Planning Committee
The Gardener’s Grove Conference Planning Committee developed and coordinated all programming aspects of the Gardener’s Grove Conference. The Planning Committee, is comprised of researchers, clinicians, patient partners, and stakeholders. Thus, they ensure the programming of the conference provides a platform where patients, providers and healthcare policymakers can cultivate support for new trial ideas.
Raminder Bajwa, MD | Director and Head, Medical Affairs Canada, Baxter International Inc at Baxter International Inc. |
Amit X. Garg, MD, PhD | Nephrologist, London Health Sciences Centre, London, Canada and Associate Dean Clinical Research, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry at Western University. Serves as the Nominated Principal Investigator for a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Innovative Clinical Trials Grant to enable large pragmatic trials in hemodialysis care. |
Craig Lindsay, BA | Patient Partner, Canadian Institutes of Health Research Innovative Clinical Trials; Senior Manager of Programs and Public Policy, Kidney Foundation of Canada, Ontario Branch |
Alicia Murdoch | Project Manager, CNTN and Can-SOLVE CKD Network |
Sanjay Pandeya, MD, FRCPC, FACP | Staff Nephrologist, Halton Healthcare, Oakville, ON Ontario Renal Network MHLHIN Regional Medical Lead, Affiliate Staff, Joseph Brant Hospital Assistant (Adjunct) Clinical Professor, McMaster University, Past President, Canadian Society of Nephrology |
Claudio Rigatto MD, FRCPC, MSc | Nephrologist and a Professor of Medicine at the University of Manitoba, Research Scientist and Academic Director at the Chronic Disease Innovation Centre Current President of Canadian Society of Nephrology (2022-2024) |
Leanne Stalker, PhD | National Director of Research, Kidney Foundation of Canada |
Karthik Tennankore, MD, MSc | Associate Professor, Nephrologist, Dalhousie University/Nova Scotia Health, Halifax, NS, Canada. Co-Lead, Canadian Nephrology Trials Network-Scientific Operations Committee |
Hans Vorster | Executive of Patient Governance Circle, Can-SOLVE CKD Network |