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Daniel C Cattran, MD, FRCPC (Work Group Co-Chair), is a graduate of the University of Toronto Medical School and completed his postgraduate training both in Toronto, Canada and Sydney, Australia. He is currently a Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto and a senior scientist at the Toronto General Research Institute. His administrative roles have included Chairman of the Royal College of Canada specialty program in nephrology, the renal transplant program of the Toronto General Hospital, and Director of the postgraduate education program in nephrology at the University of Toronto. Dr. Cattran is a member of postgraduate education committee of the American Society of Nephrology and he also currently serves on the KDIGO Board. Dr. Cattran’s major research work has been in field of GN. He was the principal organizer and present Chair of the Toronto Glomerulonephritis Registry, which currently includes over 11,000 cases of biopsy-proven GN. His current research activities also include chairing the steering committee of NEPTUNE, an NIH-sponsored North American Consortium of 15 Centers focused on investigating the molecular mechanisms of the nephrotic syndrome and in particular the histologic variants, MN and FSGS. His own research is currently examining the role of ACTH as new therapy for IMN, and Dr. Cattran is lead investigator of a North American validation study of the new Oxford classification of IgAN. Grant support for his work has come from the Kidney Foundation of Canada, PSI, the National Institutes of Health, and the Canadian Institutes for Health Research. He has published over 190 articles in peer-reviewed journals and has been the principal author of more than 20 book chapters, as well as multiple reviews related to the natural history, outcome, and treatment studies in GN. In recognition of his career in clinical investigation, the Kidney Foundation of Canada recently awarded him their prestigious Medal for Research Excellence. He has also been active in volunteer work, in particular, the Kidney Foundation of Canada and has held a number of positions including the chair of their Medical Advisory Board. The Foundation’s award, ‘‘Volunteer of the Year’’, acknowledged his contributions to this organization. He has also held a number of positions in the Canadian Society of Nephrology, including a term as President.