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Dr John R Prowle, MA MB BChir MSc MD FHEA FRCP FFICM

John R

Clinical Reader in Critical Care Nephrology

Centre: Critical Care and Perioperative Medicine Research Group

Email: j.prowle@qmul.ac.uk
Telephone: +44(0) 20 3594 0322

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ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5002-2721

Dr Prowle is Clinical reader in Critical Care Nephrology in the Critical Care and Perioperative Medicine Research Group at William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London and is an Honorary Consultant Physician in Intensive Care Medicine and Renal Medicine at the Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust. 

Dr Prowle graduated with distinction in medicine from the University of Cambridge in 1999 and undertook Doctoral Research under the supervision of Prof Rinaldo Bellomo (the most published and highly cited researcher in the history of Australian Medicine) in Melbourne, Australia leading to the award of his MD research doctorate in 2012.

His research interests include the pathogenesis, diagnosis and outcomes of Acute Kidney Injury, Renal replacement Therapy in the ICU the Epidemiology of Critical Illness and its recovery and the impact of multi-morbidity of high risk surgical and ICU outcomes. Since 2009 he has co-authored over 160 peer-reviewed publications and 30 book chapters.  

He is a active senior contributor to national and international collaborations in critical care nephrology including the Acute Disease Quality Initiative (ADQI), Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes AKI Group and the UK Kidney research Consortium Clinical Studies Group in AKI (as co-chair).

Research

Critical Care and Perioperative Medicine Research Group

Dr Prowle’s academic interests include the Pathogenesis, Diagnosis and Treatment and Outcomes of Acute Kidney Injury, Continuous Renal Replacement Therapies in the ICU, Fluid Therapy and Medical Complications of Major Surgery.

Publications

  • De Rosa S, Cutuli SL, Lassola S et al. (2026). Global heterogeneity and implementation gap in acute kidney injury prevention: Results from the AKI-PURIFY survey. nameOfConference


  • Wan YI, Pearse RM, Prowle JR (2026). Inequality in healthy lifespan after surgery: a longitudinal population study. nameOfConference


  • Abrard S, Prowle JR, Guerci P et al. (2026). Renal microcirculation in acute kidney injury: bridging haemodynamics, inflammation and repair. nameOfConference


  • Cutuli SL, Chapple L-AS, De Rosa S et al. (publicationYear). Acute kidney injury and renal replacement therapy: a critical synthesis of metabolic derangements and nutritional implications. nameOfConference


  • Yu H, Li Y, Mo GP et al. (2026). STARDaki: a consensus-based STARD extension for standardized reporting of diagnostic accuracy in acute kidney injury. nameOfConference


  • Cornaglia F, Iaria A, Merlano EF et al. (2026). Patient Information and Surgery Decisions: A Discrete Choice Experiment. nameOfConference


  • Schneider AG, Vandenberghe W, Bellomo R et al. (2026). Acute kidney injury-epidemiology in intensive care unit patients 2: study protocol for a prospective international multicentre cohort study. nameOfConference


  • Walsh TS, Parker RA, Aitken LM et al. (2025). Dexmedetomidine- or Clonidine-Based Sedation Compared With Propofol in Critically Ill Patients. nameOfConference


  • Jacobs R, Schneider A, Hoste E et al. (publicationYear). Metabolic complications of citrate anticoagulation in continuous renal replacement therapy (crrt): a delphi consensus on indications, monitoring and management. nameOfConference


  • Azzopardi G, Davies T, Lewis MJ et al. (2026). Creatinine muscle index in UK Biobank: comparison with MRI and associations with frailty and mortality. nameOfConference


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