Kamran Shojania
Clinical Trialist, Rheumatology, MD, FRCPC![](https://www.arthritisresearch.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/K.Shojania.jpg)
Appointments
- Clinical Professor University of British Columbia, Division of Rheumatology
- Head, Vancouver General Hospital, Division of Rheumatology
- Medical Director, Mary Pack Arthritis Program
Research Interests
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Efficacy of medications on the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, gout and vasculitis
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Health services research
Dr. Kam Shojania is a leader in the field of rheumatology. His research specialty is the efficacy of medications on the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, gout and vasculitis.
Dr. Kam Shojania is a Clinical Professor and the Head of the Division of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine at University of British Columbia (UBC). Dr. Shojania is also Chief of Rheumatology at St. Paul’s Hospital and Vancouver General Hospital. Since 2016, Dr. Shojania is the Medical Director of the Mary Pack Arthritis Program – BC’s Provincial Arthritis Program. Dr. Shojania is a graduate from UBC medical school where he also completed his specialty training in Internal Medicine and his fellowship in Rheumatology. He was appointed to the UBC Department of Medicine in 1995 and was the UBC Postgraduate Program Director in Rheumatology from 2008 to 2017. 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. In addition to his teaching, administrative and research work, Dr. Shojania has a limited private practice at St. Paul’s Hospital and was the director of Clinical Trials with Arthritis Research Canada from 2000 to 2006. He is Head of Rheumatology at both St. Paul’s Hospital and Vancouver General Hospital. Dr. Shojania’s 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, the Fay Dirks Prize for Excellence in Teaching and the Canadian Rheumatology Association Teacher-Educator Award. He has been an invited speaker at over 60 national and international meetings. Dr. Shojania has over 100 publications and six book chapters.Learn more
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