Dr Barry Saker is a nephrologist based in Perth. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and a member of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology. He has a special interest in chronic kidney disease and dialysis, and has extensive experience in the management of kidney transplantation. He has published extensively in the field of nephrology and has been an invited speaker at numerous conferences. He is actively involved in the teaching of medical students and junior doctors and is a Clinical Senior Lecturer at the University of Western Australia.