Brett Cullis (South Africa)

Brett Cullis is a dual accredited nephrologist and specialist intensive care physician at Hilton
Life Hospital in South Africa and is an honorary associate professor of adult and paediatric
nephrology at the University of Cape Town.
He has a keen interest in intensive care nephrology and especially PD for AKI and is the
primary author of both editions of the ISPD guidelines for PD in AKI. He is heavily involved in
development of nephrology programs in low resource countries having developed a nurse
led PD program in South Africa, been a principal investigator in the ISN kidney care network
study and is immediate past chair of the Saving Young Lives steering committee. He has
been a member of numerous ISN working groups and is on the ISN African Regional Board.
He is developing the South African Department of Health PD First Policy which is due to be
implemented in late 2026.