Research Centre
on Rare and Genetic
Diseases in Adults

Alexis Baass

Director of the Genetic
Dyslipidemias Clinic

Genetic dyslipidemias

The Genetic Dyslipidemias Clinic assesses and treats patients with rare and severe disorders that result in elevated blood cholesterol and/or triglyceride levels that can cause cardiovascular or pancreatic complications.

The clinic’s staff also collaborates on research studies to improve the screening, diagnosis, and treatment of genetic dyslipidemias in order to provide personalized care and reduce cardiovascular and pancreatic complications.

Hugo Chapdelaine

Director of the Primary
Immunodeficiency Clinic

Primary immunodeficiency

The Primary Immunodeficiency Clinic assesses and treats patients with compromised immune systems, resulting in frequent, severe, long-term, or atypical infections, as well as autoimmune manifestations.

Symptoms may appear at any age. In Canada, it is estimated that 13,000 people suffer from this type of disease. The clinic’s staff also collaborates with researchers in the IRCM’s Immunity and Viral Infections research division to better identify patients with immunodeficiencies, understand disease progression, and devise treatments that are appropriate to their condition.

Guillaume Bollée

Director of the Rare
Kidney Diseases Clinic

Rare kidney diseases

The Rare Kidney Diseases Clinic assesses and treats patients with different kidney diseases, including polycystic kidney disease, cystinosis, thrombotic microangiopathies, tubulopathies, tubulointerstitial kidney diseases, and hereditary glomerulopathies.

The research protocols that are carried out mainly focus on new methods of diagnosing, monitoring, and treating kidney diseases, and aim to find better ways to approach disease management.