Clinical | Department of Medicine | School of Medicine

The Division of Nephrology is based at Kingston General Hospital (KGH), southeastern Ontario’s leading center for complex-acute and specialty care and home to the Cancer Centre of Southeastern Ontario. KGH serves almost 500,000 people through its Kingston facility and 24 regional affiliate and satellite sites. KGH was ranked in 2011 as one of Canada’s Top 40 Research Hospitals by Research Info source.

There is an extremely broad patient base at KGH, and the volume of clinical material enables residents to learn all aspects of adult nephrology. Facilities and teaching are excellent, especially in dialysis.

Residents are able to participate in a variety of community and rural experiences. CKD clinics occur in smaller communities like Belleville and Picton, and all residents are given the opportunity to travel to Moose Factory to deliver nephrology care for aboriginal populations in the James Bay region. Nephrology residents have also had the opportunity to undertake international electives in locations as such as Tanzania and Australia.

Referring Physician Information

For any physician wishing to refer a patient to Nephrology you must first complete a referral form. This form can be either our Referral Form or your own standard referral form.

Completed referral forms along with the required tests outlined below must be faxed to our central intake fax number 613-536-5369.

Once the completed referrals are received they are then triaged accordingly. The referring physician will then receive a fax notifying them as to which Nephrologist the referral has been assigned. If any further communication is needed this can be done directly with that Nephrologist.

Please complete the following tests prior to the referral:

CBC

Electrolytes

Urea

Creatinine

Ultrasound

Serum and Urine Protein Electrophoreisis

Urinalysis (Dipstick and Microscopy)

Urine Albumin Creatinine Ratio (Urine ACR)

For any questions regarding the referral process, please contact the Divisional secretary at 613-549-6666 Ext 7306.

Physician	Additional Specialties	Pre Tests Required	Tele #	Fax #
Dr. J. Garland	Glomerulonephritis	see above	613-548-1360	613-548-2524
Dr. R. Holden	None	see above	613-533-3134	613-533-3292
Dr. D. Holland	None	see above	613-533-6983	613-533-3393
Dr. E. Iliescu	None	see above	613-548-1360	613-548-2524
Dr. K. Shamseddin	Kidney Stones	see above	613-549-6666 ext. 7306	613-548-2524
Dr. S. Silver	Post Admission AKI	see above	613-549-6666 ext. 8192	613-548-2524
Dr. B. Thomson	Home Hemodialysis Home Peritoneal Dialysis	see above	613-549-6666 ext. 7306	613-548-2524
Dr. C. White	None	see above	613-533-3134	613-533-3292
Dr. K. Yeates	None	see above	613-533-6730	613-533-3214
Dr. H. Welihinda	None	see above	613-549-6666 ext. 8192	613-533-3393

Patient Information

Nephrology is a specialty of medicine that concerns itself with the kidneys. A physician who has undertaken additional training and become certified in nephrology is called a nephrologist.