Marijke Pienaar is a practising clinical dietician in South Africa and has a special interest in CKD and Critical Care. She obtained her honours degree in 2011 and has been practicing in both the Private and Public sector over the past 11 years. She has worked in various large renal care facilities in  and around the Johannesburg region and is actively involved in education of health care providers on the new developments of Renal nutritional care Nationally.