Prof. Michael West

Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax NS, Canada. I am a clinical nephrologist and the the founder and Director of the Nova Scotia Fabry Disease Program, which also serves patients from New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. I have a weekly clinic for patients with Fabry disease. I am active in a number of clinical trials of therapy (ERT) for Fabry disease. I am the chair of the Scientific Committee of the Canadian Fabry Disease Initiative (CFDI) Registry, now in its 15th year. The National and Atlantic regional offices for the CFDI study are both located at the QE II Health Sciences Centre in Halifax NS with a total of 6 staff under my supervision. I chair the Canadian Fabry Disease Treatment Guidelines committee. I am also a member of the FACTS research consortium that is running a Lentivirus mediated Fabry disease gene transfer therapy study in Canada. In addition to genetic renal disease, my other interests are glomerulonephritis as well as electrolyte and acid base disorders. I am active in post graduate medical education plus CME for practicing physicians. I am a past president of the Canadian Society of Nephrology. I also served as Nephrology division head and member of the Department of Medicine Executive Committee for 6 years.

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