McMaster University

Keith Lau, MD

Dr. Lau finished his residency in Pediatrics and fellowship training in Pediatric Nephrology in Tennessee, USA. He is board certified in both Pediatrics and Pediatric Nephrology. Before relocating back to Canada, he served as a Faculty member at University of California, Davis. He also served as the Interim Associate Program Director.

Dr. Lau has clinical interests in various kidney diseases related to inflammation, such as lupus nephritis, IgA nephropathy and Henoch-Schonlein purpura nephritis. He also treats children who have hypertension, kidney failure and require dialysis and/or transplant. His research interests focus on identifying the toxin that causes uremia, and to develop a non-invasive way to measure the body water content in patients with kidney failure.

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