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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
TBD Vice-Chair
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 December 2025