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Mark Elliott

Clinical Assistant Professor
Academic Appointment
Clinical Assistant Professor
Research Focus
Kidneys and Urinary SystemKidney Disease Genetic Testing
Contact Info
mark.elliott1@phc.ca
604-681-7191

Biography

Dr. Mark Elliott is a clinician investigator at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver where he focuses on genetic kidney disorders and chronic kidney disease care. After completing his nephrology fellowship training at the University of Calgary, he pursued a fellowship in precision medicine and the genetics of nephrology at Columbia University in New York. His clinical and research focus has been on studying and improving the clinical outcomes of people with genetic kidney disorders which has led him to develop a provincial scope adult kidney genetics clinic in British Columbia.

News and Awards

Innovation and Translational Research Awards 2026 Recipients

Jun 9, 2026

Publications

  • The Journal of clinical investigation -

    Increased risk of kidney failure in patients with genetic kidney disorders.

    Elliott MD, Vena N, Marasa M, Cocchi E, Bheda S, Bogyo K, Shang N, Zanoni F, Verbitsky M, Wang C, Kolupaeva V, Jin G, Sofer M, Gras Pena R, Canetta PA, Bomback AS, Guay-Woodford LM, Hou J, Gillespie BW, Robinson BM, Klein JB, Rheault MN, Smoyer WE, Greenbaum LA, Holzman LB, Falk RJ, Parsa A, Sanna-Cherchi S, Mariani LH, Kretzler M, Kiryluk K, Gharavi AG,
  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN -

    Clinical and Genetic Characteristics of CKD Patients with High-Risk APOL1 Genotypes.

    Elliott MD, Marasa M, Cocchi E, Vena N, Zhang JY, Khan A, Krishna Murthy S, Bheda S, Milo Rasouly H, Povysil G, Kiryluk K, Gharavi AG
  • Canadian journal of kidney health and disease -

    Mainstreaming Genetic Testing for Adult Patients With Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease.

    Elliott MD, James LC, Simms EL, Sharma P, Girard LP, Cheema K, Elliott MJ, Lauzon JL, Chun J
  • Nature reviews. Nephrology -

    Gene-disease relationships for glomerular phenotypes: expert recommendations from ClinGen.

    Byrne AB, Li AS, Chung EYM, Edoh E, Dziadzio H, Ajuyah P, Ars E, Caliskan Y, Dirim AB, Elliott MD, Gupta A, Jayasinghe K, Mallett AJ, Ratliff JC, Sampson MG, Savige J, Schlondorff JS, Stark Z, Webb RF, Wilson PC, Wongboonsin J, , Pollak MR, McCarthy HJ, Quinlan C, Lennon R
  • Annual review of medicine -

    Genetics of Kidney Disease: The Unexpected Role of Rare Disorders.

    Elliott MD, Rasouly HM, Gharavi AG
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