Joanne Bargman

Joanne Bargman is a staff nephrologist at the University Health Network and Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto.  She received her MD cum laude from the University of Toronto.  She pursued nephrology training at Stanford University.  Her research focused on renal physiology and micropuncture.  Upon returning to Toronto, she was recruited to the Toronto Western Hospital where she trained in peritoneal dialysis under Dimitrios Oreopoulos.  She has more than 900 invited lectures internationally, on subjects as diverse as peritoneal dialysis, glomerulonephritis, and management of lupus. She is Director of Peritoneal Dialysis for the University Health Network in Toronto, Past-President of the International Society of Peritoneal Dialysis, and co-director of the Combined Renal-Rheumatology Lupus Clinic for the University Health Network.