The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Dr. Christoph Licht is Professor of Paediatrics and Medicine at the University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada and Head of the Division of Nephrology at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids). He also holds positions as Senior Scientist in the SickKids Research Institute Cell Biology Program; 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. He is Guest Professor at the University of Ghent, Belgium.
He completed a Doctor of Medicine (MD) at the Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg, Germany, in 1992 and a Doctorate in Medicine (Dr. med) in Internal Medicine/Nephrology at the Ruprecht-Karls-University, Heidelberg, Germany, in 1995. He completed his postgraduate training in Paediatrics (1992-1998) and Paediatric Nephrology (1998-1999; 2002-2005) at the Children's Hospital of the University of Cologne, Germany.
From 1999-2002, Dr. Licht relocated to the USA for a postdoctoral research fellowship in Nephrology at the University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, TX. He returned to Cologne where he completed his “Habilitation” in 2005. In 2006, he accepted his position as Staff Nephrologist at SickKids.
Dr. Licht is an international expert on complement-mediated kidney diseases.
Sunday, November 17, 2024
10:20 AM – 10:40 AM Eastern Time
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Sunday, November 17, 2024
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM Eastern Time
Disclosure(s): Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease: Consultant (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Eleva GmbH: Consultant (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Novartis: Consultant (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing)
