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Representing a panel of experts in nephrology in each of our DOPPS countries, Investigators provide country specific guidance for DOPPS researchers and data collectors. Country Investigators assist in facility recruitment, review and localize study questionnaires, and offer insight into ESRD issues pertaining to their respective countries.

Australia Alex Disney, MD Peter Kerr, MD Belgium Michel Jadoul, MD Norbert H. Lameire, MD Canada Jean Ethier, MD David C. Mendelssohn, MD France Bernard Canaud, MD Christian Combe, MD Germany Jürgen Bommer, MD Warner Kleophas, MD Italy Vittorio Andreucci, MD Francesco Locatelli, MD

Japan Kiyoshi Kurokawa, MD, PhD Fumiaki Marumo, MD, FACP Akira Saito, MD Tadao Akizawa, MD, PhD Takashi Akiba, MD, PhD Shunichi Fukuhara, MD, MS, DMS New Zealand Mark R. Marshall, MD Spain José Miguel Cruz, MD Luis Piera, MD Sweden Stefan Jacobson, MD Björn Wikström, MD United Kingdom Roger Greenwood, MSc, MD, FRCP Hugh C. Rayner, MD, FRCP United States Arbor Research Amgen Study Coordinating Committee

In addition to the current DOPPS Country Investigators, all of the DOPPS staff and investigators are grateful for the service of investigators Erwin Hecking, MD of Germany and Fernando Valderrábano, MD of Spain.