Debbie zimmerman biography ontario

Niagara Region's Regional Chairs

The Chair is responsible for presiding over all standing committees and council meetings, representing the Region at the provincial and federal level as well as overseeing the business of the Regional corporation.

Past and Present Chairs

2018 - Present: Jim Bradley

Jim Bradley was elected as Niagara Regional Chair on Dec. 6, 2018.

Previously, Chair Bradley served as a St. Catharines city councillor from 1970 to 1977 and a member of provincial parliament for St. Catharines from 1977 to 2018. During this time, he held roles as a provincial minister of:

  • Environment
  • Transportation
  • Municipal Affairs and Housing
  • Tourism and Recreation
  • Community Safety and Correctional Services
  • Seniors

Before entering politics, Chair Bradley was a teacher with the Lincoln County Board of Education. He has contributed to the Niagara community as a hockey and baseball coach, manager and referee; member of Grantham Optimist Club; and as an active supporter of the Rankin Run, Gillian's Place, Start Me Up Niagara, Community Care, Bethlehem Place and other volunt

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Nephrologist
Medical Director, Home Hemodialysis Program
Associate Professor

Deborah Zimmerman, MD, FRCP(C), is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology at The Ottawa Hospital and the University of Ottawa.

Dr. Zimmerman received her undergraduate university training, M.D. and Internal Medicine Residency at the University of Calgary.

After completing her clinical nephrology fellowship at the University of Toronto, she enrolled in the Masters program in Clinical Epidemiology which she completed in 2001.

She is the current director for clinical research at the Kidney Research Centre and incoming president for the Canadian Society of Nephrology.

Clinical Interests:

  • Hemodialysis
  • Daily dialysis therapies
  • Home dialysis

Research Interests:

  • Morbidity and mortality associated with end stage kidney disease treated with dialysis

Educational Interests:

  • Undergraduate and post-graduate nephrology teaching, and development of future clinical investigators

Last updated on: July 7th, 2017

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