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. Christine Dipchand | LDAC Chair Representative | Medical Director, Living Kidney Donation program, Multi-Organ Transplant Program, Nova Scotia Health Authority, Professor of Medicine, Dalhousie University, QEII Health Sciences Centre, Victoria General Hospital, Halifax, Nova Scotia

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

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

Peggy John | Interim Director, Organ & Tissue Donation & Transplantation, Canadian Blood Services, Vancouver, British Columbia

Etienne O'Connor | Associate Director, Interprovincial Organ Sharing, Organ & Tissue Donation & Transplantation, Canadian Blood Services, Ottawa, Ontario

Kathy Yetzer | Senior Advisor & Program Lead, Canadian Blood Services, Edmonton, Alberta

Darlene Jagusic | Program Manager, Canadian Blood Services, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Last updated November 2024