Clinics & Inpatient Care Centres
Renal Services - Renal Transplant Program
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Renal Transplant Program
9th Floor
St. Michael's Health Centre
61 Queen Street East
Toronto, Ontario
M5C 2T2, Canada
Phone: 416-867-3710
Clinical Leader/Manager: Trixie Williams
Phone: 416-867-7436
Clinical Nurse Specialist: Jacqueline Chen
Phone 416-867-7469
Transplant Nurses
Role: Involved with pre-transplant care
Maureen Connelly (living donors)
Phone: 416-867- 3676
Meriam Jayoma (deceased donor list)
Phone: 416-867-7460 Ext. 8179
Galo Meliton (recipients of living donors)
Phone: 416-867-3677
Role: Involved with post-transplant care
Thelma Carino
Phone: 416-867-7460 Ext. 8219
Jennie Huckle
Phone: 416-867-7460 Ext. 8040
Fernanda Shamy
Phone: 416-867-7460 Ext. 8110
Social Workers
Sharon Lee (pre and post donor care)
416-864- 6060 Ext. 4173
Mari Vella (pre and post recipient transplant care)
416-867-3706
Transplant Nephrologists
Role: Management of pre and post recipient medical care
Dr. Ramesh Prasad
Phone: 416-867–3722
Dr. Jeff Zaltzman (director)
Phone: 416-867-7444
Living Donor Nephrologists
Role: Medical assessment of living donors
Dr. Phil McFarlane
Phone: 416-867-3722
Dr. Jordan Weinstein
Phone: 416-867-3703
Transplant Urologists
Role: Deceased and living donor kidney retrieval, and surgical implantation of renal allograft
Dr. John Honey (Head, Division of Urology)
Phone: 416-867-3705
Dr. Ken Pace
Phone: 416-867-3695
Dr. Rob Stewart (surgical director)
Phone: 416-867-3686
Laparoscopic Surgeons
Role: Minimally invasive living donor kidney retrieval
Dr. John Honey (Head, Division of Urology)
Phone: 416-867-3705
Dr. Ken Pace
Phone: 416-867-3695
Pharmacist
Lisa Liberatore
Phone: 416-864–6060 Ext. 5318
Dietician
Karen Burleigh
Phone: 416-867-2790
Research Coordinators
Michelle Nash
Phone: 416-867–3692
Lindita Rapi
Phone: 416-867-7460 Ext. 8024
