Education Committee

About The Committee

The major purpose of the Education Committee of the CSN is to plan all educational and related activities for the membership.

These events and activities will be ongoing throughout the year and not limited to the annual meeting.

This committee will be advisory to the CSN President and Executive who will make final decisions about all educational events. On behalf of the Education Committee, the Chair will be in close communication with the CSN President and other Executive members throughout the year.

The Chair will present an annual report from the Education Committee to the President at the annual CSN Board of Directors and annual general meeting.

Terms of Reference

Committee Members

Dr. Amit
Kaushal

Chair, Education Committee

Amit Kaushal
Chair, Education Committee

Dr. Kaushal completed his medical school and Internal Medicine Residency at the University of Manitoba, followed by Nephrology and Hypertension Subspecialty training at the University of Toronto. He was the Eliot Phillipson Clinician Educator Training Program fellow at the University of Toronto from 2015-2017. During this time, he completed a fellowship at the Wilson Centre for Research in Education, and M.Sc. in Health Practitioner Teacher Education. He is a Clinician Teacher, Education Site Coordinator for Nephrology, and Associate Program Director – Nephrology Fellowships at University of Toronto. His clinical interests include hypertension, dialysis, and living kidney donation. His educational interests include developing new curricular innovations including simulation, with a focus on how to tackles situations of uncertainty.

Dr. Kaushal's Bio

Dr. Ainslie M.
Eberhart

Vice-Chair, Education Committee

Dr. Ainslie M. Eberhart

Dr. Eberhart completed her Nephrology Fellowship at Western University in 2012, followed by a Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Western University and additional training in Glomerulonephritis and Renal Diseases of Pregnancy at the University of Toronto. She is currently an Associate Professor in the Division of Nephrology at the University of Alberta with a focus on clinical innovation in glomerular disease. She is also program director for the adult nephrology subspecialty residency program.

Dr. Eberhart's Bio

Dr. Juliya
Hemmett

Past-Chair, Education Committee

Dr. Juliya Hemmett
Past-Chair, Education Committee

Dr. Juliya Hemmett completed medical school and Internal Medicine residency at the University of British Columbia, and her Nephrology and Home Dialysis training at Western University. She now works as a clinical nephrologist and Nephrology Fellowship Program Director at the University of Calgary. Dr. Hemmett is an active member in the Canadian Society of Nephrology. She has served as the CSN Education Committee co-chair since 2016 and participated in several program planning initiatives and committees for the Society, including the CSN Annual General Meeting and the World Congress of Nephrology local organizing committee. Her research interests are in quality improvement and medical education. Outside of work, she spends her free time with her husband and kids playing in the mountains and enjoying local cuisine.

Dr. Hemmett's Bio

Dr. Bryce
Barr

Dr. Bryce Barr

Bryce Barr is a nephrologist and assistant professor at the University of Manitoba with a clinical and research focus on glomerulonephritis. He completed internal medicine training at the University of Calgary, followed by nephrology training at the University of Manitoba. He then completed a fellowship in glomerulonephritis at the University of Calgary and spent time training in the vasculitis clinic at the University of Cambridge. His outpatient clinic is focused on the treatment of glomerulonephritis, in particular lupus and vasculitis, and he is the principal investigator of the Manitoba Glomerular Diseases Registry. He is currently an MSc candidate in the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba.

Dr. Barr's Bio

Dr. Lavanya
Bathini

Dr. Lavanya Bathini

Dr. Bathini completed her undergraduate training and medical school at the University of Alberta. She then went on to complete her Internal Medicine and Nephrology training at the University of Western Ontario. She is currently enrolled in the University of Western Ontario Clinician Investigator Program with plans to gain expertise in glomerular disease and management of chronic kidney disease in pregnancy at the University of Toronto. She will also complete her Masters in Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics.

Dr. Bathini's Bio

Dr. Marisa
Battistella

Dr. Marisa Battistella

Marisa is a pharmacist in the nephrology program at the University Health Network and Associate Professor at the University of Toronto, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy. As Pharmacy Clinician Scientist, the objective of her research program focuses on translational studies that address unmet clinical needs across the entire spectrum of pharmacotherapy care in the CKD patient, from pre-prescribing (using genomics to guide the selection of drugs) to deprescribing (tapering, stopping, discontinuing or withdrawing drugs), with the goal of managing polypharmacy (use of multiple medications) and improving patient outcomes. She is currently the external liaison officer for the Renal Pharmacists Network.

Dr. Battistella's Bio

Dr. Jason
Bau

Dr. Jason Bau

Dr. Jason Bau is a PGY5 nephrology fellow at the University of Calgary. He received his MD/PhD from the University of Calgary before completing internal medicine residency at the University of Ottawa. He educational interests include promoting nephrology teaching at the medical student and resident level. His research interests are in biomarkers of kidney disease particularly in glomerulonephritis and transplant allografts.

Dr. Bau's Bio

Dr. Branko
Braam

Dr. Branko Braam

Dr. Braam is Professor of Medicine and Adjunct Professor of Physiology at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. He is also the Division Director for the Division of Nephrology as well as Alberta Health Services Edmonton Zone Chief for Nephrology. He is a practicing internist/nephrologist within AB Kidney Care North. As a clinician he has a special interest in hypertension, volume regulation and heart/kidney interactions. He is director of the Blood Pressure Assessment Clinic. Dr. Braam obtained a PhD in Physiology in 1994 and was trained in Utrecht, The Netherlands, and Tulane University in New Orleans. He obtained his Nephrology and General Internal Medicine degree in The Netherlands between 1994-2001. He holds the Kidney Health Translational Research Chair. Dr. Braam's research involves basic mechanisms of hypertension, consequences of derangement of renal function for the systemic environment (including the cardiorenal syndrome), fluid volume regulation and hypertension care.

Dr. Braam's Bio

Dr. Jennifer
Brown

Dr. Jennifer Brown

Dr. Jennifer Brown completed her medical school at the University of Manitoba, and Internal Medicine Residency at the University of Calgary. She is currently completing her Nephrology Subspeciality training at the University of Calgary. Her interests include medical education and teaching clinical reasoning to medical students and residents. Clinical interests include glomerular diseases and incorporating integrated care into clinical practice.

Dr. Brown's Bio

Dr. Pierre Antoine
Brown

Dr. Pierre Antoine Brown

Dr. Pierre Antoine Brown graduated from medical school at the University of Ottawa and completed residency in Internal Medicine and a fellowship in Nephrology, both at the University of Ottawa and The Ottawa Hospital. He completed a Master's in Science in Medical Informatics, from Northwestern University. He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa and is as a staff Nephrologist at The Ottawa Hospital. In addition, he is the Medical Director for Hemodialysis at The Ottawa Hospital and for the Cystic Kidney Disease Clinic at The Ottawa Hospital. His clinical interests include hemodialysis, PCKD, peritoneal dialysis and general nephrology. His academic interests include Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement projects. He has published articles in peer-reviewed journals on varied topics including, hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis and pre-dialysis care. His current research interests include the application of information technology to improve health-care outcomes and QA projects. Clinical Interests: Hemodialysis, CKD, general nephrology. Educational Interests: Undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in nephrology.

Dr. Brown's Bio

Dr. Azim
Gangji

Dr. Azim Gangji

Dr. Azim Gangji is Professor of Medicine and the current Program Director of Nephrology and AFC/AST Director of Solid Organ Transplantation at McMaster University. He is also the Vice President of Education at St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton and is the chair of the RCPSC AFC Accreditation Committee and chair of the CST Education Committee. Dr. Gangji has a strong interest in medical education and has introduced various innovative programs including introducing a case-based learning program, virtual learning and assessment and a novel nephrology-palliative care curriculum. In competency by design, he was acknowledged for introducing a novel curriculum. He is the recipient of the prestigious Donald R. Wilson/RCPSC award for introducing innovative methods of teaching of CanMEDS Roles. He has also received the CSN Clinical Nephrology Teaching Award and the Canadian Association of Medical Education Merit Award in Education. Dr. Gangji's clinical interest is in the field of kidney transplantation and glomerulonephritis and associated research in evaluating the role of immunosuppressive therapy and renal transplant fibrosis.

Dr. Gangji's Bio

Dr. Jolanta
Karpinski

Dr. Jolanta Karpinski

Jolanta Karpinski is a Nephrologist at the Ottawa Hospital, working mostly with renal transplant patients out of the Riverside Campus. Her academic focus is in medical education particularly PGME and Continuing Professional Development with previous roles as the Nephrology Program Director in Ottawa 1999-2005, Chair of the Nephrology Specialty Committee at the RCPSC 2002-2008 and Director of the Faculty Development Office at the Faculty of Medicine in Ottawa 2005-2010.

Dr. Karpinski's Bio

Dr. Ngan
Lam

Dr. Ngan Lam

Dr. Ngan Lam is a clinician-scientist and transplant nephrologist at the University of Calgary where her research focuses on the health outcomes of living kidney donors and kidney transplant recipients.

Dr. Lam's Bio

Dr. Ilan
Lenga

Dr. Ilan Lenga

Dr. Ilan Lenga is a clinical nephrologist, Chief Information Officer and Chief Medical Information Officer at Lakeridge Health, a large multi-site community hospital network in Ontario. He has a passion for the role of medical information technology in clinical transformation, and is an active promoter of standardized care and improving data quality. He completed medical school, internal medicine, and nephrology training at the University of Toronto. He is a lecturer at the University of Toronto, an adjunct assistant professor at Queen's University, and a practicing nephrologist with a focus on chronic kidney disease and dialysis care.

Dr. Lenga's Bio

Dr. Damien
Noone

Dr. Damien Noone

Dr. Damien Noone is a Staff Nephrologist in the Division of Paediatric Nephrology at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, and Program Director for Paediatric Nephrology. He holds the academic appointment of Associate Professor with the University of Toronto Department of Paediatrics. He completed clinical nephrology training in Great Ormond Street Hospital in London as well as at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, where he also completed the Clinician Investigator Program with an MSc at the University of Toronto in the Program of Cell Biology. Dr. Noone has focused his clinical work in the area of vasculitis, glomerular diseases and dialysis. He also plays a leading role in nephrology education locally and nationally and is Program Director for the Division of Nephrology. During his first two years as Program Director he completed the Education Scholars Program, a longitudinal leadership development program for educators. He also has roles within the Department of Paediatrics and the University of Toronto in Faculty Development, especially around Competence by Design (CBD), competency-based medical education (CBME) and in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) where he is a mentor with the Diversity Mentorship Program at the University of Toronto and a champion in promoting equity, diversity and inclusion at SickKids.

Dr. Noone's Bio

Dr. Kristen
Pederson

President, Canadian Association Of Paediatric Nephrologists

Dr. Kristen Pederson
President, Canadian Association Of Paediatric Nephrologists

Kristen Pederson completed her medical school at the University of Calgary, pediatric residency at Memorial University of Newfoundland and pediatric nephrology residency at the University of Toronto. She has been working at the Winnipeg Children’s Hospital since 2003. Her clinical interests are CKD and dialysis in children and renal-rheumatological diseases. She is an associate professor at the Max Rady School of Medicine and has been a program director for Pediatric Nephrology. She is currently the President for the Canadian Association of Pediatric Nephrology.

Dr. Pederson's Bio

Dr. Faisal
Rehman

Faisal Rehman
Past-chair, Education Committee

Dr. Rehman is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Western Ontario. He is the Clinical Clerkship Coordinator and Site Chief for Internal Medicine at the London Health Sciences Centre - University Hospital. He was Program Director for the Nephrology Residency Program at the University of Western Ontario from 2005 but stood down from the position in July 2011 when he took on a wider scope of responsibility with the Site Chief position. Dr. Rehman completed his Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacology (1993) at the University of Alberta. He then went on to get his Doctor of Medicine Degree at Queen's University (1998) followed by his subspecialty certification in Nephrology at the University of Western Ontario (2003) and in 2004 received a Masters in Medical Education Degree from the University of Toronto University. He is actively involved in teaching Nephrology and Internal Medicine to medical students, residents and clinical fellows at the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry at Western University. He also runs a very busy clinical practice in his specialty of Nephrology.

Dr. Rehman's Bio

Dr. Nausheen
Siddiqui

Dr. Nausheen Siddiqui

Dr. Siddiqui graduated from medical school from the University of Ottawa and thereafter completed internal medicine residency at Western University and nephrology training at the University of Toronto. She holds a Masters in Community Health Sciences (focus on Health Practitioner Teacher Education) from the University of Toronto. She is a staff nephrologist at Toronto East Health Network (Michael Garron Hospital) in Toronto, and continues to have a strong interest in medical student and resident education.

Dr. Siddiqui's Bio

Dr. Lawrence
Slapcoff

Dr. Lawrence Slapcoff

Dr. Lawrence Slapcoff is a PGY-5 nephrology resident at McGill University. He completed both his medical school and internal medicine training at McGill. His clinical interests include medical education, simulation-based medical teaching, point-of-care ultrasound use in nephrology and home dialysis. His research interests include modifiable risk factors associated with cardiovascular admissions of hemodialysis patients, long-term outcomes of kidney transplant recipients from DCD donors, and methods to increase the use of hemodiafiltration in patients with end-stage kidney disease.

Dr. Slapcoff's Bio

Dr. Catherine
Weber

Dr. Catherine Weber

Dr. Catherine Weber completed medical school and Internal Medicine residency at the University of Manitoba. Thereafter, she completed a Nephrology residency, the Clinical Investigator Program and a Master’s of Health Science at the University of British Columbia. She now works as a clinical nephrologist at McGill University and is currently in her 3^rd term as Program Director of the Nephrology Training Program. Dr. Weber is an active CSN member and has served on the CSN Education Committee since 2021. She really enjoys medical education and has played an integral role in CSN pre-course planning. Outside of work, you can often find her at an arena cheering on her son at a hockey game or on the side of a Laurentian (or higher!) mountain skiing, biking, or hiking with her family.

Dr. Weber's Bio

Education Committee

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