**Meet the editor**

Following his graduation from the medical school, Dr. Ayman Karkar received his MSc degree in Nephrology and Hypertension and PhD degree in Renal Medicine from the Hammersmith Hospital, University of London. Dr. Karkar is a consultant physician and nephrologist and Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP) of London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Ireland, and Fellow

of the American National Kidney Foundation (FNKF) and the American Society of Nephrology (FASN). He has authored several books and published over 140 articles and abstracts in peer-reviewed medical journals. Dr. Karkar is currently a consultant physician and nephrologist at the Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia.
