Dr. William McCready

Dr. William McCready is a retired clinical nephrologist who provided specialized kidney care to the patients of Northwestern Ontario for almost 40 years. He is especially proud to have helped to establish the multi-discipline renal team at what is now the Thunder Bay Regional Academic Health Sciences Centre and to have advocated for and overseen the start of satellite dialysis units in Sioux Lookout and Fort Frances. He has taught medical students and residents since the first year he arrived and went on to have administrative roles in the Northwestern Ontario Medical Program, including serving as its last chair before the arrival of NOSM University. Dr. McCready was formerly NOSM University’s Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs and Senior Associate Dean at Lakehead University. The experience he gained at NOSM lead to his serving as interim President and CEO of the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre for nine months.

Bill has also served on the board of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario where he sat on their Discipline, Fitness to Practice and Quality Assurance committees.