Director - Alan Cass

Renal

Dr Alan Cass is the director of The George Institute's Renal Division and an Associate Professor with the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Sydney. He has trained and worked as a kidney diseases specialist physician, epidemiologist, and health services researcher. From 1998 to 2002, he undertook research into Aboriginal health and worked as a clinician in the Northern Territory. In 2003, he was awarded an Australian Harkness Fellow in Health Policy at Harvard University where he examined access to, and quality of, renal care in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the United States. Alan received the 2002 MJA/Wyeth Award for the best research paper published in Medical Journal of Australia, titled "Sharing the true stories: improving communication between Aboriginal patients and health carers". Dr Cass is a member of the International Steering Committee for the SHARP study and has extensive experience in running large-scale multi-centre trials. He has recently undertaken a series of consultancies for state and federal governments and Kidney Health Australia regarding strategies to improve the provision of chronic kidney disease services.

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