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.

The Ontario Health website contains information about our board of directors and leadership.

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

• Community-Based Care
  Dr. Philip Boll
• Early Detection and Prevention of Progression
  Dr. Scott Brimble
• Transplant
  Dr. Amit Garg
• Primary Care
  Dr. Allan Grill
• Glomerular Disease and Specialty Clinics
  Dr. Michelle Hladunewich
• Palliative Care
  Dr. Peter Blake
• Funding and Planning, and Organizational Standards
  Dr. Peter Magner
• Access to Kidney Care Services
  Dr. Philip McFarlane
• Data Analytics and Reporting
  Dr. Gihad Nesrallah
• Person-Centred Care
  Dr. Michael Walsh