Kam Shojania, University of British Columbia
Clinical Professor
Rheumatology
Vancouver, British Columbia
shojania@vch.ca
Office:
(604) 682-2344 ext. 66171
(604) 806-9400
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Dr. Kam Shojania is a leader in the field of rheumatology. His research specialty is the efficacy of different medications on the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis.
Dr. Shojania graduated from the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of...
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Dr. Shojania graduated from the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of...
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Bio/Research
Dr. Kam Shojania is a leader in the field of rheumatology. His research specialty is the efficacy of different medications on the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis.
Dr. Shojania graduated from the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Medicine in 1989 and interned at the University of Manitoba. He was a resident in internal medicine and then chief medical resident at the University of British Columbia. After serving as a fellow in rheumatology at UBC, he joined the University’s Faculty of Medicine as 1995. One year later, he was named Medical Director of the Vancouver Pain Clinic, a position he held for five years. He was awarded the Clinical Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching from the UBC Faculty of Medicine in 2003.
The Arthritis Society awarded Dr. Shojania a Clinician Teacher Award in 2001 to improve the teaching curriculum in rheumatology and attract new recruits to the field. As part of this five-year grant, Dr. Shojania set up a rheumatology teaching Web site to inform and educate medical students and residents about rheumatology.
In addition to his research, Dr. Shojania has a limited private practice at St. Paul's Hospital and was the director of Clinical Trials with the Arthritis Research Centre of Canada from 2000 to 20006 and continues to do clinical trials there. He is Head of Rheumatology at both St. Paul's Hospital and Vancouver General Hospital.
A frequent lecturer, media guest and conference participant on the subject of arthritis, Dr. Shojania has made presentations across North America and Europe. He has also authored articles and book chapters on the treatment of arthritis.
At UBC, Dr. Shojania is Head of Rhematology and serves as the Postgraduate Program Director for Rheumatology. He is Chair of the Rheumatology Post Graduate Fellowship Committee and is a past member of the Clinical Research Ethics Board. He is a fellow with the American College of Rheumatology, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the Canadian Rheumatology Association, where he sits on the Education, Scientific and Abstract Selection Committees. He is a member of the Canadian Rheumatology Research Consortium.
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Dr. Shojania graduated from the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Medicine in 1989 and interned at the University of Manitoba. He was a resident in internal medicine and then chief medical resident at the University of British Columbia. After serving as a fellow in rheumatology at UBC, he joined the University’s Faculty of Medicine as 1995. One year later, he was named Medical Director of the Vancouver Pain Clinic, a position he held for five years. He was awarded the Clinical Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching from the UBC Faculty of Medicine in 2003.
The Arthritis Society awarded Dr. Shojania a Clinician Teacher Award in 2001 to improve the teaching curriculum in rheumatology and attract new recruits to the field. As part of this five-year grant, Dr. Shojania set up a rheumatology teaching Web site to inform and educate medical students and residents about rheumatology.
In addition to his research, Dr. Shojania has a limited private practice at St. Paul's Hospital and was the director of Clinical Trials with the Arthritis Research Centre of Canada from 2000 to 20006 and continues to do clinical trials there. He is Head of Rheumatology at both St. Paul's Hospital and Vancouver General Hospital.
A frequent lecturer, media guest and conference participant on the subject of arthritis, Dr. Shojania has made presentations across North America and Europe. He has also authored articles and book chapters on the treatment of arthritis.
At UBC, Dr. Shojania is Head of Rhematology and serves as the Postgraduate Program Director for Rheumatology. He is Chair of the Rheumatology Post Graduate Fellowship Committee and is a past member of the Clinical Research Ethics Board. He is a fellow with the American College of Rheumatology, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the Canadian Rheumatology Association, where he sits on the Education, Scientific and Abstract Selection Committees. He is a member of the Canadian Rheumatology Research Consortium.
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