Professor in Nephrology. Chair Professor of Renal Medicine
- MBBS, MD (HK), PhD, MRCP (UK), FHKCP, FHKAM (Medicine), FRCP (Edinburgh), FRCP (Glasgow), FRCP (London), FASN, FACP
Biography
Professor Sydney Tang is currently Chair Professor of Renal Medicine and Yu Professor in Nephrology at the University of Hong Kong. He underwent his training in Nephrology and Internal Medicine at the University of Hong Kong, King's College London, UK and the University of Washington, WA, USA.
Professor Tang is known for his contribution to both clinical and basic sciences in the field of Nephrology. Prof Tang is also the lead author in the Diabetic Kidney Disease chapter of the number one kidney textbook in the world, Comprehensive Clinical Nephrology, 6th Edition (2019)
In the realm of clinical science, the focus is on the prevalence and mechanism of sleep apnea in patients with kidney disease and the treatment of IgA nephropathy, the commonest form of primary nephropathy worldwide member of the KDIGO Glomerular Diseases Guideline 2020 on IgA Nephropathy.
