Hear a patient perspective, including the emotional and physical struggles of losing your transplanted kidney and having to go back onto dialysis. 

Renal professionals will also give their insight into how patients can learn, cope, understand and face the  reality of being back on dialysis while still living their best lives.

Register by emailing ontario.programs@kidney.ca or calling 1-866-390-7337.

*image courtesy of Kidney Foundation PSA. Learn more at kidney.ca/withyou

About our speakers:

June Jones
June was born into a large family of nine children, is a mother of two, and a grandmother of four. June has been living with chronic kidney disease for over 30 years including close to 15 years with a transplant and extended periods on both peritoneal and hemodialysis.
 
June is a member of the Ottawa Hospital Renal PFAC and an active volunteer with The Kidney Foundation's peer support program. She and her family also take part in numerous events that promote kidney health and organ donation awareness.
 
June and her family believe in the power of research. The Jones Family Foundation are philanthropic supporters of The Ottawa Hospital with a focus on kidney research.

Dr. Joseph Kim
Dr. Joseph Kim is a staff nephrologist in the Division of Nephrology and Director of the Kidney Transplant
Program at the Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network. He is also an Associate Professor in the
Department of Medicine and the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of
Toronto. Dr. Kim completed medical school, internal medicine residency, chief medical residency, and
fellowships in nephrology and kidney transplantation at the University of Toronto. In 2008, he earned a PhD
in epidemiology and a Master of Health Science in biostatistics at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of
Public Health. In 2020, he completed a Global Executive MBA for Healthcare and the Life Sciences at the
Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. Dr. Kim’s research interests include access to and
outcomes of kidney transplantation using centre- and population-based cohorts as well as using data more
effectively to inform health system improvement.

Sandra Bartlett
Sandra Bartlett is a Nurse Case Manager with London Health Sciences Centre’s regional renal program.
Sandra’s area of focus is primarily patient education - helping patients learn about chronic kidney disease, self- management to maintain kidney function and treatment options that include types of dialysis, kidney transplant and conservative management.  Sandra also meets with patients who have been transplanted and are continuing their journey with kidney disease when a transplanted kidney declines in function.

Dr. Vincent Ki
Dr. Ki completed his Internal Medicine Residency and Nephrology Fellowship at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario. He is currently a Nephrologist at Trillium Health Partners, in Mississauga while a Clinician Lecturer for University of Toronto, Clerkship Medicine Subspecialty Lead for University of Toronto – Mississauga Academy of Medicine and a Clinical Investigator with Institute for Better Health. Fun Facts about Dr. Ki, he loves trying multi-ethnic foods, cruise vacations and loves to karaoke.

Dr. Christine Ribic
Dr. Ribic is a transplant nephrologist and an assistant professor at McMaster University. She obtained her MD from the University of Toronto and completed her Internal Medicine and Nephrology residency at McMaster University. She completed a Master of Science in Pharmacology at the University of Toronto in 2001 and is currently completing a second Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics in the Health Research Methodology Program at McMaster University.
 
Dr. Ribic’s research interests are in the area of renal transplantation and end stage renal disease with a focus on disease prevention and health outcomes utilizing both clinical studies as well as large national databases.