Stephen (Ben) Walsh passed away on 30th September after dealing with advanced cancer for over a year and a half. He would have been 54 next month. He was a much loved colleague in the UCL Centre for Kidney & Bladder Health and in the Renal Department at the Royal Free Hospital.

Ben insisted on keeping his illness from his colleagues and wider kidney community so that his work would not be affected. He was concerned that it could impact his ability to apply for, and get grants, and that he might be treated differently. So, he continued at a pace that most of us cannot match even being in full health. After an initial response to therapy, the disease lost control, was complicated by infection, and there was a fairly rapid deterioration in the last few weeks.

Ben qualified from St Georges and did his renal training in North Thames. He received his PhD from UCL and became a senior lecturer at UCL and honorary consultant at the Royal Free Hospital. He developed an expertise in renal physiology and tubular diseases, becoming a Professor and an international opinion leader in the field with extensive international collaborations, and ran a highly regarded annual physiology course. More recently he established the London Tubular Centre at the Royal Free and had success with work analysing the impact of space travel on kidney function and physiology.

We are raising money for the UCL Centre for Kidney and Bladder Health and will use these funds to find a way to honour Ben and his academic and clinical achievements

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