Elizabeth Myles, National Executive Director at The Kidney Foundation of Canada, and Dr. John Chan, Chief of the Laboratory of Molecular Endocrinology and Nephrology at the Research Centre of the Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM) and Professor of Medicine [Photo courtesy of...
Guiding Principles
It is in the interest of all parties that complaints are dealt with promptly and resolved as quickly as possible.
Review of complaints is fair, impartial and respectful to all parties.
Complainants are advised of their options to escalate their complaint to a more senior staff...
The Kidney Foundation of Canada would like to send a warm congratulations to Dr. Braden Manns for his new appointments at the University of Calgary. Earlier this month, Dr. Manns was appointed as the senior associate dean of clinical research for the Cumming School of Medicine and associate...
It involves treating the symptoms of kidney disease, preventing and managing problems, protecting the remaining kidney function, and supportive medical and psychosocial care. This type of kidney care is for patients with end-stage kidney disease who would prefer not to include dialysis as part of...
Living donation occurs when a person freely decides to donate one of their kidneys to someone in need of a transplant. Kidney donation is the most frequent type of living organ donation and is the most successful of all transplant procedures.
A living kidney donation comes most often from a family...