Nephrol Dial Transplant (2001) 16: 1295-1296
© 2001 European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant Association
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John Walls (19392001): An Appreciation
John Walls, one of the leading figures in British nephrology, died on 1 March 2001; he was only 61 years old. Nephrologists in Europe and beyond mourn his passing, but especially in Leicester we are greatly saddened at the loss. At his death he remained clinical director of the nephrology service he had founded in Leicester, as well as academic head of the division of nephrology.
John Walls studied medicine at Leeds University, graduating in 1963. His initial nephrology training took place in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, under the supervision of