Professor Debasish Banerjee

Clinical interests

Professor Banerjee is a clinical nephrologist managing CKD, dialysis and kidney transplant patients with much expertise in CKD patients with cardiovascular disease, hypertension, heart failure and diabetes. As a member of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Working Group on Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy, and following his establishment of a unique kidney failure - heart failure clinic at St George’s, he has created international strategies for managing CKD patients with cardiovascular disease.

As part of the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists (ABCD) Renal Association Clinical Study Group, he has assisted in the formulation of national guidelines for the management of CKD patients with the added complication of diabetes. Professor Banerjee also works as the steering committee member of the International Society of Nephrology, Cardio-Renal Group.

To further his clear and keen research interest, he has received grants from the British Heart Foundation, Kidney Research UK, the Wellcome Trust (ISSF), Guy’s and St Thomas’ Charity and St Georges’ Hospital Charity. As a member of Kidney Research UK’s cardio-renal study group and as a reviewer for the MRC, NIHR, and Kidney Research UK, he has been involved in reviewing research in the cardiovascular complications of CKD in the UK. He serves the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) action of clinical trials as the co-chair for patient engagement group, to improve patient involvement in international nephrology trials. He is also the Chairman of the Training and Education Committee of The Renal Association.

Professor Banerjee works as the Quality Lead for the MBBS programme of St George's, University of London. He has taught undergraduate and postgraduate medical students and has won many consecutive teaching awards including the ‘Best Undergraduates Medicine Teacher Award’ at St George’s, an ‘Excellence in Teaching Award’ at St George’s, a ‘Distinguished Teacher Award’ from University College London, the ‘Inpatient Student Teaching award’ at the University of Miami and won the ‘Overall Contribution to Education Award’ from St George’s Hospital. He successfully supervised several MD and BSc research students.

Professor Banerjee has fostered several international collaborations as the lead for the ISN India-UK Sister Centre program and as an ISN educational ambassador, collaborating with renal units in India, Ghana and Jamaica. He also serves as a member of the Council and International Committee of the Renal Association.

Professional profile

Professional profile

To view Debasish Banerjee's ORCHID profile and full list of publications, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6863-2325

Awards

Jagadis Bose National Science Talent Search Scholarship India - 1985

Distinguished Teacher Award University College London Medical School  - 1998

Young Investigator Award Southern Society of Clinical Investigation USA - 2003

Inpatient Student Teaching Award, University of Miami USA - 2003

Travel Fellowship Award, Consortium for South Eastern Hypertension Control USA - 2003

Excellence in Teaching Award, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - 2010

Best Undergraduate Medicine Teacher, St George's, University of London - 2011

Overall contribution to Education Award, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - 2016

Education

University of Calcutta - MBBS 1992

Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education, Chandigarh - MD 1995

University of Miami - Fellowship in Nephrology and Hypertension 2003

London Deanery - CCST in Nephrology 2004

Memberships

Fellow of Royal College of Physicians

Fellow of American Society of Nephrology

Fellow of Higher Education Academy

Member of International Society of Nephrology Action for Clinical Trials

Member of Cardiovascular Clinical Research Group Kidney Research UK

Grants

External Sponsored Research Program, AstraZeneca, Lokelma for maximisation of RAASi  in CKD patients with Heart Failure;  RCT Principal Applicant

British Heart Foundation Program Grant, Impact of Vitamin D on cardiac structure and function, Principal Applicant

Guys’ and St Thomas’ Charity Program Grant, Impact of Vitamin D on cardiac structure and function Co Applicant

St George’s Charity, Impact of Vitamin D on atherosclerosis and endothelial function in CKD, Principal Applicant

National Institute of Healthcare Research (RfPB), Increasing acceptability and rates of organ donation among ethnic groups Co Applicant

British Renal Society, Role of iNUT in inpatients with CKD, Co Applicant

Selected Publications https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6863-2325

Banerjee D, Lowe-Jones R, Damster S, et al. International perspectives on patient involvement in clinical trials in nephrology. Kidney Int. 2020 Sep;98(3):566-571

Banerjee D, Popoola J, Shah S, Ster IC, Quan V, Phanish M. COVID-19 infection in kidney transplant recipients. Kidney Int. 2020;97(6):1076-1082.

Nguyen M, Rumjaun S, Lowe-Jones R, Ster IC, Rosano G, Anderson L, Banerjee D. Management and outcomes of heart failure patients with CKD: experience from an inter-disciplinary clinic. ESC Heart Fail. 2020 Jul 11;7(5):3225-30

Junarta J, Fernandez M, Chung I, Salha A, Klaud Francheska BD, Lowe-Jones R, Sharma R, Firoozi S, Banerjee D. Role of a cardio-renal multi-disciplinary team meeting in managing cardiovascular risk in patients on kidney transplant waitlists. Clin Transplant. 2020 Aug 11;e14061.

doi: 10.1111/ctr.14061.

Banerjee D, Chitalia N, Ster IC, Appelbaum E, Thadhani R, Kaski JC, Goldsmith D. Impact of Vitamin D on Cardiac structure and function in CKD patients with hypovitaminosis D, a randomised controlled trial and meta-analysis. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Pharmacother. 2019 Dec 12;pvz080.

doi: 10.1093/ehjcvp/pvz080

Banerjee D, Jha V. Vitamin D and Cardiovascular Complications of CKD: What's Next? Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2019 Jun 7;14(6):932-934.

Jackson HS, MacLaughlin HL, Vidal-Diez A, Banerjee D. A new renal inpatient nutrition screening tool (Renal iNUT): a multicenter validation study. Clin Nutr. 2018  S0261-5614(18)32472-5.

Banerjee D, Plange-Rhule J, Chitalia N, Kumi K, Micah FB, Cappuccio FP, Eastwood JB. Pulse Pressure Relationships with Demographics and Kidney Function in Ashanti, Ghana. Int J Hypertens. 2018 Oct 4;2018:7864564.

Banerjee D. Endothelial cell and vascular smooth muscle cell dysfunction in chronic kidney disease. Int J Cardiol. 2018 Mar 1;254:297-298.