Medicine Grand Rounds

"Screening for coronary artery disease in kidney transplant candidates"
Dr. John Gill

John S. Gill MD, MS, FRCPC, Fellow of American Society of Transplantation. John Gill is Professor of Medicine with Tenure at the University of British Columbia, Division of Nephrology, Saint Paul’s Hospital. John completed his medical training in 2000 (BSc. 1990 UBC, MD 1995 UBC, Internal Medicine 1998 Western University, Nephrology 2000 UBC) and completed a Masters Degree in clinical care research at Tufts University, Boston (2002) before joining the Division of Nephrology at UBC in July, 2002 with a cross appointment in the Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcomes Sciences (CHEOS). John is the immediate past president of the American Society of Transplantation, Consulting Editor of the American Journal of Transplantation, Associate Editor of the Journal of the American Society and Member of the Declaration of Istanbul Custodial Group. He has served as Chair of the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients Visiting Committee, Executive of the Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes, and is a member of the United States Renal Data System external expert advisory panel. John has served as Past President of the Canadian Organ Replacement Register and Past President of the Canadian Society of Nephrology. He is a past member of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Ethics Committee and is a member of the Canadian Blood Services Kidney Transplant Advisory Committee. John is an active researcher whose diverse interests include clinical outcomes in kidney transplantation, access to care, clinical trials, health services research and research ethics. He currently holds a Foundation Award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and is a past recipient of the American Society of Transplantation Established Clinical Investigator Award.

Department of Medicine Grand Rounds
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