Debbie zimmerman biography ontario
- A results-oriented leader with several years' experience in management, strategic development and business development.
- Debbie is the CEO of the Grape Growers of Ontario.
- Debbie Zimmerman was a politician before she even realized it – bold, confident, opinionated, and mentally tough.
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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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