Division of Nephrology

Department of Medicine

Our People

A team of world-class academic nephrologists

Our academic nephrologists at Nova Scotia Health and affiliated nephrologists at the Cape Breton Regional Hospital have academic appointments with Dalhousie University. All are actively involved in medical education at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, as well as in continuing professional development for physicians. Division members are also involved in clinical research, including pharmaceutical-based clinical trials.

Faculty members

Name	Academic rank	Special interest
Dr. Neil Finkle Interim division head / service chief	Associate professor
Dr. David Clark	Assistant professor	Home Dialysis
Dr. Christine Dipchand	Professor
Dr. Tammy Keough-Ryan	Professor	Renal Transplant
Dr. Keigan More	Assistant professor
Dr. Romuald Panek	Associate professor
Dr. Penelope Poyah	Associate professor
Dr. Steven Soroka	Professor
Dr. Karthik Tennankore	Associate professor	Kidney transplantation
Dr. Amanda Vinson	Assistant professor
Dr. Kenneth West	Professor	Renal Transplant
Dr. Michael West	Professor	Fabry Disease

Locums

Name	Locum
Dr. Bryce Kiberd	Locum - extended until September 2023
Dr. George Worthen	Locum - October 3, 2022 to January 2, 2023

Cross appointments

Name	Cross from
Dr. Laurette Geldenhuys	Pathology

Adjunct appointments

Name	Site
Dr. Ahmad Tarakji	King Saudi University

Academic only appointments

Name (Academic rank)	Associated hospital
Dr. Nessa Gogan (assistant professor)	Saint John Regional
Dr. Thomas Hewlett (assistant professor)	Cape Breton Regional
Dr. Martin MacKinnon (assistant professor)	Saint John Regional
Dr. A. Ross Morton (Professor)	Saint John Regional
Dr. Christine Pippy (assistant professor)	Saint John Regional
Dr. Paul Sohi (assistant professor)	Saint John Regional
Dr. Senyo Tagboto (assistant professor)	Yarmouth Regional
Dr. Siva Thanamayooran (assistant professor)	Cape Breton Regional
Dr. Gordon Yeung (assistant professor)	Cape Breton Regional

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