Kidney Surgical Sub-Committee (KSSC)

Kidney Surgical Sub-Committee (KSSC) Members

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 | Interim Director, Organ & Tissue Donation & Transplantation, Canadian Blood Services

Etienne O'Connor | Associate Director, Interprovincial Organ Sharing Program, 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 November 2024