Dr Andrew Frankel Consultant renal physician
- Patient age group
- Adults
- Consultant registered on
- 01/08/1983
- Primary medical qualifications
- MBBS
- Gender
- Male
- Services
- Hospitals
Contact
- Phone
- 020 8383 5174
Ms Paula Hepburn, secretary
Background
Dr Andrew Frankel has been working as a consultant nephrologist at Imperial College Healthcare NHS trust since 1995 and works at the Imperial Renal and Transplant Centre, which is one of the largest kidney units in Europe catering for a population base of over three million.
He has experience in managing all aspects of kidney disease but has a particular interest in relation to the management kidney disease in the context of diabetes, cardiac disease and obesity. Over the years he has maintained a significant research interest in relation to diabetes and the kidney, both in terms of how diabetes affects the kidneys leading to deterioration in kidney function, but also in relation to how the presence of kidney disease influences the management of diabetes.
Dr Frankel has published research in relation to assessment of renal complications in patients with diabetes and obesity and has led on the development of national guidelines on the management of diabetes in the context of kidney disease. He is recognised both nationally and internationally as an expert in this field.
Expertise
Diabetes and kidney disease, obesity and kidney disease and cardiac disease and kidney disease
Research & publications
Dr Frankel has published research across all his areas of interest including early recognition of diabetic kidney disease, interventions to reduce progression of diabetic kidney disease, management of diabetes in the context of chronic kidney disease and safe management of obesity in the context of chronic kidney disease.