Mohammad Atiquzzaman (Atiq)
Assistant Professor Dr. Mohammad Atiquzzaman (Atiq) is a Research Scientist at BC Renal and an Assistant Professor (Partner) in the Division of Nephrology at The University of British Columbia. He completed his PhD from The University of British Columbia. He is an expert in conducting pharmacoepidemiologic studies using population level health administrative databases. His research […]
Daniel Schwartz
Clinical Assistant Professor Daniel Schwartz is a nephrologist as well as the medical director of the Fraser Health home peritoneal dialysis program. His clinical practice is based at the Royal Columbian Hospital in Fraser Health. He received his training at the University of British Columbia and the University of Toronto. Clinical interests include chronic kidney disease, peritoneal dialysis, and […]
Shawna Mann
Clinical Assistant Professor Dr. Shawna Mann is a Nephrologist and Clinical Assistant Professor with the University of British Columbia. She completed her Medical School and Internal Medicine Residency at the University of British Columbia. She completed her Nephrology Fellowship in London, at the University of Western Ontario, and followed this with a Transplant Nephrology Fellowship […]
Obaid Amin
Dr. Amin grew up in Toronto and completed his Internal Medicine residency at Yale University School of Medicine. He then went on to do Adult Nephrology residency and subsequent fellowships in Home Dialysis and Hypertension at the University of Ottawa. Following which, he was a Staff Nephrologist at the Saskatchewan Health Authority and was the […]
Myriam Farah
Clinical Associate Professor Dr. Farah completed her Internal Medicine and Nephrology training at the University of British Columbia and thereafter a two year clinical fellowship in hemodialysis and plasma exchange based at UBC, with exposure at the University of Toronto, and University of Western Ontario. She joined the UBC Division of Nephrology in 2012. In […]
Wayne Hung
Clinical Assistant Professor Dr. Wayne Hung is a nephrologist based at Royal Columbian Hospital. He holds dual fellowship training in Geriatric Medicine and has pioneered a specialized Geriatric Nephrology clinic at both St. Paul’s Hospital and Royal Columbian Hospital dedicating geriatric care to renal patients. Dr. Hung studied medicine at the University of British Columbia […]
Justin Cheng
Clinical Assistant Professor Dr. Cheng completed Internal Medicine and Nephrology training at UBC. He then completed a Home Dialysis Fellowship at the University of Toronto, where he also served as the Chief Fellow for the Department of Medicine. Dr. Cheng’s clinical and research interests include home dialysis and patient reported outcomes. He is currently completing […]
Morgan Lam
Clinical Assistant Professor Dr. Morgan Lam completed Internal Medicine, Nephrology, and Palliative Nephrology training at UBC. He currently serves as the Nanaimo Hemodialysis and Medical Education physician lead. In addition to Nephrology, he continues to work in Palliative Care (Lower Mainland), where he is also the lead for a novel Palliative Nephrology clinic. Outside of […]
Mark Elliott
Clinical Assistant Professor Dr. Elliott joined the Division of Nephrology in 2023 and is a Clinical Assistant Professor based at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver. He serves as the lead for the provincial Kidney Genetics Clinic. He completed his internal medicine training at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, followed by Nephrology training at the […]
Matthew Kadatz
Clinical Assistant Professor Dr. Matthew Kadatz is a transplant nephrologist at Vancouver General Hospital, and a clinical assistant professor in the Division of Nephrology at the University of British Columbia. He completed his nephrology fellowship at the University of British Columbia, followed by a kidney transplant fellowship at the University of Toronto and a research […]
Amanda Cunningham
Clinical Assistant Professor Dr. Cunningham attended medical school at UBC and Internal Medicine residency in Calgary before returning to Vancouver for the core Nephrology program. She then undertook a clinical fellowship in both Glomerular Diseases and Kidney Disease in Pregnancy at the University of Toronto prior to completing a Master of Health science program and […]
Michelle Wong
Clinical Assistant Professor Dr. Wong’s research focuses on complications of chronic kidney disease, including protein-energy wasting, anemia, volume overload, and hypertension. At BC Renal, she is currently co-leading an interprofessional research program in renal nutrition. She is a recipient of the Marcia Bell Distinguished Scholar Award, and has received research funding from Michael Smith Health […]
David Nicholl
Clinical Instructor Dr. Nicholl is as a Nephrologist at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops practicing Clinical Nephrology with a special interest in Transplant Nephrology. He helps provide Renal Services to the Thompson, North Okanagan, Shuswap, and Cariboo. Originally, from Vernon, BC, Dr. Nicholl completed Medical School, a Masters of Science, and Internal Medicine Residency at […]
Chi Zhang
Clinical Assistant Professor Dr Zhang is Chief of the Renal Division and Chair of the Department of Medicine at Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital. In addition, he serves as Director of CKD clinic at KBRH and as a Member of LMAC, RMAC and Provincial Renal MAC. Research: early publication— renal Physiology urea transporter regulation, urinary concentration mechanism, AJP […]
Yangmin Zeng
Clinical Assistant Professor Dr. Zeng is a nephrologist in Fraser Health who provides consulting services at Surrey Memorial Hospital and Royal Columbian Hospital. He follows patients in his outpatient nephrology practice in Surrey. After clinical training in internal medicine and nephrology at UBC, he went on to complete a Masters of Health Administration at UBC. […]
Nadia Zalunardo
Clinical Associate Professor Dr. Zalunardo completed her clinical training at UBC and received an MS in Epidemiology from the Harvard School of Public Health. She works at Vancouver General Hospital, where she is the director of the Kidney Clinic. Research Research articles in PubMed.
Kit Yeung
Clinical Professor Dr. Yeung graduated MBBS in 1973 and MD in 1985 from the University of Hong Kong. He completed his nephrology training at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and became a FRACP in 1980. He left his teaching post at the University of Hong Kong to immigrate to Vancouver in 1985. He obtained his FRCPC […]
Ronald Werb
Clinical Professor Dr. Werb is an active clinical nephrologist, former Director of the Hemodialysis Unit and the PHC Renal Program. He coordinates the care of community hemodialysis patients with outreach programs in Sechelt, Powell River, Squamish and Fraser Valley. His other area of interest is the plasmapheresis unit (co-managed with Hematology). Dr. Werb received his […]
Shirley Torng
Clinical Assistant Professor
Paul Taylor
Clinical Professor
Bradford Strijack
Clinical Assistant Professor
Caroline Stigant
Clinical Assistant Professor Dr. Stigant is a mother, gardener, educator, and climate activist via the development and practice of environmentally sustainable kidney care (ESKC). She completed her nephrology training at the University of Toronto then obtained a Master of Health Science degree in epidemiological research in CKD as recipient of a Kidney Foundation of Canada […]
Robert Starko
Clinical Assistant Professor
Anurag Singh
Clinical Assistant Professor Anurag Singh graduated in medicine from Government Medical College Amritsar (India) and then completed his postgraduate training in Internal Medicine and Nephrology on an academic track at the University of Bristol, UK. His academic training included a dedicated research fellowship at the Academic Renal Unit at the University of Bristol (UK), leading […]
Suneet Singh
Clinical Assistant Professor Dr. Singh has been a member of the Division of Nephrology since 1998. She is currently a Clinical Associate Professor and Head of the Peritoneal Dialysis program at Vancouver General Hospital. She completed medical school at McGill University and then Internal Medicine at the University of Calgary. After finishing two years of […]
Kathryn Scobie
Clinical Instructor
Michael Schachter
Clinical Assistant Professor
Mazier Riazy
Renal Pathologist Dr. Riazy is a Renal Pathologist and Associate Member of Division of Nephrology. In pursuit of an academic life, after receiving my MD from Tehran University of Medical Sciences, I moved to beautiful British Columbia to start my PhD at UBC, with a focus on lipid metabolism, atherosclerosis, inflammation, and vascular bioplay. Alongside […]
DharmaPaul Rajo
Clinical Assistant Professor Dr Raju’s interests include Hypertension and U/S use in dialysis patients. He graduated medical school and Internal Medicine residency at the University of Saskatchewan and completed a Nephrology fellowship at McGill University. Dr Raju served as a Specialist Medical Officer for the Canadian Forces, and obtained a Diploma in Tropical Medicine and […]
David Prchal
Clinical Assistant Professor Dr. Prchal obtained his medical degree from McGill University in 2004 and completed his training in Internal Medicine and Nephrology at UBC. Dr. Prchal is trained in Clinical Nephrology and Dialysis, has a special interest in Peritoneal Dialysis and CKD, and is actively involved in the consultative nephrology services. He also provided […]
Gary Nussbaumer
Clinical Instructor Dr. Nussbaumer works as a Transplant physician at St. Paul’s Hospital with interests in clinical transplant research, dialysis access and computerization/technology in medicine. He completed a Bachelor of Commerce degree and then obtained a degree in medicine from the University of Saskatchewan. When not cycling, running or enjoying family time with dogs, he […]
Marie Michaud
Clinical Assistant Professor Dr. Michaud attended medical school and completed her Internal Medicine and Nephrology fellowship in Calgary. She joined the division of nephrology in Kamloops in 2007 and then moved to Kelowna in 2013 to join the Kelowna division of nephrology and to serve as the Medical Director of Renal for Interior Health. Dr. Michaud’s love is […]
Alex Magil
Professor
Scott Lyle
Clinical Instructor Dr Lyle finished his Nephrology residency from UBC in 2012 and has been working in Interior Health since. He is currently practicing General Nephrology at Kelowna General Hospital. When not in the office, Scott enjoys taking advantage of the Okanagan outdoors with his family.
David Landsberg
Clinical Professor Dr. Landsberg is the Medical Director of Renal Transplantation, and Physician Leader and Division Head for SPH Renal Program. He was the founder of the SPH Renal Transplant program, and has been instrumental in its growth and development. He is clinically active in pre-transplant, post-transplant and in-hospital transplant care, as well as participating […]
James Lan
Clinical Assistant Professor Dr. Lan is an Assistant Professor in the UBC Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and the Division of Nephrology. He is the Director of the HLA Laboratory in Vancouver, and a transplant nephrologist at the Vancouver General Hospital. He obtained his medical degree, internal medicine, and nephrology training at the University […]
George Lam
Clinical Assistant Professor
Mercedeh Kiaii
Clinical Assistant Professor Dr. Kiaii is Medical Director of the Hemodialysis Unit and Vascular Access Services. She has training in clinical nephrology and dialysis. She has developed a collaborative multidisciplinary network of nurses, radiologists and surgeons across the province. Her research interests include Hemodialysis and vascular access outcomes. Dr. Kiaii received her MD from UBC; completed […]
Paul Keown
Professor Dr. Keown received his training in medicine, immunobiology and transplantation at the universities of Manchester, Paris and Western Ontario, his research doctorates in medicine and science from the University of Manchester, and his MBA from Simon Fraser University. His research interests focus particularly on the immune response in transplantation and autoimmune disease, and extend […]
Mohamud Karim
Clinical Assistant Professor
Beverly Jung
Clinical Associate Professor Dr. Jung is trained in Clinical Nephrology and Dialysis with an interest in Hemodialysis. She is involved in the consultative nephrology services, and one of the Medical Directors of the Community Hemodialysis Units within the Vancouver Coastal Health Region. Her interests include cardiovascular risk reduction and pain/symptom assessment and management of the […]
Abeed Jamal
Clinical Assistant Professor Dr. Jamal is trained in Clinical Nephrology and Dialysis, has a special interest in Peritoneal Dialysis and CKD, and is actively involved in consultative nephrology services. He currently serves as the Medical Director of the Peritoneal Dialysis program at St.Paul’s Hospital and as the Program Director, Adult Nephrology Training Program at UBC. Dr Jamal […]
Kevin Horgan
Clinical Assistant Professor Community Nephrologist, Island Health, Victoria South Island Hemodialysis Medical Lead
Elizabeth Hendren
Clinical Assistant Professor Dr Hendren is a clinician and researcher with the Division of Nephrology at the University of British Columbia. She is a transplant nephrologist and renal obstetrics specialist at St Paul’s Hospital. Her research focuses on pregnancy in transplant recipients, recurrent glomerular disease after renal transplant and on improving equitable and accessible transplant […]
Claire Harris
Clinical Assistant Professor Dr. Claire Harris is a trained Clinical Nephrology and Dialysis, and is the Medical Director of the VGH Hemodialysis Unit. Dr. Harris has a Masters in Health Administration from UBC and additional quality improvement training through the University of Toronto’s Centre for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety. Dr. Harris has an interest […]
Gaylene Hargrove
Clinical Assistant Professor Dr. Hargrove attended medical school at the University of Calgary, completing her M.D. in 1993. She completed her residency training in Internal Medicine and Nephrology in 1998 (U of C). Dr. Hargrove began her practice in clinical nephrology in Victoria in 1999. She has completed additional training in palliative care for renal […]
Justin Gill
Clinical Assistant Professor Dr. Justin Gill is a Transplant Nephrologist at St. Paul’s Hospital and Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia. He trained in Internal Medicine and Nephrology at UBC and completed his clinical transplant fellowship at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Gill’s academic interests lie in ethics and transplantation, […]
Jagbir Gill
Associate Professor Dr. Gill graduated from Medicine at the University of BC in 2001 and completed his post-graduate training in Internal Medicine and Nephrology at UBC in 2006. Dr. Gill completed a post-doctoral fellowship in kidney transplantation at the University of California, Los Angeles as part of the KRESCENT program and obtained a Masters degree […]
Brian Forzley
Clinical Assistant Professor Dr Brian Forzley is a general nephrologist and internist at the Penticton Regional Hospital in the Okanagan. He is a clinical assistant professor of medicine with the University of British Columbia, and site medical director of the PRH renal program. His interests are focused around patient centred care, communication, palliative care and […]
John Duncan
Clinical Associate Professor Dr. Duncan attended medical school in Ottawa, completed his Internal Medicine residency in Vancouver, and his Nephrology and Research Fellowship in Toronto. He joined the Division in 2001, and now serves as the Co-director of Community Dialysis Program. Dr. Duncan’s clinical focus is on dialysis; his other interests include mineral metabolism, anemia, […]