Doc-To-Me Patient Information Talks   
Dialysis Clinic, Inc.
Doc-To-Me® Patient Lecture Series
Toronto, Ontario, Canada. October, 2000

Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Dialysis Clinic, Inc.


Staying Healthy with Bad Kidneys
Registration (free) required. Please register at this link
The Talks

Introductory remarks
John T. Daugirdas, M.D.


How can I stay off dialysis?
David Mendelssohn, M.D.


I have diabetes. How can I protect my kidneys?
Eli Friedman, M.D.


What kinds of food should I eat and stay away from?
Adrian Fine, M.D.


How do I protect my bones when I have kidney disease?
Jill Lindberg, M.D.


What about my blood count? How can I keep this up?
Adeera Levin, M.D.


Which form of dialysis is right for me?
Peter Blake, M.D.


What do I need to know about my blood pressure?
Robert D. Toto, M.D.


Is transplantation the right option for me?
Thomas G. Peters, M.D.


Questions and answers
Dr. Mendelssohn Dr. Friedman Dr. Fine Dr. Lindberg
Dr. Levin Dr. Blake Dr. Toto Dr. Peters

Faculty

Peter Blake, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Western Ontario; Director of Peritoneal Dialysis, Optimal Dialysis Research Unit. London Health Sciences Center, London, Ontario, Canada.

Adrian Fine, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Section of Nephrology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Eli A. Friedman, M.D., Professor of Medicine, State University of New York at Brooklyn, New York.

Adeera Levin, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Director, Renal Insufficiency Clinic, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Jill Lindberg, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA. Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Louisiana State University of New Orleans, LA. Associate Section Head, Hemodialysis Units Director, Metabolic Bone and Stone Clinics. Director, Nephrology Research, Ochsner Foundation Hospital, New Orleans, LA.

David Mendelssohn, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto. Director of Peritoneal Dialysis, Co-Medical Director, Progressive Renal Disease Clinic, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Thomas Peters, M.D., Director, Jacksonville Transplant Center at Shands Jacksonville, Clinical Professor of Surgery, University of Florida, Jacksonville, FL.

Robert D. Toto, M.D., Professor of Medicine, University of Texas, Southwestern, Dallas, TX.

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