Gregory Hundemer

Dr. Hundemer is a Scientist in the Inflammation and Chronic Disease Program at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine with cross-appointment in the School of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Ottawa, and a staff nephrologist at the Ottawa Hospital. He received his M.D. from Vanderbilt University (2007) and M.P.H. from Johns Hopkins University (2011). Following medical school, he served 4 years as a flight surgeon in the United States Air Force. He then completed his internal medicine residency at Massachusetts General Hospital (2015) and nephrology fellowship at the combined Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham & Women’s Hospital Joint Nephrology Fellowship Program (2018). He has received a number of research honors including the John H. Laragh Research Award, University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine Early Career Clinical Researcher of the Year, University of Ottawa Department of Medicine Early Career Research Award, Hypertension Canada Jacques de Champlain New Investigator Award, Canadian Society of Nephrology New Investigator Award, KRESCENT New Investigator Award, and the International Aldosterone Society Young Investigator Award. His research has been funded by CIHR, NIH, Kidney Foundation of Canada, TOHAMO, and the Lorna Jocelyn Wood Chair for Kidney Research. He also currently serves as Co-Chair for the Hypertension Canada Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee.