Representing a panel of experts in nephrology in each of our DOPPS countries, Investigators provide country specific guidance for DOPPS researchers and data collectors. Country Investigators assist in facility recruitment, review and localize study questionnaires, and offer insight into ESRD issues pertaining to their respective countries.

Australia: Alex Disney, MD Peter Kerr, MD Belgium: Michel Jadoul, MD Norbert H. Lameire, MD Canada: Jean Ethier, MD David C. Mendelssohn, MD France: Bernard Canaud, MD Christian Combe, MD Germany: Jürgen Bommer, MD Volker Wizemann, MD Italy: Vittorio Andreucci, MD Francesco Locatelli, MD

J apan: Kiyoshi Kurokawa, MD, PhD Fumiaki Marumo, MD, FACP Yasushi Asano, MD Akira Saito, MD Tadao Akizawa, MD, PhD Takashi Akiba, MD, PhD Shunichi Fukuhara, MD, MS, DMS New Zealand: Mark R. Marshall, MD Spain: José Miguel Cruz, MD Luis Piera, MD Sweden: Karl-Goran Prütz, MD Björn Wikström, MD United Kingdom: Roger Greenwood, MSc, MD, FRCP Hugh C. Rayner, MD, FRCP United States: URREA Amgen Study Coordinating Committee

In addition to the current DOPPS Country Investigators, all of the DOPPS staff and investigators are grateful for the service of investigators Erwin Hecking, MD of Germany and Fernando Valderrábano, MD of Spain.