCP
Current Position:  Health Care consultant

Dr Feidhlim Woods undertook his secondary and tertiary education in Dublin, Ireland. He graduated with honours from the Medical College of University College, Dublin in 1972. Following internships in his training hospital in Dublin he undertook postgraduate studies in general and specialist medicine in Leicester, UK and was granted MRCP (UK) in 1975.

He commenced specialty training in Nephrology in Leicester, UK in 1975 and  completed his specialty training in King’s College Hospital, London between 1977 and 1979. Whilst at KCH he undertook a significant body of basic and clinical research mainly in the field of hemostasis and thrombosis in renal disease and in extracorporeal blood therapies. His research resulted in numerous publications in peer-reviewed medical journals and he co-authored chapters in several reference text books.

In 1979, Dr. Woods was appointed Nephrology Consultant by the Ministry of Health, Kuwait and in 1982 he was appointed Head of Nephrology Services to the Ministry of Health, Sultanate of Oman. During his seven years in the Sultanate of Oman Dr. Woods was responsible for the establishment from a zero base of General and Pediatric Nephrology, Acute and Chronic Maintenance Dialysis and Renal Transplantation services.

In 1990, Dr.Woods was appointed Medical Director to the National Kidney Foundation, Singapore. During his 8 years as Medical Director, NKFS, the chronic dialysis program of the NKF grew from 130 to over 1000 patients and the program established an international reputation for the high quality of treatment provided and the exceptional outcomes for its patients. While in Singapore, he was Congress Director for the 1st International Congress on Transplantation in Developing Countries. In 1994 and 1996 he was the Scientific Chairman for the 1st and 2nd International Congresses on Dialysis in Developing Countries.

In 1997 Dr.Woods joined Fresenius Medical Care as Medical Director for the South Asia Pacific region. One year later he was appointed MD for the entire Asia Pacific region and subsequently he was promoted to the position of Senior Vice President.

Dr. Woods is now resident in Ireland and provides health care consulting and advisory services to Fresenius Medical Care in Asia Pacific.

Dr Ingrid LEDEBO

Ingrid Ledebo is a native of Lund, a small town in southern Sweden with a university from 1666. She studied biochemistry and microbiology at Lund University and her PhD in microbiology was achieved in 1974. Her university career included positions as Lecturer and Dean of Microbiology. In 1980 Ledebo started to work for Gambro, the head office being located in her hometown, and since that time she has been closely associated with the science of dialysis. Within Gambro she has held various positions starting out as responsible for International Education and presently as Director of Scientific Affairs in Research & Development.

Ledebo has contributed to numerous national and international nephrology- and dialysis-related congresses with presentations on topics focusing, in the 80s and 90s, on biocompatibility, acid-base balance and the use of bicarbonate in dialysis, and later on dialysis fluid quality issues and  technical and clinical characteristics of convective dialysis therapies. She has published around 50 scientific papers and book chapters, the majority on fluid quality and convective therapies. Ledebo is also responsible for the worldwide surveys on dialysis issues – Dialysis Opinions - that are conducted by Gambro at international meetings and often reveal unexpected opinions and trends from the dialysis community.

Dr Bruce F. CULLETON, MD FRCPC

Dr. Culleton is a Senior Medical Director for Baxter Healthcare in Deerfield, Illinois and Adjunct Associate Professor with the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada.  In his current role with Baxter Healthcare, Dr. Culleton provides leadership to the Renal Division for the design and implementation of peritoneal dialysis and home hemodialysis clinical studies. 

Prior to joining Baxter Healthcare in 2007, Dr. Culleton was a Clinical Associate Professor for the Department of Medicine at the University of Calgary (1999 – 2007) where he served as Medical Director of the Progressive Kidney Disease Program and the Peritoneal Dialysis Program for Southern Alberta.

Dr. Culleton received his degree in Medicine in 1991 from Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada. He later completed his Nephrology training at Memorial University, and from 1997 – 1999, completed a research fellowship in Epidemiology at the Framingham Heart Study in Massachussetts.

Dr. Culleton has authored or co-authored over 60 peer-reviewed articles and 7 book chapters. He has served on a number of Advisory Boards and professional committees including the National Kidney Foundation’s committee on the Evaluation, Classification and Stratification of Chronic Kidney Disease, and the Canadian Hypertension Society’s guideline committee for the management of hypertension. He has also served as a member of the Board of Directors of KDIGO, and Chaired the Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee for the Canadian Society of Nephrology from 2003 - 2007.

Dr. Matthew Kwok-Lung TONG
Chief of Service, Chief of Nephrology - Department of Medicine & Geriatrics, Princess Margaret Hospital

Dr Sunil Badve 
VMO - Department of Nephrology, Princess Alexandra Hospital

Dr Fiona Brown 
Department of Nephrology, Monash Medical Centre

Dr Paul Snelling
Nephrologist, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital