1. Shaf Keshavjee is a Canadian surgeon and the current surgeon-in-chief at University Health Network in Toronto, the director of the Toronto Lung Transplant Program, as well as a clinical scientist and professor with the University of Toronto.
11 Facts About Shaf Keshavjee
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Shaf Keshavjee's work has allowed for an increase in the number of available donor lungs.
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In 1985, Shaf Keshavjee completed his medical degree at the University of Toronto.
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Shaf Keshavjee did a comprehensive surgical internship at the Mount Sinai Hospital in 1986.
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Shaf Keshavjee has served on the board of directors of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, the Canadian Society of Transplantation, and on the Governing Council of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery.
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On February 6,2013, Shaf Keshavjee was inducted into the Order of Ontario.
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Shaf Keshavjee has received two Queen's Jubilee medals in recognition for his work.
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On December 26,2014, Shaf Keshavjee was made an officer of the Order of Canada.
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At TED MED 2010, Shaf Keshavjee gave a talk entitled 'Can a human lung breathe outside the body in which he addressed the process of repairing organs outside the human body.
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Shaf Keshavjee's work has demonstrated that immunosuppression related to transplantation leads to an altered expression of the transgene, and immunosuppression will lead to the prolonged-expression of the transgene.
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Shaf Keshavjee currently serves as the director of the Toronto Lung Transplant Program, a University of Toronto program that spans across UHN and the Hospital for Sick Children.