Adeera Levin

Adeera Levin is a Canadian Professor of Medicine, and is head of the Division of Nephrology at University of British Columbia.

Education and early career Levin earned a BSc degree at University of Toronto (1977–81) and an MD at McMaster University Medical School (1981–84). She stayed on as an Internal Medicine Resident, before moving to Henderson General Hospital (now Juravinski Hospital) to become Chief Medical Resident in 1986. She was a Clinical Fellow in Nephrology at Toronto Western Hospital & St. Michael's Hospital (Toronto). She was then a Clinical Research Fellow in Nephrology starting in 1988.

Research Her primary area of interest is looking at risk factors in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients.

Other positions President of International Society of Nephrology (2015–2017) Former editor-in-Chief of Canadian Journal of Kidney Health & Disease Consultant nephrologist at Providence Health Care/St. Paul's Hospital Executive Director of the BC Provincial Renal Agency

Awards 2013 – Canadian Society of Nephrology Outstanding Contributions to Canadian Nephrology 2014 – Kidney Foundation of Canada Research medal of Excellence 2014 – Fellowship of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences 2015 – National Kidney Foundation’s International Distinguished Medal 2015 – Aubrey J Tingle Research Award from the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research 2025 – The King Charles III Coronation Medal

Selected publications

Co-author of textbook: “Chronic Kidney Disease: a practical guide to understanding and management”,