Dr Richard Hull

Professional statement

Dr Richard Hull is a leading consultant nephrologist based in south London. His areas of expertise include autoimmune renal disease, acute kidney injury, chronic kidney disease, diabetic nephropathy, hypertension, proteinuria, nephrological causes of non-visible haematuria, polycystic kidney disease, and glomerulonephritis. Dr Hull consults privately at New Victoria Hospital. 
 
Dr Hull studied medicine at the University of Cambridge. He undertook higher specialist training in renal medicine on the South Thames Renal Programme, before going on to complete his doctoral research as a Wellcome Trust Clinical PhD Fellow at the MRC Clinical Sciences Centre at Imperial College. Dr Hull is a Consultant at the Renal and Transplantation unit at St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Dr Hull’s outpatient work focuses on his specialist interest of autoimmune renal disease as well as general nephrology outpatients including chronic kidney disease (CKD), diabetic nephropathy and hypertension. He manages cohorts of haemodialysis patients at St George’s Hospital and in Kingston.

Notably, he serves as the Regional Research Specialist Lead for Renal disorders for the NIHR South London Regional Research Delivery Network. Dr Hull is also an established investigator for clinical studies in areas such as IgA nephropathy, primary FSGS (focal segmental glomerulosclerosis), lupus nephritis, renal anaemia, and dialysis. He is actively involved in quality improvement pathways for nephrology care across London with the London Kidney Network. In South West London, he is currently working with primary care to improve the management of chronic kidney disease across the entire kidney pathway and has led the authorship of an uptodate chronic kidney disease management guideline.

Dr Hull is able to offer consultations on all aspects of adult nephrology including acute and chronic kidney disease, proteinuria, nephrological causes of non-visible haematuria, hypertension (high blood pressure), renovascular disease, diabetic kidney disease, polycystic kidney disease and glomerulonephritis including nephrotic syndrome (minimal change disease, FSGS, membranous nephropathy), lupus nephritis, ANCA vasculitis and IgA nephropathy. 

He is able to offer tailored advice for patients with early stages of kidney disease to prevent progression of their condition to more advanced stages of disease.