Ngan Lam, University of Calgary

Research

Access To Healthcare Collective Intelligence First Nations Health Equity Indigenous Data Sovereignty Metis Northern, Rural, Remote And Reserve Organ Donation

Latest papers

Risk of Inguinal Hernia Repair Following Laparoscopic Living Donor Nephrectomy: A Population-Based Cohort Study.
Canadian journal of kidney health and disease · 2026
Identifying the Views and Needs of Family Physicians on Providing Care to Living Kidney Donors: A Cross-Sectional Survey.
Clinical transplantation · 2025
Association of Albuminuria and Regression of Chronic Kidney Disease in Adults With Newly Diagnosed Moderate to Severe Chronic Kidney Disease.
JAMA network open · 2022

All 4 publications

Latest funding

Addressing Systemic Gaps and Barriers Experienced by Indigenous Peoples when Accessing Organ Donation and Transplantation Medicine
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$1,748,025
Understanding the trajectory of severe chronic kidney disease and ways to improve patient-centered care
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
$670,663

All 2 grants and awards

4 publications.

01

Risk of Inguinal Hernia Repair Following Laparoscopic Living Donor Nephrectomy: A Population-Based Cohort Study.

Lyons R, McArthur E, Feldman LS, Lam N, Naylor KL, Nguan C, Quan D, Sener A, Sontrop JM, Garg AX

Canadian journal of kidney health and disease2026

DOI: 10.1177/20543581261468713 PMID: 42454071

02

Identifying the Views and Needs of Family Physicians on Providing Care to Living Kidney Donors: A Cross-Sectional Survey.

Loban K, Trinh E, Gaudio K, Nijjar D, Robert JT, Lam N, McKay S, Badenoch H, Fortin MC, Bugeja A, Mainra R, Dipchand C, Sandal S

Clinical transplantation2025

DOI: 10.1111/ctr.70085 PMID: 39869425

03

Association of Albuminuria and Regression of Chronic Kidney Disease in Adults With Newly Diagnosed Moderate to Severe Chronic Kidney Disease.

Pasternak M, Liu P, Quinn R, Elliott M, Harrison TG, Hemmelgarn B, Lam N, Ronksley P, Tonelli M, Ravani P

JAMA network open2022

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.25821 PMID: 35943741

04

Association of Age With Risk of Kidney Failure in Adults With Stage IV Chronic Kidney Disease in Canada.

Ravani P, Quinn R, Fiocco M, Liu P, Al-Wahsh H, Lam N, Hemmelgarn BR, Manns BJ, James MT, Joanette Y, Tonelli M

JAMA network open2020

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.17150 PMID: 32945876

Addressing Systemic Gaps and Barriers Experienced by Indigenous Peoples when Accessing Organ Donation and Transplantation Medicine

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Tait, Caroline L; Bello, Aminu; Fenton, Mark E; Gill, John S; Gill, Jagbir S; Gongal, Patricia; Lam, Ngan; Moser, Michael; Nicholas, David B; Singh, Anurag

Keywords: Access To Healthcare; Collective Intelligence; First Nations; Health Equity; Indigenous Data Sovereignty; Metis; Northern, Rural, Remote And Reserve; Organ Donation; Systemic Gaps And Barriers; Transplant Medicine

$1,748,025

Understanding the trajectory of severe chronic kidney disease and ways to improve patient-centered care

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Ravani, Pietro; Elliott, Meghan; King-Shier, Kathryn M

Keywords: Chronic Kidney Disease; Dialysis; Kidney Failure; Transplantation

$670,663

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Medicine
Medicine/Nephrology
Community Health Sciences
Pediatric Surgery
Internal Medicine
Other

1 shared papers, latest 2025

Robert Quinn

Medicine/Nephrology

1 shared papers, latest 2022

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Access To Healthcare Dear Professor Lam, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Risk of Inguinal Hernia Repair Following Laparoscopic Living Donor Nephrectomy: A Population-Based Cohort Study." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Addressing Systemic Gaps and Barriers Experienced by Indigenous Peoples when Accessing Organ Donation and Transplantation Medicine" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]