Adeera Levin

Adeera Levin MD, FRCPC is a Professor of Medicine, and is head of the Division of Nephrology at University of British Columbia.

Education and early career
Levin earned a BSc degree at University of Toronto (1977–81) and an MD at McMaster University Medical School (1981–84). She stayed on as an Internal Medicine Resident, before moving to Henderson General Hospital (now Juravinski Hospital) to become Chief Medical Resident in 1986. She was a Clinical Fellow in Nephrology at Toronto Western Hospital & St. Michael's Hospital (Toronto). She was then a Clinical Research Fellow in Nephrology starting in 1988.

Research
Her primary area of interest is looking at risk factors in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients.

She is also the Principal investigator of the CAN SOLVE CKD grant award.

Other positions

 * President of International Society of Nephrology (2015–2017)
 * Former editor-in-Chief of Canadian Journal of Kidney Health & Disease
 * Consultant nephrologist at Providence Health Care/St. Paul's Hospital
 * Executive Director of the BC Provincial Renal Agency

Awards

 * 2013 – Canadian Society of Nephrology Outstanding Contributions to Canadian Nephrology
 * 2014 – Kidney Foundation of Canada Research medal of Excellence
 * 2014 – Fellowship of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
 * 2015 – National Kidney Foundation’s International Distinguished Medal
 * 2015 – Aubrey J Tingle Research Award from the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research
 * 2015 – The Order of Canada

Selected publications

 * Co-author of textbook: “Chronic Kidney Disease: a practical guide to understanding and management”, ISBN 9780199549313
 * Co-author of textbook: “Chronic Kidney Disease: a practical guide to understanding and management”, ISBN 9780199549313