Jeffrey Perl, MD, SM, FRCP (C)
Staff Nephrologist, St. Michael's Hospital Toronto, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto
This lectureship was established to honor Dr. J. Michael Lazarus for his major contributions to the clinical science and care of dialysis patients, and to recognize individuals whose research has yielded novel insights related to renal replacement therapy.
Dr. Jeffrey Perl is a staff nephrologist at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto and an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto. He has received the Mid-Career Leadership Award from the American Society of Nephrology and the John Maher Young Investigator Award from the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis, along with several teaching and mentorship awards at both the University of Toronto and St. Michael’s Hospital.
Dr. Perl's primary research interests, clinical practice, and teaching focus on enhancing universal access to and improving clinical outcomes in home dialysis. He serves as the editor-in-chief of Peritoneal Dialysis International and recently co-chaired the KDIGO Home Dialysis Controversies Conference. He has delivered numerous invited lectures and authored multiple peer-reviewed publications and book chapters.
As the principal investigator for the International Peritoneal Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (PDOPPS), Dr. Perl also co-led the Optimizing the Prevention of Peritoneal Dialysis-Associated Peritonitis in the United States (OPPUS) study. He is a faculty member at Home Dialysis University and co-supervises the Home Dialysis Fellowship at St. Michael’s Hospital. Additionally, he co-chairs the American Society of Nephrology's home dialysis steering committee and previously chaired the ASN COVID-19 response team's home dialysis subcommittee.
Dr. Perl's primary research interests, clinical practice, and teaching focus on enhancing universal access to and improving clinical outcomes in home dialysis.