About the Author

Guido Filler is professor of paediatrics at Western University in London, Ontario, with cross-appointments to medicine and pathology and laboratory medicine. His area of expertise is nephrology. He is also a clinical pharmacologist. He served as chair/chief of the department of paediatrics from 2006-2016. Dr. Filler is a prolific author with over 300 publications in PubMed as well as one book entitled "Becoming a successful scholar" and multiple book chapters. He is a world expert for the measurement of renal function. He has also extensively studied drug disposition in children and youth. Driven by the surge of paediatric patients with kidney stones, he recently expanded his research to this area. The current book originated from that research, which demonstrated the profound impact of our high salt diet on kidney stones. As a system thinker, he provides a solution to the growing incidence of non-communicable diseases.