Edward Keystone

Biography

Dr. Keystone is a professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto. He is a Senior Consultant in Rheumatology at Mount Sinai Hospital and founder of the Arthritis and Autoimmunity Research Centre (AARC), a multidisciplinary research centre devoted to epidemiological and translational research studies in autoimmue diseases at the University Health Network. Dr. Keystone obtained his Doctorate of Medicine degree from the University of Toronto in 1969.  After a further five years of training in Rheumatology, he received his specialty degrees (or fellowships) in Rheumatology and Internal Medicine in 1974.  He then carried out his research training at the Clinical Research Centre in Harrow, London, UK until 1976.  He was on staff as a consultant rheumatologist at The Wellesley Central Hospital, Toronto, Canada from 1976 to 1998 before taking up his current position at Mount Sinai Hospital. Dr. Keystone is Founder and Chairman of the Canadian Rheumatology Research Consortium (CRRC), a national network of academic and community rheumatologists devoted to enhancing the scope and efficiency of clinical trials in Canada which ultimately improves access of new therapies to patients with arthritis. In 2003, he established The Rebecca Macdonald Centre for Arthritis and Autoimmune Disease – a centre devoted to research of genomics, therapeutics, and outcomes in autoimmune inflammatory joint disease.  He is Director of the Centre and heads the Advanced Therapeutics Division which focuses on novel therapeutics in Rheumatoid Arthritis. Dr. Keystone is a consultant to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry, and is a member of numerous national and international biopharmaceutical advisory boards. He is also engaged in laboratory research studies of immune system abnormalities in Rheumatoid Arthritis.  He is the author of more than 280 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters.  He has been the recipient of numerous honours, including the Senior Investigator Award of the Canadian Rheumatology Association and the American College of Rheumatology’s Grand Master Award in 2008. Dr. Keystone also received a Lifetime Excellence in Rheumatology Teaching Award at the Rheumatology Winter Clinical Symposium Conference in January 2011 as well as the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology Outstanding Speaker Award in the spring of 2011.  In 2012, he was chosen as “Alumni of Influence” by the University College of The University of Toronto, Canada and in 2014 was awarded “Rheumatologist of the Year”, by the Ontario Rheumatology Association. 

Research Interest

 Medicine