What Do You Need To Know About Co-Management For A Glomerulonephritis Patient?
| Friday, January 23, 2026 |
| 4:10 PM - 4:30 PM |
| Salon B |
Speaker(s)
Presented by Dr. David Massicotte-Azarniouch
Session Details
By the end of this session participants will be able to:
- Recognize common presentations and complications of GN
- Review immunosuppressive therapies often used in GN, their monitoring needs, and side effect profiles relevant to primary care
- Identify red flags and clinical changes that warrant urgent nephrology reassessment
- Outline recommended infection prevention measures, including vaccination schedules in immunosuppressed GN patients.
- Recognize common presentations and complications of GN
- Review immunosuppressive therapies often used in GN, their monitoring needs, and side effect profiles relevant to primary care
- Identify red flags and clinical changes that warrant urgent nephrology reassessment
- Outline recommended infection prevention measures, including vaccination schedules in immunosuppressed GN patients.
Speaker
David Massicotte-Azarniouch
What Do You Need To Know About Co-Management For A Glomerulonephritis Patient?
Biography
I am a Nephrologist at The Ottawa Hospital. I completed medical school at the University of Montreal, Internal Medicine residency at McGill University and Adult Nephrology residency at the University of Ottawa, where I also completed a Solid Organ Transplant fellowship and Masters' in Epidemiology. I then did a Glomerulonephritis and Vasculitis fellowship at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.
I currently work in the Glomerulonephritis and Renal Transplant clinics at The Ottawa Hospital.
I currently work in the Glomerulonephritis and Renal Transplant clinics at The Ottawa Hospital.
Biography
