Dr Chanel Prestidge, is a paediatric nephrologist at Starship Children’s Hospital, Auckland since 2011 post completion of fellowship at British Columbia Children’s Hospital, Vancouver. She has a particular interest in improving access to and outcomes of paediatric kidney transplantation. She is past President of the Australian New Zealand Paediatric Nephrology Association (ANZPNA), current member of the TSANZ Paediatric Transplant Advisory Committee, the TSANZ Adolescent and Young Adult Transplant Working Group and paediatric representative on the NZ National Renal Transplant Leadership Committee.