Ratna Samanta

Dr. Ratna Samanta is an Assistant Professor at McGill University, and the MGH Site Clerkship Director for the Internal Medicine Program. She obtained her Masters in Epidemiology at Yale University, then completed her training in Glomerular Diseases at the University of Toronto. After joining McGill, Dr. Samanta initiated the MUHC Glomerulonephritis clinic in 2016 and currently serves as the Nephrology consultant for the McGill Lupus Clinic. Dr. Samanta is the McGill principal investigator for the Canadian Glomerulonephritis Registry, a recent initiative with the aim to personalize diagnosis and therapies for glomerular diseases, as well as several other trials looking at various consequences of glomerular disease. Dr. Samanta has also worked in conjunction with NephCure, a charitable organization devoted to patients with glomerular diseases, to organize a very successful Montreal-based patient conference to heighten patients' understanding of glomerular disease and treatment opportunities.