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Dr Charles Elborough Weston

Consultant Nephrologist

MBBS, MRCP, USMLE

Practises at: The Winterbourne Hospital

Dr Charlie Weston Renal General Surgery

Personal Profile

Dr Weston specialises in chronic kidney disease; acute kidney injury; glomerulonephritis; systemic lupus erythematosus; autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease; proteinuria and haematuria; reflux nephropathy. He also has a keen interest in hypertension, vasculitis and renal stone disease. He has a private clinic at The Winterbourne Hospital in Dorchester, Dorset every Wednesday. 

Dr Weston gained his MBBS at Royal Hospital of Medicine in 1988, then received an MRCP in 1993. 

From 1996 he spent two years doing a research fellowship at Tulane University Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA studying acute oxidative stress injury with hydrogen peroxide to cultured human proximal tubule kidney cells and ameliorating their injury using Growth Factors, where he qualified USMLE.

In 1998 he entered onto the specialist register for Nephrology and in 2000 General Medicine. 

He was appointed Consultant Physician & Nephrologist at Dorset County Hospital in 2001. The Dorset renal service provides renal services to all patients within Dorset, and South Somerset, and provides inpatient care at Dorset County Hospital, and outpatient clinics at Dorset County Hospital, Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Poole General Hospital and Yeovil Hospital. 

Clinical Interests

Professional Memberships

  • General Medical Council
  • Consultant Nephrologist Dorset County Hospital 1999
  • Royal College of Physicians

Clinical Interests

  • Chronic Kidney Disease
  • Hypertension
  • Renal Stone Disease
  • Vasculitis
  • Reflux nephropathy

Current NHS and /or University Posts

  • Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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