Debate
| Friday, January 23, 2026 |
| 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM |
| Salon A |
Speaker(s)
Proposition: 'Every Patient With CKD Should Be Seen By A Nephrologist'
Presented by: Dr. Swapnil Hiremath (FOR) and Dr. Scott Brimble (AGAINST)
Presented by: Dr. Swapnil Hiremath (FOR) and Dr. Scott Brimble (AGAINST)
Session Details
By the end of this session participants will be able to:
- Describe current guideline-based indications for nephrology referral in patients with CKD
- Recognize which patients can be safely managed in primary care and which benefit most from specialist co-management
- Discuss the potential impact of universal nephrology referral on healthcare resources, patient access, and continuity of care
- Reflect on the role of family physicians in early detection, risk factor management, and coordination of care for CKD patients
- Describe current guideline-based indications for nephrology referral in patients with CKD
- Recognize which patients can be safely managed in primary care and which benefit most from specialist co-management
- Discuss the potential impact of universal nephrology referral on healthcare resources, patient access, and continuity of care
- Reflect on the role of family physicians in early detection, risk factor management, and coordination of care for CKD patients
Speaker
Doctor Scott Brimble
Mcmaster University
Debate: 'Every Patient With CKD Should Be Seen By A Nephrologist'
Biography
Dr Scott Brimble is a Professor of Medicine at McMaster University in the Division of Nephrology. He is the Provincial Medical Lead for Multi-care Kidney Clinics and Indigenous Kidney Health at the Ontario Renal Network. His clinical interests are in peritoneal dialysis, advanced chronic kidney disease, indigenous kidney health and onconephrology.
Biography
Dr Swapnil Hiremath
University Of Ottawa
Debate: 'Every Patient With CKD Should Be Seen By A Nephrologist'
Biography
Swapnil Hiremath, MD, MPH is a Staff Nephrologist at the Ottawa Hospital, a Professor in the Faculty of Medicine, and cross appointed to the School of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Ottawa, and also an Associate Scientist in the Clinical Epidemiology Programme at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute.
His medical education has been at the University of Mumbai and at the University of Ottawa. He has a Master’s in Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health and certification from the American Heart Association as a Specialist in Clinical Hypertension.
His primary research interest is in using knowledge synthesis with hypertension, and patients with acute kidney injury. He has authored more than 200 papers. He is also the co-creator of the online nephrology journal club, #NephJC, and a panelist on the Freely Filtered podcast.
His medical education has been at the University of Mumbai and at the University of Ottawa. He has a Master’s in Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health and certification from the American Heart Association as a Specialist in Clinical Hypertension.
His primary research interest is in using knowledge synthesis with hypertension, and patients with acute kidney injury. He has authored more than 200 papers. He is also the co-creator of the online nephrology journal club, #NephJC, and a panelist on the Freely Filtered podcast.
Biography
