Nephrology & Hypertension
Location:
Zone B, Level 1, Room B1-200
Paediatric Medical Day Unit (PMDU)
Children's Hospital
800 Commissioners Road East
London ON
Directions and Parking:
Driving directions to Children's Hospital
Park in Visitor Parking Garage P8, Parkade 1 located on the west side of the hospital. This lot is accessible at the Wellington and Baseline Road entrance.
Contact:
Natalie Lilley, Medical Secretary to Dr. A. Sharma
natalie.lilley@lhsc.on.ca
Phone: 519-685-8354
Fax: 519-685-8156
Serena Barrow, Medical Secretary to Drs. J. Grimmer, G. Filler, and A. Kirpalani
serena.barrow@lhsc.on.ca
Phone: 519-685-8379
Fax: 519-685-8156
Contact for Referrals:
Paediatric Nephrologist on-call
Fax: 519-685-8156
Research
Areas of research include:
- Epidemiology of childhood kidney disease
- Measurement of kidney function
- Strategies for slowing progression of chronic kidney disease
- Dialysis adequacy, etiology and treatment of hypertension
- Improving outcomes after paediatric renal transplantation
- Paediatric pharmacology of drugs used in the field of paediatric nephrology and hypertension
- A particular research focus is the ontogeny (developmental changes) of drug disposition of immunosuppressive drugs used in paediatric renal transplantation