Dr David Harriman MD

Dr. David Harriman is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Urologic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine. He is a full-time kidney transplant surgeon-scientist, with a background in professional athletics and interests in clinical initiatives to improve outcomes for kidney transplant recipients. Dr Harriman provides pre‐transplant, surgical care and post‐transplant management of this complex patient population within a multidisciplinary, team environment. He is active in all aspect of kidney and pancreas transplantation with special interests in transplantation of kidneys from marginal donors and transplantation of medically and surgically high-risk recipients.

Dr. Harriman’s main research objective, in collaboration with established basic scientists at the Vancouver Prostate Center, is focused on elucidating molecular mechanism contributing to renal allograft dysfunction with the goal of identifying novel biomarkers of rejection and ischemia / reperfusion injury to be used for diagnostic and therapeutic targeting. Dr. Harriman also has interests in the human microbiome and how it relates to kidney health and disease with the goal of understanding how the urinary microbiome modulates immune response.