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Toronto researcher to receive Garabed Eknoyan Award

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Charmaine E. Lok

Charmaine E. Lok, MD, MSc, FRCP(C), senior scientist at the Toronto General Research Institute, will receive the Garabed Eknoyan Award at the 2019 Spring Clinical Meetings in Boston.

“Dr. Lok’s many contributions toward the [National Kidney Foundation] NKF’s mission to improve patients’ quality of life is hard to measure, except to say her efforts have touched much of our work,” Holly Kramer, MD, president of the NKF, said in a press release. “We are grateful for her commitment to the National Kidney Foundation and the people who are touched by chronic kidney disease. It is an honor to present her with this award.”

According to the release, the Garabed Eknoyan Award was created to recognize the contributions of individuals to initiatives such as the Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative or clinical research that promotes the mission of the NKF to improve the lives of patients with kidney disease.

In addition to being professor of medicine at the University of Toronto, Lok is also associated with the department of health research methods, evidence and impact in the faculty of health sciences at McMaster University. According to the NKF’s release, she is also the medical director of both the chronic kidney diseases and hemodialysis programs at the Toronto General Hospital.

“The Garabed Eknoyan Award represents the heart of National Kidney Foundation’s work improving quality of life for people with kidney disease in the United States and internationally,” Lok said. “This has been the driving force and focus of my own research and clinical work on multidisciplinary CKD interventions, dialysis and cardiovascular management, as well as my work with the NKF over the past decade. I am truly humbled by this award and honored to accept it in 2019.”

Awards will be presented at the 2019 Spring Clinical Meetings held May 8-12.

Reference:

www.kidney.org/news/toronto%E2%80%99s-dr-charmaine-lok-wins-prestigious-nkf-award-guideline-work