Management of Malnutrition & Protein-Energy Wasting among Patients with Kidney Disease

Описание: Dr. Michelle M.Y. Wong, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Clinical Assistant Professor – Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Nephrologist & Clinical Researcher – BC Renal, Vancouver
Hemodialysis Research Fellowship – Renal Research Institute, New York
DOPPS Program Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, Ann Arbor
Inaugural Cohort – International Society of Nephrology Emerging Leaders Program – 2021

Michelle Wong, MD, MSc, MPH, FRCPC is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the University of British Columbia (UBC) Department of Medicine, a nephrologist, and a clinical researcher at BC Renal in Vancouver, Canada. After completing her clinical training at UBC and University of Alberta, she did a hemodialysis research fellowship at the Renal Research Institute in New York and then worked with the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS) program at the Arbor Research Collaborative for Health in Ann Arbor. Her research focuses on complications of advanced CKD, including anemia and malnutrition/protein-energy wasting. She currently collaborates with the BC Renal Dietitians Practice Group on research regarding oral nutritional supplement use among kidney patients in British Columbia. As part of the inaugural cohort of the International Society of Nephrology Emerging Leaders Program, her focus is on building research collaborations between nephrologists and allied health.


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