Dr Peter Nourse is presently with the Division of Paediatric Nephrology, Red Cross War Memorial
Children’s Hospital, School of Child and Adolescent Health, University of Cape Town.

Dr Nourse is a Paediatric Nephrologist working at a busy children’s nephrology centre in Cape Town,
South Africa which has an active transplant programme. He qualified in Cape Town and completed
his Fellowship in Paediatric Nephrology in the Netherlands. He was instrumental in developing the
current Allocation database used in the Western and Eastern Cape. He continues to develop and
maintain the database together with colleagues from Grote Schuur Hospital. He serves on
international and local committees as well as editorial boards and is widely published.