Professor Adnan Sharif
Recognised as a nephrology expert by his peers.
Nephrology can be quite complicated due to the complexity of the kidneys' role in maintaining various bodily functions and the wide range of conditions that affect them. Professor Adnan Sharif has an unrivalled reputation and is an accomplished teacher and trainer to provide expert nephrology witness input.
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Memberships
Professional membership
General Medical Council
Medical Protection Society
UK Kidney Association
British Transplantation Society (Councillor for Transplant Nephrology; 2020-2023, Councillor for EDI; 2024+)
European Renal Association (DESCaRTES working group member)
European Society for Organ Transplantation (ELPAT board member and Chair of Organ Trade and Trafficking working group)
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (Edinburgh)
American Society of Transplantation
National BAME Transplantation Alliance
Global Kidney Foundation (Board of Trustees)
Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting (Secretary and Board of Directors)
Give A Kidney (Nephrology representative and Board of Trustees)
UK Organ Donation and Transplantation Research Network (Co-Director and Executive Board member)
ABCD-UKKA clinical guideline group
Commonwealth Tribute to Life UK implementation group
Member of the DHSC Advisory Committee on the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs (SaBTO)
Research
Click to see a list of all publications; https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Adnan-Sharif-2
Professor Adnan Sharif has published >200 research papers in aspects of nephrology, transplantation and beyond. He has been Chief Investigator on several observational studies and randomised controlled trials. He has contributed to national and international guidelines, expert consensus reports, important position statements and the latest in scientific research. He is Co-Director of the UK Organ Donation and Transplantation Research Network. He has been invited to serve on international trial steering committees for industry-led global research studies.
Below is a list of his most recent scientific publications from the last 12 months:
- Velioglu A, Karagiannidis AG, Demir E, Hellemans R, Gandolfini I, Thomas R, De Weerd A, Dedinska I, Kousios A, Samos M, Küçükkaya RD, Erlandsson H, Sharif A, Schiffer M, Mariat C, Hilbrands L. Management of Antithrombotic Therapies in Kidney Transplantation Candidates and Recipients: An ERBP (European Renal Best Practice) Clinical Practice Document by the Descartes Working Group of the European Renal Association (ERA) and the Ekita Committee of the European Society of Organ Transplantation (ESOT). Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2026 Feb 9:gfag024.
- Evison F, Gallier S, Malik F, Stephens C, Ferro CJ, Townend J, Moody W, Armstrong MJ, Sharif A. Major adverse cardiovascular events after liver transplantation: a population cohort analysis of English transplant centres. EClinicalMedicine. 2026 Jan 6;91:103734.
- Sharif A. On My Mind. Why We Must Rethink Kidney Transplantation as A Cardiovascular Risk–Reducing Intervention in Kidney Failure. Circulation 2025; 152(23):1591-1593.
- Malik F, Khan Bhettani M, Mansoor J, Arslan Z, Khan MS, Amin I, Farid S, Haroon U, Ahmed Z, Khurram M, Zakri R, Sharif A. Evolving Trends in Organ Donation and Transplantation Rates Across Muslim Majority Countries. Transpl Int 2025;38:15116.
- Sharif A. Turning grief into a positive legacy: organ donation after the death of a child. Evidence Based Nursing 2025; ebnurs-2025-104408.
- Whitley MJ, Wang JX, Chapman J, de Vries APJ, Chandran S, Glennon CM, Madariaga HM, Carroll RP, Booth J, Concepcion B, Couzi L, De Serres SA, Doyle A, Forbes S, Gleadle JM, Griffin S, Gunaratnam L, Gupta G, Ho J, Hughes P, Isbel N, Jegatheesan DK, Jones G, Kuypers D, Lee B, Lim W, Mason P, Meneghini M, Owoyemi I, Rao S, Salama A, Sharif A, Thaunat O, Thuraisingham R, Wyburn K, Yabu JM, Jambusaria-Pahlajani A, Bottomley MJ, Arron ST. Consensus-based Recommendations on the Management of Immunosuppression After Squamous Cell Carcinoma Diagnosis in Kidney Transplant Recipients: An International Delphi Consensus Statement. Transplant Direct. 2025 Dec 17;12(1):e1893.
- Sharif A. Parents have multifactorial reasons for declining donation after the death of their child. Evid Based Nurs. 2025 Nov 4:ebnurs-2025-104408.
- Karalliedde J, McCafferty K, Winocour P, Chowdhury TA, Kanumilli N, De P, Frankel AH, Doherty C, Milne N, Montero RM, Loudaki E, Banerjee D, Mallik R, Sharif A, Zac-Varghese S, Bellary S, Goldet G, Dhatariya K, Bain SC, Dasgupta I. Association of British Clinical Diabetologists and UK Kidney Association Joint Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Pharmacological Management of Hyperglycemia in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and CKD. Kidney Int Rep. 2025 Jul 31;10(10):3318-3331.
- Summers DM, Ayorinde JOO, Neil DA, Hemming K, Smith L, Mehew J, Thomas H, Brown R, Phillips S, Laing E, Sidders A, Deary AJ, Johnson RJ, Bardsley V, Thiru S, Griffiths MH, Perera R, Cain O, Roufosse C, Simmonds N, Sheaff M, Brearley N, Vydianath B, Paterson A, Gopalakrishnan K, Chatzitolios A, Callaghan CJ, Jarvis R, Dor FJMF, Dutta S, Bagul A, Wilson C, Ridgway D, Barlow A, Baker R, Sharif A, McDaid J, Terrace J, Marson L, Roy D, Hunter J, Szabo L, Knight S, Stevenson K, Mark P, Turner S, Moinuddin Z, Ghazanfar A, Sivaprakasam R, Motallebzadeh R, Torpey N, Jones G, Boffa C, Gibbs P, Connor A, Saif I, Shrestha B, Hill H, Fotheringham J, Pettigrew GJ. Evaluation of a national digital pre-implantation biopsy service for deceased-donor kidney transplantation in the UK (Pithia trial); a stepped-wedge cluster randomised registry trial. Lancet Reg Health Eur. 2025 Jul 22;56:101390.
- Tasleem S, Patel K, Hodson J, Mazhar F, Bedford L, Williams FR, Jones S, Armstrong MJ, Sharif A, Dabare D. Exercise attitudes and practices among adults listed for kidney transplantation: a survey of a diverse patient cohort. Front Sports Act Living. 2025 Jul 14;7:1559322.
- Husain SA, Neil D, Sharif A, Naesens M, Randhawa P; Banff Time-Zero Biopsies Working Group. Preimplantation Histopathologic Assessment of Deceased Donor Kidneys: Recommendations from the Banff Time-Zero Biopsy Working Group. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2025 Jul 14:10.1681/ASN.0000000820
- Diebold M, Sharif A. Breaking barriers: giving HOPE to people living with HIV and end-stage renal disease. Clin Kidney J. 2025 Jan 28;18(2):sfaf027.
- De P, Khine MT, Frankel A, Goldet G, Banerjee D, Montero RM, Chowdhury TA, Fogarty D, Karalliedde J, Mallik R, Patel DC, Wahba M, Winocour P, Zac-Varghese S, Bain S, Sharif A, Bellary S, Dasgupta I. Finerenone in the management of diabetes kidney disease. BMC Nephrol. 2025 Feb 8;26(1):63.
Invited Lectures As Expert Speaker
Scientific congresses and meetings
Professor Adnan Sharif is an acclaimed and recognised expert who is invited to speak at conferences and congresses both within the UK and abroad. The extent of his invited lectures confirm his acknowledgement by peers of his status as a leading expert in his field.
Conferences that Professor Adnan Sharif has delivered invited lectures to recently include:
British Transplantation Society Annual Congress (4-6 March 2026, Llandudno, UK) on the topics Ensuring equity of access to transplant clinical trials – why do we need it? and Futility of cardiac investigations in asymptomatic transplant patients
15th Biennial Conference of the Pakistan Society of Nephrology (31 January-1 February 2026, Islamabad, Pakistan) Transplantation in the elderly and Cardiac screening in kidney transplant candidates
Solid Organ Transplant Pharmacy Association (14 November 2025, Birmingham) Metabolism Matters: Tailoring Tacrolimus Therapy Post-Transplant
3rd Kidney Transplantation Masterclass (30 October 2025 - 1 November 2025, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) Age is Just a Number: Transforming lives through Elderly Kidney Donation and Transplantation and From Risk to Readiness - The Role of Cardiovascular and Cancer Screening in Transplant Readiness
2nd Seminar: Updates in Kidney Transplantation (18 October 2025, Nicosia, Cyprus) Post-transplantation diabetes: clinical challenge & Why we must stop screening asymptomatic kidney transplant candidates for cardiac disease
1st Regional Transplant Summit (20 September 2025, Dubai, UAE) Switching Protocols, UK
7th Kidney Transplantation Masterclass (14-17 September 2025, Istanbul, Turkey) Responsibilities of the competent authorities and healthcare professionals in combating transplant related crimes
World Transplant Congress (5 August 2025, San Francisco, USA) Should There Be a Standard Approach to Removing Patients from the Waiting List?
European Society for Organ Transplantation congress (30 June 2025, London) Transplantation in the elderly
Council of Europe Convention Against Trafficking in Human Organs, 6th Plenary Meeting (2 June 2025, Strasbourg, France) on the topic Websites facilitating illicit transplant tourism
ENACT 2025 (30 April 2025, London, UK) on the topic Cancer & Cardiovascular disease after transplantation
First International Transplantation Congress (12 April 2025, Karachi, Pakistan) on the topic Post-transplantation cancer
7th Joint Meeting of ABCD & UKKA 2025 (12 February 2025, Birmingham, UK) on the topic Post transplantation diabetes – clinical challenges
British Association of Paediatric Nephrology & Paediatric Nephrology Nurses Group Joint Annual Meeting (30-31 January 2025, Solihull, UK) on the topic The Good, The Bad, The Ugly of Living Kidney Donation
5th Transplant Academy Symposium (31 October 2024, Helsinki, Finland) on the topic Update on treatment of post transplantation diabetes
International Transplantation Society congress (23 September 2024, Istanbul, Turkey) on the topic Post-transplantation diabetes: a rocky bridge from guidelines to the real world
16th UK Annual Dialysis Conference (20 September 2024, Manchester, UK) on the topic Dilemmas in transplant listing
American Transplant Congress (1-5 June 2024, Philadelphia, USA) on the topic Therapeutic options to treat post-transplantation diabetes in the absence of targeted clinical evidence
European Renal Association congress (23 May 2024, Stockholm, Sweden) on the topic Referring the patient with cardiovascular disease
British Transplantation Society Annual Congress (6-8 March 2024, Harrogate, UK) on the topic Opportunities for improvement in transplantation
Trafficking for the Purpose of Organ Harvesting congress (18 January 2024, London, UK) on the topic Forced Organ Harvesting
