Overview
Background
Peter obtained his medical degree at the Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia. He completed his paediatric nephrology fellowship and worked as a paediatric nephrologist at the British Columbia Children’s Hospital in Vancouver, Canada. Peter moved to Brisbane in 2010 and worked as a staff nephrologist at both Royal Children's Hospital and Mater Children's Hospital. He became the Director of Nephrology at Lady Cilento Children's Hospital in November 2014. Peter is currently the Service Group Director of Endocrinology and Nephrology at Queensland Children's Hospital. He is the Director of Queensland Child and Adolescent Renal Service, a state-wide service providing the nephrology care for children with kidney disease, including dialysis, kidney transplant and apheresis service.
Peter also holds a Master of Science degree in Experimental Medicine from the University of British Columbia, Canada. He is an Associate Professor at the School of Medicine, the University of Queensland.
Research Interests
Congenital anomalies of the kidneys and urinary tract, obstructive nephropathy, biomarkers of chronic kidney disease, renal tumours associated with tuberous sclerosis.
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Works
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2020
Journal Article
A Rare and Unusual Cause of Unilateral Ureteric Obstruction in a Child
Fowler, Dallas, Irving, Helen, Borzi, Peter, Trnka, Peter and Huynh, Tony (2020). A Rare and Unusual Cause of Unilateral Ureteric Obstruction in a Child. Clinical Chemistry, 66 (8), 1006-1009. doi: 10.1093/clinchem/hvaa059
2020
Journal Article
The impact of prematurity on postnatal growth of different renal compartments
Li, Joan, Guandalini, Michael, Mcinnes, Helena, Kandasamy, Yogavijayan, Trnka, Peter and Moritz, Karen (2020). The impact of prematurity on postnatal growth of different renal compartments. Nephrology, 25 (2) nep.13623, 116-124. doi: 10.1111/nep.13623
2019
Journal Article
Acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalopathy: pathological features and cerebrospinal fluid cytokine profiles
Waak, Michaela, Malone, Stephen, Sinclair, Kate, Phillips, Gael, Bandodkar, Sushil, Wienholt, Louise, Robertson, Thomas, Whitehead, Ben, Trnka, Peter, Kothur, Kavitha and Dale, Russel C (2019). Acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalopathy: pathological features and cerebrospinal fluid cytokine profiles. Pediatric Neurology, 100, 92-96. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2019.06.013
2019
Journal Article
Treatment and long-term outcome in primary distal renal tubular acidosis
Lopez-Garcia, Sergio Camilo, Emma, Francesco, Walsh, Stephen B., Fila, Marc, Hooman, Nakysa, Zaniew, Marcin, Bertholet-Thomas, Aurélia, Colussi, Giacomo, Burgmaier, Kathrin, Levtchenko, Elena, Sharma, Jyoti, Singhal, Jyoti, Soliman, Neveen A., Ariceta, Gema, Basu, Biswanath, Murer, Luisa, Tasic, Velibor, Tsygin, Alexey, Decramer, Stéphane, Gil-Peña, Helena, Koster-Kamphuis, Linda, La Scola, Claudio, Gellermann, Jutta, Konrad, Martin, Lilien, Marc, Francisco, Telma, Tramma, Despoina, Trnka, Peter, Yüksel, Selçuk ... Bockenhauer, Detlef (2019). Treatment and long-term outcome in primary distal renal tubular acidosis. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 34 (6), 981-991. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfy409
2019
Conference Publication
IPN11226 -83 The prevalence of large renal angiomyolipomas in children with tuberous sclerosis complex
Allaire, D., Wyrd, E., Trnka, P. and Kennedy, S. (2019). IPN11226 -83 The prevalence of large renal angiomyolipomas in children with tuberous sclerosis complex. 18th Congress of the International Pediatric Nephrology Association, Venice, Italy, October 2019. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. doi: 10.1007/s00467-019-04325-4
2019
Conference Publication
The prevalence of large renal angiomyolipomas in children with tuberous sclerosis complex
Allaire, David, Wynd, Elsa, Trnka, Peter and Kennedy, Sean (2019). The prevalence of large renal angiomyolipomas in children with tuberous sclerosis complex. 18th Congress of the International Pediatric Nephrology Association, Venice (Italy), October 2019, Venice, Italy, 17 - 21 October 2019. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. doi: 10.1007/s00467-019-04325-4
2018
Journal Article
Renal genetics in Australia: kidney medicine in the genomic age
Jayasinghe, Kushani, Quinlan, Cathy, Stark, Zornitza, Patel, Chirag, Mallawaarachchi, Amali, Wardrop, Louise, Kerr, Peter G., Trnka, Peter, Mallett, Andrew J. and KidGen Collaborative (2018). Renal genetics in Australia: kidney medicine in the genomic age. Nephrology, 24 (3), 279-286. doi: 10.1111/nep.13494
2018
Journal Article
Antenatally diagnosed ADPKD
Aldridge, Melanie, Patel, Chirag, Mallett, Andrew and Trnka, Peter (2018). Antenatally diagnosed ADPKD. Kidney International Reports, 3 (5), 1214-1217. doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2018.05.002
2018
Journal Article
The impact of donor/recipient age difference and HLA mismatch on graft outcome in pediatric kidney transplantation
Trnka, Peter, McTaggart, Steven J. and Francis, Anna (2018). The impact of donor/recipient age difference and HLA mismatch on graft outcome in pediatric kidney transplantation. Pediatric Transplantation, 22 (7) e13265, e13265. doi: 10.1111/petr.13265
2018
Conference Publication
The impact of donor/recipient age difference and HLA matching on graft outcome in pediatric kidney transplantation
Trnka, Peter, McTaggart, Steven and Francis, Anna (2018). The impact of donor/recipient age difference and HLA matching on graft outcome in pediatric kidney transplantation. 2018 TTS Congress, Madrid, Spain, 30 June - 5 July 2018. Philadelphia, PA United States: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. doi: 10.1097/01.tp.0000543249.46167.b6
2018
Journal Article
Patient-iPSC-derived kidney organoids show functional validation of a ciliopathic renal phenotype and reveal underlying pathogenetic mechanisms
Forbes, Thomas A., Howden, Sara E., Lawlor, Kynan, Phipson, Belinda, Maksimovic, Jovana, Hale, Lorna, Wilson, Sean, Quinlan, Catherine, Ho, Gladys, Holman, Katherine, Bennetts, Bruce, Crawford, Joanna, Trnka, Peter, Oshlack, Alicia, Patel, Chirag, Mallett, Andrew, Simons, Cas and Little, Melissa H. (2018). Patient-iPSC-derived kidney organoids show functional validation of a ciliopathic renal phenotype and reveal underlying pathogenetic mechanisms. American Journal of Human Genetics, 102 (5), 816-831. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2018.03.014
2018
Journal Article
Therapeutic plasma exchange normalizes insulin-mediated response in a child with type 1 diabetes and insulin autoimmune syndrome
Sharwood, Erin F., Hughes, Ian P., Pretorius, Carel J., Trnka, Peter, Peake, Jane and Huynh, Tony (2018). Therapeutic plasma exchange normalizes insulin-mediated response in a child with type 1 diabetes and insulin autoimmune syndrome. Pediatric Diabetes, 48 (1), S89-179. doi: 10.1111/pedi.12522
2018
Conference Publication
Long-term outcome and treatment practices in distal renal tubular acidosis
Lopez Garcia, Sergio Camilo , Emma, Francesco , Walsh, Stephen , Fila, Marc , Hooman, Nakysa , Marcin, Zaniew , Bertholet‐Thomas, Aurélia , Colussi, Giacomo , Ebner, Kathrin , Levtchenko, Elena , Sharma, Jyoti , Singhal, Jyoti , Soliman, Neveen A. , Ariceta, Gema , Basu, Biswanath, Murer, Luisa , Tasic, Velibor , Tsygin, Alexey , Decramer, Stéphane , Gil-peña, Helena , Koster‐kamphuis, Linda , La Scola, Claudio , Gellermann, Jutta , Konrad, Martin , Lilien, Marc , Francisco, Telma , Tramma, Despoina , Trnka, Peter , Yuksel, Selcuk ... Bockenhauer, Detlef (2018). Long-term outcome and treatment practices in distal renal tubular acidosis. 51st Annual ESPN Meeting, Antalya, Turkey, October 2018. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. doi: 10.1007/s00467-018-4028-x
2017
Conference Publication
The Impact of Prematurity on Postnatal Renal Medulla Development
Li, Joan, Guandalini, Michael, Kandasamy, Joga, Moritz, Karen M. and Trnka, Peter (2017). The Impact of Prematurity on Postnatal Renal Medulla Development. Kidney Week, American Society of Nephrology, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, October 31 - November 5 2017. United States: American Society of Nephrology.
2016
Journal Article
Long-term outcome of kidney transplantation in recipients with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis
Francis, Anna, Trnka, Peter and McTaggart, Steven J. (2016). Long-term outcome of kidney transplantation in recipients with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 11 (11), 2041-2046. doi: 10.2215/CJN.03060316
2016
Conference Publication
Outcomes of recurrent focal segmental glomerulosclerosis post kidney transplantation
Francis, Anna, Trnka, Peter and McTaggart, Steven (2016). Outcomes of recurrent focal segmental glomerulosclerosis post kidney transplantation. 2016 TTS Congress, Hong Kong, China, 18-23 August 2016. Philadelphia, PA United States: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
2015
Journal Article
A protocol for the identification and validation of novel genetic causes of kidney disease
Mallett, Andrew, Patel, Chirag, Maier, Barbara, McGaughran, Julie, Gabbett, Michael, Takasato, Minoru, Cameron, Anne, Trnka, Peter, Alexander, Stephen I., Rangan, Gopala, Tchan, Michel C., Caruana, Georgina, John, George, Quinlan, Cathy, McCarthy, Hugh J., Hyland, Valentine, Hoy, Wedy E., Wolvetang, Ernst, Taft, Ryan, Simons, Cas, Healy H. and Little, Melissa (2015). A protocol for the identification and validation of novel genetic causes of kidney disease. BMC Nephrology, 16 (152) 148, 152. doi: 10.1186/s12882-015-0148-8
2015
Journal Article
A retrospective review of telehealth services for children referred to a paediatric nephrologist
Trnka, Peter, White, Megan M., Renton, William D., McTaggart, Steven J., Burke, John R. and Smith, Anthony C. (2015). A retrospective review of telehealth services for children referred to a paediatric nephrologist. BMC Nephrology, 16 (125) 125, 1-7. doi: 10.1186/s12882-015-0127-0
2015
Journal Article
KHA-CARI guideline: diagnosis and treatment of urinary tract infection in children
McTaggart, Steven, Danchin, Margie, Ditchfield, Michael, Hewitt, Ian, Kausman, Joshua, Kennedy, Sean, Trnka, Peter and Williams, Gabrielle (2015). KHA-CARI guideline: diagnosis and treatment of urinary tract infection in children. Nephrology, 20 (2), 55-60. doi: 10.1111/nep.12349
2015
Conference Publication
Rmnd1 Mutations Are Associated with Autosomal Recessive Syndromic Nephropathy
Mallett, A., Mordaunt, D., Sonawane, R., Walker, A., Kausman, J., Peters, H., White, S., Stark, Z., Trnka, P., Patel, C., Crawford, J., Holman, K., Farnsworth, E., Ho, G., Alexander, S., Bennetts, B., Healy, H., Little, M., Simons, C. and Yaplito-Lee, J. (2015). Rmnd1 Mutations Are Associated with Autosomal Recessive Syndromic Nephropathy. 51st Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology, Canberra, ACT Australia, 7-9 September 2015. Richmond, VIC Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia. doi: 10.1111/nep.12543
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