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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 Martin Gallagher, MD Belgium Michel Jadoul, MD Norbert H. Lameire, MD * Raymond Vanholder, MD, PhD Canada Jean Ethier, MD David C. Mendelssohn, MD France Bernard Canaud, MD Christian Combe, MD Germany Jürgen Bommer, MD Werner Kleophas, MD Italy Vittorio Andreucci, MD Francesco Locatelli, MD

Japan Kiyoshi Kurokawa, MD, PhD 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 * Joan Fort, MD, PhD Patricia de Sequera, MD Sweden Stefan Jacobson, MD Björn Wikström, MD United Kingdom Roger Greenwood, MSc, MD, FRCP * Hugh C. Rayner, MD, FRCP Richard Fluck, MD

* Emeritus Country Investigator

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.