Primary Job Title Co-Founder of Technology, Clinical Team & CMO Primary Organization Health Logic Interactive
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Dr. Claudio Rigatto is a Kidney Disease specialist and Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Manitoba, as well as the Academic Director of the Chronic Disease Innovation Centre. As a clinician, Dr. Rigatto deeply engaged in the care of patients with CKD or on dialysis, with a focus on home treatments of kidney disease. As a
researcher, Dr. Rigatto has deep expertise in biomarkers, risk prediction, and virtual care methods. His research program is focused on developing and implementing technologies to help patients self-manage complex health conditions at home.
He has developed POC tests (with Dr Lin) for early detection and risk prediction in CKD, as well as tablet based tools to monitor patient health status at home (telemonitoring). He has published over 180 peer-reviewed articles, and has presented at numerous national and international meetings.
In addition to his clinical and academic work, he currently serves as President-Elect of the Canadian Society of Nephrology, Associate Editor for the Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease, and as investigator and subcommittee co-chair of the Can-SOLVE-CKD network of patient oriented research programs. He received his medical training at the University of Manitoba, including a BSc. in Medicine and at Memorial University in Newfoundland where he received his MSc. in Medicine.
