Arthur Arnold Osman was a British nephrologist. Osman was one of the first physicians to specialize entirely in the management of renal disorders; the first to recognize that nephrology needed to become a specialty (1930s); published profusely; the first physician to style himself a ‘nephrologist’ (1945); founded the first nephrological society in the world, the Renal Association

Renal Association

The Renal Association is a British professional organisation of nephrologists . It was founded in 1950 by Arthur Arnold Osman after the example of the French Societé de Pathologie Renale. The current president is Professor Peter Mathieson...

 (1950); and organized the first international meeting devoted entirely to the kidney and its diseases (1953)

Dr. Osman graduated Whitgift School

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 and completed medical studies at Guy’s Hospital in 1919. Osman was married to Rose Osman (née Rutherford) in 1936. Osman had a son Philip and an adopted daughter, two grandchildren, and many other living relatives.

He began his career at Guy's Hospital

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 in London

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 but during World War II

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, bombing drove him to Pembury Hospital, Pembury

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, Kent

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, where he continued to work as director of the renal unit until retirement in 1957. Today the Renal Unit is dedicated to him.

He is known worldwide as the world's only nephrologist.