Kidney Surgical Sub-Committee (KSSC)

Kidney Surgical Sub-Committee (KSSC) Members

Dr. Max Levine | Chair | Urologic Surgeon , Dept of Surgery, University of Alberta, Alberta Urology Institute, Edmonton, Alberta

Dr. Yanbo Guo | Vice-Chair | Urologist and Transplant Surgeon, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, Assistant Professor Department of Surgery McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario

MEMBERS (Listed West to East)

Dr. Michael Eng | Urologist/ Renal Transplant Surgeon, St. Paul’s Hospital Vancouver, British Columbia 

Dr. Christopher Nguan | Surgical Director, Kidney Transplant Program VGH, Vancouver, British Columbia

Dr. Serdar Yilmaz | Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Calgary, Foothills Medical Center, Calgary, Alberta

Dr. Gavin Beck | Surgeon, Saskatoon Health Region, Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Dr. Joshua Koulack | Director, Renal Transplant Surgery Surgeon, Transplant Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba 

Dr. Alp Sener  | Director, Renal Transplant Fellowship Program, London Health Sciences Centre, University Hospital, London, Ontario

Dr. Rahul Bansal | Surgeon, Division of Urology, St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario

Dr. Shahid Lambe | Assistant Professor, McMaster University Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Surgery Division of Urology, Program Director Urology Residency, St. Joseph's Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario

Dr. Anand Ghanekar | Medical Co-Director, Kidney Transplant Clinic, Kidney Transplant Surgeon, Kidney Transplant Clinic, Staff Physician, Liver Transplant Clinic, UHN - Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario

Dr. Armando Lorenzo  | Pediatric Urologist, Sick Kids Hospital, Toronto, Ontario

Dr. Kenneth Pace | Head, Division of Urology, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario

Dr. Tom McGregor   | Urologist, Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, Ontario 

Dr. Brian Blew | Urologist, Surgeon,  The Ottawa Hospital, General Campus, Ottawa, Ontario

Dr. Gabriel Chan  | Surgeon, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, Montréal, Québec

Dr. Jacques Malaise | Chief of Surgery, kidney, lung and pancreas, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal,  Montréal, Québec

Dr. Steven Paraskevas |  Director, Pancreas and Islet Transplant Program  MUHC - Royal Victoria Hospital, Montréal, Québec

Dr. Jean Tchervenkov  |  Director, Living Donor Renal Transplantation and Surgical, McGill University Health Centre, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montréal, Québec

Dr. Yves Caumartin  |  Endocrinology and Nephrology, CHU de Québec - Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Quebec, Québec

Dr. Marc-Antoine Despatis  | Researcher, Diabetes, obesity & cardiovascular complications, Centre de Research, Centre hospitalier de l’université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec

Dr. Thomas Skinner  | Renal Transplant Surgical Director, Multi Organ Transplant Program, Nova Scotia Health, Transplant Urologist, Department of Urology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Dr. Mark Walsh  |  Director, General Surgery Program, Surgical Director, Liver Transplantation N SHA - QEII Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia

CANADIAN BLOOD SERVICES REPRESENTATION

Peggy John | Director, Organ & Tissue Donation & Transplantation, Canadian Blood Services

Machivei Danha | Associate Director, Interprovincial Organ Sharing Program, Organ & Tissue Donation & Transplantation, Canadian Blood Services

Darlene Jagusic | Program Manager, Canadian Blood Services

Last updated January 2026