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Living Donation Advisory Committee (LDAC)
The Living Donation Advisory Committee (LDAC) provides expert advice for advancement and implementation of national initiatives in partnership with Canadian Blood Services on issues relating to the donation and transplantation of organs from living donors to recipients.
Living Donation Advisory Committee Members
Dr. Sunita Singh (Chair) Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto Medical Director, Living Kidney Donation Program Transplant Nephrologist, Kidney Transplant Program Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario
Dr. Ann Bugeja (Vice chair), Medical Director, In-Centre Nocturnal Hemodialysis Program, The Ottawa Hospital – Riverside Campus, Ottawa, Ontario
Dr. Steven Paraskevas, (KTAC Chair Representative), Associate Professor of Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montréal, Québec
Dr. Justin Gill, Transplant Nephrologist, Kidney Transplant Program, 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. Serdar Yilmaz, Transplant Surgeon, AHS - Foothills Medical, Medical Director, Southern Alberta Transplant Program Calgary, Alberta
Dr. Sita Gourishankar, Associate Professor (with tenure), 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
Dr. Abubaker Hassan, Nephrologist, Saskatchewan Transplant Program, SHR - St. Paul’s Hospital, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Dr. Leroy Storsley, Nephrologist, Kidney Transplant Program, Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Dr. Dervla Connaughton, Director of Living Kidney Donation, Nephrology Department, London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario,
Dr. Matthew Miller, Nephrologist, St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario
Kevin Bradley, Live Donor Coordinator, Renal Transplant Program, Unity Health Toronto, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, 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. M. Khaled Shamseddin, Director, Kidney Transplant Program, Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, Ontario
Dr. Suzon Collette, Director, Renal Transplantation Program, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, CIUSSS de l’Est-de-l’Île-de-Montréal, Montreal, Quebec
Dr. Marie-Chantal Fortin, Principal Scientist Division of Nephrology, CHUM – Research Centre, Montreal, Quebec
Dr. Michel Pâquet, Medical Advisor, Transplantation, Canadian Blood Services, Director, Kidney Transplant Program, CHUM - Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal Montreal, Quebec
Dr. Shaifali Sandal, Transplant Nephrologist, Living Donor Kidney Transplantation McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Québec
Dr. Mélanie Masse, Director, Nephrology, CHUS – Fleurimont Hospital, Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec
Dr. Julie Lesage, Nephrologist, CHU de Québec - Pavillon Hôtel-Dieu de Québec Quebec, Quebec
Dr. Christine Pippy, Nephrologist, Saint John Regional Hospital, Saint John, New Brunswick
Dr. Christine Dipchand, Nephrologist, Living Renal Donation, NSHA - QEII Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Dr. Pamela Pike, Associate Professor of Medicine (Nephrology), Discipline of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Newfoundland
Peggy John, Associate Director, Canadian Blood Services
Charley Bekolay, Program Associate, Canadian Blood Services
Fatima Dharsee, Program Manager, Canadian Blood Services
Sean Delaney, Senior Advisor & Program Lead, Canadian Blood Services
Beth Forman, Registry Liaison Specialist, Canadian Blood Services
Jodi Caseley, Program Liaison, Canadian Blood Services, Edmonton, ON
Clay Gillrie, Associate Director- Interprovincial Organ Sharing, Canadian Blood Services
Kyle Maru, Sr. Data Analyst, Canadian Blood Services
Darlene Jagusic, Program Manager, Canadian Blood Services
Christina Parsons, Program Manager, Canadian Blood Services
Ms. Kathy Yetzer, Senior Advisor & Program Lead, Canadian Blood Services
Last updated August 2022