Dr. Mendelssohn is chief and physician director of the Department of Nephrology at Humber River Regional Hospital in Toronto, Ontario. He is also an Associate Professor of Medicine at the
University of Toronto. He is currently one of two Canadian principal investigators for the multinational Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Pattern Study (DOPPS).
Dr. Mendelssohn has chaired the Nephrology Section of the Ontario Medical Association. He has also served as chair of the Specialist Coalition of Ontario, the Toronto Region Dialysis Committee, and the Professional and Public Policy Committee of the Canadian Society of Nephrology.
Board Certifications
Certificate of Special Competence (Nephrology)-1989
Healthwise Knowledgebase Topics Reviewed
Acute Renal Failure
Nephrotic Syndrome
Kidney Stones
Diabetic Nephropathy
Education
M.D.: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1983
Residency in nephrology: Toronto Western Hospital, 1985, and Toronto General Hospital, 1986
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada (Internal Medicine), 1987
Academic Appointments
Assistant Professor, University of Toronto, 1989-1996
Associate Professor, University of Toronto, 1997-present
Coordinator of Dialysis, University of Toronto, 1998
Hospital Affiliations
St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto
Director, Peritoneal Dialysis, 1998
Deputy Division Director, Nephrology, 1999
Courtesy staff, 2001
Humber River Regional Hospital, Toronto
Head of the Division of Nephrology and Medical Director of Dialysis, 2001
Chief/Physician Director, Department of Nephrology, 2005
Professional Affiliations
American Society of Hypertension
Canadian Hypertension Society
American Society of Nephrology
Canadian Society of Nephrology
International Society of Nephrology
International Society of Peritoneal Dialysis
National Kidney Foundation
Ontario Medical Association
Selected Publications
Mendelssohn DC, et al. (2006). Hemodialysis vascular access problems in Canada: Results from the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS II), Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation, 21(3); 721-728.
Mendelssohn DC, et al. (2006). Attitudes of Canadian nephrologists toward multidisciplinary team-based CKD clinic care. American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 47(2): 277-284.
Nesrallah G, Mendelssohn DC (2006). Modality options for renal replacement therapy: The integrated care concept revisited. Hemodialysis International, 10(2): 143-151.
Devins GM, Mendelssohn DC, Barre PE, Taub K, Binik YM (2005). Predialysis psychoeducational intervention extends survival in chronic kidney disease: A 20-year follow-up. American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 46(6): 1088-1098.
Young EW, Akimba T, Albert JM, McCarthy JT, Kerr PG, Mendelssohn DC, Jadoul M (2004). Magnitude and impact of abnormal mineral metabolism in hemodialysis patients in the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Pattern Study. American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 44(5 Suppl 2):34-88.
