Seattle nephrologist and dialysis pioneer Christopher R. Blagg, MD, FRCP, dies

Christopher R. Blagg, MD, FRCP, who was integral in standardizing outpatient dialysis care in the 1960s, died on March 31. He was 91 years old.
Blagg was a professor emeritus of medicine in the division of nephrology at the University of Washington and the executive director emeritus of Northwest Kidney Centers, a dialysis company he helped start in the early 1960s, according to a University of Washington press release.
Blagg earned his medical degree from the University of Leeds School of Medicine in England. He moved to Seattle in 1963 to work with Belding Scribner, MD, a nephrologist and the

Christopher R. Blagg, MD, FRCP, who was integral in standardizing outpatient dialysis care in the 1960s, died on March 31. He was 91 years old.
Blagg was a professor emeritus of medicine in the division of nephrology at the University of Washington and the executive director emeritus of Northwest Kidney Centers, a dialysis company he helped start in the early 1960s, according to a University of Washington press release.
Blagg earned his medical degree from the University of Leeds School of Medicine in England. He moved to Seattle in 1963 to work with Belding Scribner, MD, a nephrologist and the