After medical school in Oxford and London, and speciality training in England and New Zealand, Dr. Lambie was appointed as a consultant nephrologist in the UK in 2011 and he is currently a Reader in Renal Medicine at Keele University. His current roles include Training Programme Director for the Specialised Foundation Programme in the West Midlands, and Co-chair of the Midlands Kidney Network and he teaches on a variety of national and international courses.

His research spans health services, translational and epidemiological approaches to dialysis medicine, including the role of inflammation and peritoneal membrane in patient outcomes, and he is a co-investigator in Inter-CEPt and national CI for P-DOPPS in the UK. He is a councillor for ISPD and co-chairs the International Studies Committee, and co-chairs both the KRUK Dialysis Research and Innovation Network, and the UKKA Home Dialysis Special Interest Group.