Matko Marlais (Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children)

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).

Cystic kidney disease

Antenatal nephrology

Glomerulonephritis and vasculitis

Clinical guideline methodology

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.

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: 81:119-122.

M Marlais, T Wlodkowski, M Vivarelli, L Pape, B Tönshoff, F Schaefer, K Tullus. Severity of COVID-19 in children on immunosuppressive medication. Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, 2020;4(7):e17-18.

C Gimpel, C Bergmann, D Bockenhauer, L Breysem, M Cadnapaphornchai, M Cetiner, J Dudley, F Emma, M Konrad, T Harris, P Harris, J König, M Liebau, M Marlais, et al. International consensus statement on the diagnosis and management of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) in children and young people. Nature Reviews Nephrology. 2019; 15 (11): 713-26.

M Marlais, O Cuthell, D Langan, J Dudley, MD Sinha, PJD Winyard. Hypertension in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease: A Meta-Analysis. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 2016; 101 (12): 1142-1147.