Daniel Teta

Prof. Daniel Teta, MD, PhD, is Professor of Nephrology at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Lausanne. He is currently Head of the multisite Service of Nephrology at the “Hôpital du Valais” in Sion in Switzerland.
He graduated at the University of Lausanne and completed postgraduate specialties in Internal Medicine and Nephrology (1998) in Switzerland. His postgraduate research education (1997-2000) includes a PhD thesis at the University of Leicester (2005). Dr Teta published more than 100 articles in scientific journals, with significant contributions in the field of adipokines and nutrition in chronic kidney disease (CKD). He also has given 142 lectures in national and international meetings/congresses.
Prof. Teta is intensively involved in pre-graduate teaching in the specialty “Nephrology” in Switzerland at the University of Lausanne. His post-graduate teaching is mainly dedicated to nutritional aspects of CKD.
Prof. Teta is a recognized expert in nutrition related to CKD. He is director of the “Total Nutrition Therapy (TNT) Renal” course, an international specialized course for renal specialists dedicated to nutrition in this setting. He is chair of the educational committee of the International Society of Renal Nutrition and Metabolism (ISRNM). Other leading commitments include a role of theme editor for nutrition in the journal “Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation”, and active participations in the revising committee of the K/DOQI Nutrition guidelines 2015-2018 and in the European Nutrition Working Group of the European Renal Association.