Patrick Parfrey
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Patrick Parfrey, OC, MD (b. 1950) is a Canadian nephrologist and clinical epidemiologist. Dr. Parfrey is an internationally known scientist and clinical epidemiologist. In addition, he has provided leadership to the sport of rugby, coaching teams at the local (Swilers RFC), provincial (Newfoundland Rock) and national (Canada) levels and serving as president of Rugby Canada.
Academics
Dr. Parfrey graduated from University College Cork in 1975 with a first class honours degree in Medicine. He was awarded an MD in 1980.
After working in Cork, London and Montreal, Dr. Parfrey and his family eventually settled at Memorial University of Newfoundland. In 1984 he was appointed assistant professor of Medicine. He became chief of the Division of Nephrology in 1987, chief of the division of Clinical Epidemiology and professor of Medicine in 1993. His research interests include the genetic and clinical epidemiology of inherited diseases, patient-related problems in nephrology and healthcare delivery research. He has published over 200 original articles and contributed to many books.
Dr. Parfrey received the Canada Institute of Health Research Distinguished Scientist Award in 2000 and the Medal for Research Excellence from the Kidney Foundation of Canada in 2002. He was named an Officer to the Order of Canada in 2004.
Rugby Union
Parfrey started playing rugby at age 13 at the CBC in his native Cork. He played his club rugby for the University College of Cork (UCC), London Irish, Montreal Irish and The Swilers in Newfoundland. Between 1970-77 he played in all of Munster's games, including the game when the Munster side drew 3-3 with the New Zealand All-Blacks in 1973. He was the coach who lead London Irish to the club’s first ever Cup Final in 1980. He left London Irish in 1982 and moved to Montreal, where he coached Montreal Irish. He then become coach of the Canadian National side and led them to the 1999 Rugby World Cup. He also led Canada to victory in the Pacific Rim championship in 1997 and 1998. He later became the President of the Canadian RFU, and is still a Director. More recently he coached the Newfoundland Rock team and won the Rugby Canada Super League.
His honours are Munster Cup with UCC (1976), County Championship with Middlesex, Canadian National Championships 2005 & 2006 with the Newfoundland Rock as coach.
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Acknowledgement and Attribution Regarding Sources of Content
Some of the initial content on this page may be incorporated in part from copyleft sources in the public domain including wikis such as Wikipedia and AskDrWiki. Drug information for patients came from the The National Library of Medicine. Infectious disease information may have come from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Differential Diagnoses are drawn from clinicians as well as an amalgamation of 3 sources: 1.The Disease Database; 2. Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:3; 3. Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:7 .
