Raheem B Kherani

(he/him)

Clinician Investigator, BSc (Pharm), MD, MHPE

 

Appointments

  • Clinical Associate Professor, University of British Columbia, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology 
  • Medical Lead, Intensive Collaborative Arthritis Program at the Mary Pack Arthritis Centre
  • Head, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Richmond Hospital
  • Rheumatologist at West Coast Rheumatology Associates, Richmond, BC

 

Research Interests

  • Medical Education

  • Osteoporosis

  • Sjögren’s Disease

 

Dr. Kherani is a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia and a Clinician Investigator at Arthritis Research Canada. He currently practices as a rheumatologist at West Coast Rheumatology Associates, the GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre and Vancouver General Hospital, and serves as the Division Head of Rheumatology in the Department of Medicine at Richmond Hospital.

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He completed his Pharmacy and Medicine degrees at the University of Alberta with Residency training at the University of Toronto, McMaster University and the University of British Columbia. Dr. Kherani went on to obtain a Masters in Health Professions Education degree at Maastricht University in the Netherlands.

Dr. Kherani is past Program Director of Adult Rheumatology at UBC, past Chair of the Canadian Rheumatology Association Education Committee, and a past member of the Royal College Specialty Committee in Rheumatology.  He is the current Chair of the BC Coalition of Osteoporosis Physicians. He has assisted in the development of Osteoporosis and Sjögren’s Disease initiatives in British Columbia, including Clinical Trials, Fracture Liaison Services and Collaborative Clinics. He is the Medical Lead for the Intensive Collaborative Arthritis Program at the Mary Pack Arthritis Centre.