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Transplants

BC has a more than 30-year history of kidney transplants in children. The optimal treatment for a child with kidney failure is a kidney transplant, with dialysis providing a bridge until a kidney becomes available.
 
Kidney transplantation is a component of the full-service care provided by the Renal Program and supported by the BC Transplant Society. A major threat to the success of all kidney transplant services throughout the world is a worsening shortage of kidney donors. In the case of a child requiring a kidney transplant, every effort is made to identify a living related donor.
 

Health care team

 
Medical Director of Transplantation
Dr. Douglas Matsell
 
Transplantation Coordinator
Jessie Ahuja
 
Transplant Data Manager
Jamie Shick
 
Social Work
Karen Chin
 
Dietitians
Jennifer Krempien
 
Renal Physicians
Dr. Janis Dionne
Dr. Cherry Mammen
Dr. Mina Matsuda-Abedini
Dr. Peter Trnka
Dr. Colin White

Updated on: March 4, 2010