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Kidney Transplant Advisory Committee (KTAC)
The Kidney Transplant Advisory Committee (KTAC) provides expert guidance to the development, operation and evolution of the national Kidney Paired Donation (KPD) program and Highly Sensitized Patient program (HSP) with the goal of increasing kidney transplantation in Canada. The KTAC also reviews proposed matches from each KPD match run.
Kidney Transplant Advisory Committee Members
Dr. Steven Paraskevas | Chair | Director, Pancreas and Islet Transplant Program, MUHC - Royal Victoria Hospital, Montréal, Québec
Dr. M. Khaled Shamseddin | Vice Chair | Director, Kidney Transplant Program, Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, Ontario
Dr. Christopher Nguan | KSSC Chair Representative | Surgical Director, Kidney Transplant Program - VGH, Associate Professor, UBC Department of Urologic Sciences, Program Director, UBC Urology Postgraduate Education, Vancouver, BC
Dr. Sunita Singh | LDAC Chair Representative | Transplant Nephrologist, Kidney Transplant Clinic, Nephrologist, Post Transplant, Kidney Transplant Clinic, Donor Nephrologist, Kidney Transplant Clinic, UHN - Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario
Dr. James Lan | NHLAAC Co-Chair Representative | Assistant Professor (tenure-track), University of British Columbia, Director, Immunology Laboratory, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Kidney Transplant Program, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia
Dr. Robert Liwski | NHLAAC Co-Chair Representative | Head, Division of Hematopathology, Medical Director, HLA Typing Laboratory, NSHA - QEII Health Sciences Centre Halifax, Nova Scotia
Dr. Tom D. Blydt-Hansen | Director, Multi Organ Transplant Program BC Children’s Hospital, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
Dr. John Gill | Nephrologist, Kidney Transplant Program, VCH/PHCA - St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia
Dr. Olwyn Johnston | Medical Director Kidney and Pancreas Transplant, Vancouver General Hospital Transplant Nephrologist, Gordon and Leslie Diamond Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia
Dr. Sita Gourishankar | Associate Professor, Assistant Dean, Admissions, MD Program, Director of Kidney Transplant Fellowship Training Program,
Acting Medical Director, Kidney Transplant Program, Division of Nephrology and Transplantation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
Dr. F. Mauricio Monroy Cuadros | Surgeon, AHS - Foothills Medical Hospital, Calgary, Alberta
Dr. Rahul Mainra | Division of Nephrology, Saskatchewan Transplant Program, St. Paul’s Hospital, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Dr. Martin E. Karpinski | Internal Medicine, Nephrologist, Nephrology Program, Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Dr. Lakshman Gunaratnam | Medical Director, Multi-Organ Transplant Program - London Health Sciences Centre; Associate Professor of Medicine - Schulich Clinician-Scientist, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario
Dr. Christine Ribic | Division Director of Nephrology, Associate Professor of Medicine- Staff Nephrologist, Medical Director of Transplant, Histocompatibility Head Of Service/Laboratory Director -Renal Transplant, Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario
Dr. G V Ramesh Prasad | Director, Kidney Transplant Program, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario
Michael Garrels | Transplant Assessment Coordinator, Kidney Transplant Clinic, UHN - Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario
Dr. S. Joseph Kim | Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine (Nephrology), University of Toronto, Director, Kidney Transplant Program, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario
Dr. Stephanie Hoar | Division of Nephrology, The Ottawa Hospital, Riverside Campus, Ottawa, Ontario
Dr. Myriam Khalili | Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Dr. Michel R. Pâquet | Medical Advisor, Transplantation Canadian Blood Services, Director, Kidney Transplant Program, CHUM - Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec
Dr. Mélanie Masse | Director, Nephrology, CHUS – Fleurimont Hospital Centre hospitalier de l’université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec
Dr. Isabelle Houde | Nephrologist, Program Director, Kidney Transplant Program, CHU de Québec - Pavillon Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Quebec, Quebec
Dr. Nessa Gogan | Internal Medicine, Nephrologist, Nephrology Program, Saint John Regional Hospital, Saint John, New Brunswick
Dr. Kenneth West | Head, Division of Nephrology, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Sean Martin | Nephrologist, Eastern Health, Clinical Assistant Professor, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services, Kidney Care Centre, St. John’s, Newfoundland
CANADIAN BLOOD SERVICES REPRESENTATION
Catherine Butler | Director, Organ & Tissue Donation & Transplantation, Canadian Blood Services
Kathy Yetzer | Senior Advisor & Program Lead, Canadian Blood Services
Darlene Jagusic | Program Manager, Canadian Blood Services
Last updated May 2024