Kam Shojania
Clinical Professor
Rheumatology
Augurex Life Sciences Corp.
Canada
Biography
Dr. Kam Shojania is a Clinical Professor and the Head of the Division of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine at University of British Columbia (UBC), where he also holds the position of Rheumatology Postgraduate Program Director. Dr. Shojania is also Chief of Rheumatology at St. Paul’s Hospital and Vancouver General Hospital. He is a graduate from UBC medical school where he also completed his specialty training in Internal Medicine and his fellowship in Rheumatology. Dr. Shojania is an investigator at Arthritis Research Canada (ARC) in Vancouver and is the former Director of Clinical Trials at ARC. He was a founding member and Director of the Canadian Rheumatology Research Consortium and has been involved in a number of clinical trials in the areas of rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus and ankylosing spondylitis. Dr. Shojania’s previous awards include a Clinician-Teacher Award from The Arthritis Society and a UBC Faculty of Medicine Award for Excellence in Teaching. He is a recipient of the UBC Master Teacher Award, the Howard Stein Award and the Canadian Rheumatology Association Teacher-Educator Award. He has been an invited speaker at over 60 national and international meetings. Dr. Shojania has 82 publications and six book chapters including the area of laboratory testing of the rheumatic diseases.
Research Interest
Rheumatology
