Provincial Medical Leads

Ontario Renal Network is now part of Ontario Health, an agency created by the Government of Ontario with a mandate to connect and coordinate our province’s health care system to help ensure that Ontarians receive the best possible care.

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The provincial medical leads oversee the strategic direction and implementation of priorities laid out in the Ontario Renal Plan. The leads help improve kidney care for patients by:

• collaborating with regional directors and regional medical leads
• leading a panel of clinical and administrative members that sets the region’s priorities for a specific topic area (e.g., primary care, data analytics and reporting)
• leading quality improvement strategies in the region
• engaging primary care providers, nephrologists, hospital leaders and stakeholders

Current Provincial Medical Leads

• Dialysis
  Dr. Philip Boll
• Indigenous Kidney Health/Multi Care Kidney Clinics
  Dr. Scott Brimble
• Transplant
  Dr. Seychelle Yohanna
• Glomerulonephritis/Pregnancy
  Dr. Michelle Hladunewich
• Goals of Care/Conservative Kidney Care/ Early CKD
  Dr. Peter Blake
• Funding, Infrastructure and Capacity Planning
  Dr. Peter Magner
• Dialysis
  Dr. Philip McFarlane
• Person-Centered Care/Mental Health/Your Symptoms Matter
  Dr. Michael Walsh