Dr Matko Marlais
Overview
Dr Matko Marlais is a Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist and Specialty Lead for Paediatric Nephrology at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children. Matko looks after children with all forms of kidney disease as attending paediatric nephrologist, and his areas of clinical sub-specialty expertise include antenatal nephrology, infant chronic kidney disease, cystic kidney disease and glomerulonephritis.
Matko is Honorary Associate Professor at the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health. His research focuses on cystic kidney disease and glomerulonephritis, and he has published several large international collaborative studies in these fields. Matko is currently UK chief investigator for two clinical trials. Matko has also co-authored multiple national and international guidelines in on cystic kidney disease and glomerulonephritis. Matko has expertise in clinical guideline methodology and was national guideline lead for the British Association for Paediatric Nephrology from 2019-2023.
Matko has an Executive Master’s degree in medical leadership, alongside his clinical work he is Associate Medical Director at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children. In this role Matko is responsible for clinical governance and quality across the organisation. Matko is an elected council member of the European Society of Paediatric Nephrology (ESPN).
Credentials
- Cystic kidney disease
- Antenatal nephrology
- Glomerulonephritis and vasculitis
- Clinical guideline methodology
Education and Training:
- BSc(Hons) Medical Sciences – Imperial College London
- MBBS(Hons) – University of London
- MBBS Gold Medal – University of London
- Paediatric Training at Bristol Children’s Hospital and across London School of Paediatrics
- MRCPCH
- MSc (Distinction) in Advanced Paediatrics – University College London
- Paediatric Nephrology Training at Evelina London Children’s Hospital and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
- FRCPCH (Fellowship of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health)
- FHEA (Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy)
Membership:
- European Society for Paediatric Nephrology (ESPN)
- International Paediatric Nephrology Association (IPNA)
- British Society for Paediatric Nephrology (BAPN)
- UK Kidney Association (UKKA)
- Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH)
- General Medical Council (GMC)
- British Medical Association (BMA)
- Medical Protection Society (MPS)
- Cystic kidney disease
- Antenatal nephrology
- Glomerulonephritis and vasculitis
- Clinical guideline methodology
News & Publications
K Biddle, J Jade, Wilson-Morekh H, et al. The 2025 British Society for Rheumatology management recommendations for ANCA-associated vasculitis. Rheumatology, Published Online – Pubmed ID 40499922.
M Marlais, D Mekahli. Tuberous sclerosis complex associated kidney disease in children. Pediatric Nephrology. Published Online – Pubmed ID 39814976.
L Oni, C Platt, M Marlais, et al. National recommendations for the management of children and young people with IgA vasculitis: a best available evidence, group agreement-based approach. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 2024. Published Online – Pubmed ID 39379139.
A Limavady, M Marlais. The extent of kidney involvement in paediatric tuberous sclerosis complex. Pediatric Nephrology, 2024. 39(10):2927-2937.
A Limavady, M Marlais. Nutritional status as a predictive factor for paediatric tuberous sclerosis complex-associated kidney angiomyolipomas: a retrospective analysis. European Journal of Pediatrics, 2024, 183(6):2563-2570.
D Mekahli, RU Muller, M Marlais, et al. Kidney involvement in tuberous sclerosis complex: a clinical practice recommendation by the ERKNet working group for Autosomal Dominant Structural Kidney Disorders and the ERA working group Genes & Kidney. Nature Reviews Nephrology, 2024, 20(6):402-420.
K Rohner, M Marlais, YH Ahn, et al. Outcome of immunosuppression in 1148 children with IgA vasculitis-related nephritis. Nephrology, Dialysis & Transplantation, 2024, 39(8):1299-1309.
EYX Walker, PJ Winyard, M Marlais. Congenital anomalies of the kidneys and urinary tract: antenatal diagnosis, management and counselling of families. Pediatric Nephrology, 2024, 39(4):1065-1075.
M Marlais, T Wlodkowski, N Printza, et al. Clinical Factors and Adverse Kidney Outcomes in Children With ANCA-Associated Glomerulonephritis. American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 2023:81:119-22.
EYX Walker, M Marlais. Should we screen for intracranial aneurysms in children with Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease? Paediatric Nephrology, 2023: 38: 77-85.
Total of 64 publications listed on PubMed.
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