Governance
Meet the Physicians Leading C3G Canada
C3G Canada is led by a dedicated group of physicians who provide strategic direction and help advance the network’s mission and vision. Our Co-Leads and Steering Committee work collaboratively to guide the network’s priorities and support initiatives focused on education, research, knowledge exchange, and collaboration. Together, they are committed to strengthening connections within the Canadian nephrology community and advancing the understanding, diagnosis, and management of C3G and related complement-mediated glomerular diseases across Canada.
Dr. Arenn Jauhal
Co-Lead
Arenn Singh Jauhal is a nephrologist and assistant professor at the University of Toronto. He works in the Toronto Glomerulonephritis Clinic and Registry at University Health Network. He is the lead for the renal complement clinic at Toronto General Hospital. Research interests include complement-mediated kidney diseases, lupus nephritis, and focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS).
Dr. Jauhal is committed to improving outcomes for patients with glomerular diseases and glomerulonephritis education. He completed his MSc in Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research, with his thesis focusing on patterns of remissions and relapses in glomerular diseases.
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Dr. Christoph Licht
Co-Lead
Dr. Christoph Licht is a Professor of Paediatrics and Medicine at the University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, and the Head of the Division of Nephrology at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids). He also holds positions as a Senior Scientist in the SickKids Research Institute Cell & Systems Biology Program, a Professor at the University of Toronto in the Departments of Paediatrics, IMS, LMP, and Medicine, and Associate Staff Physician in Medicine at UHN Toronto General Hospital. Additionally, he is a Guest Professor at the University of Ghent, Belgium.
Dr. Licht earned his Doctor of Medicine (MD) from the Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg, Germany, in 1992, and his Doctorate in Medicine (Dr. med) in Internal Medicine/Nephrology from the Ruprecht-Karls-University, Heidelberg…
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Dr. Anne-Laure Lapeyraque
Steering Committee
Anne-Laure Lapeyraque is a pediatric nephrologist and full Clinical Professor at the Université de Montréal. She heads the Division of Pediatric Nephrology at CHU Sainte-Justine, where she co-directs the Complement-Mediated Diseases Expertise Center. She is the founder and scientific lead of the Quebec Network for Complement-Mediated Diseases. Research interests include C3 glomerulopathy, thrombotic microangiopathies, and complement in pediatric glomerular diseases and kidney transplantation.
Dr. Lapeyraque is committed to improving outcomes for children and adults with rare complement-mediated diseases, to education in complement medicine, and to therapeutic innovation in these rare diseases.
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Dr. Louis Girard
Steering Committee
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Dr. Jocelyn Garland
Steering Committee
Dr. Garland is a Professor of Medicine in Nephrology at Queen’s University, where she has worked since she began her career in academic medicine. She is also cross- appointed to the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Queen’s University as Professor. She has demonstrated consistently an avid interest in excellence in clinical care, and a passion for medical education.
Dr. Garland’s teaching skills have been acknowledged with awards on numerous occasions. Providing excellent patient care, Dr. Garland was recognized for her work as the 2017 recipient of the Ontario Renal Network/Cancer Care Ontario Provincial Human Touch Award, for which she was nominated by one of her patients. In September 2018, she won the Royal College Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Specialist of the Year…
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David Laughren
Steering Committee
David Laughren is a pharmacist at the University Health Network who currently works in general internal medicine. He has previously worked in surgery, solid organ transplant, and information technology. Current interests include complement disorders, clinical education and digital transformation.
He was awarded a Pharmacy Practice Residency award in 2014 and a Wightman Berris teaching award in 2017.
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