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