[ Metabolic
Bone Disease
]
*
Professor of Clinical Medicine, Divisions
of Endocrinology and Geriatrics, McMaster University.
* Director
Calcium Disorders Clinic, St. Joseph's Health
care, McMaster University.
Dr. Khan is a Clinical Professor of Medicine, Divisions of Endocrinology and Geriatrics at McMaster University. She is the Director of the Calcium Disorders Clinic at St. Joseph’s Healthcare, McMaster University and the founding Chair of the Canadian Panel of the International Society of Clinical Densitometry, (ISCD) and past Chair of the ISCD Certification Council. Dr. Khan is a member of the Scientific Advisory Council of the Osteoporosis Society of Canada. She graduated with honors from the University Of Ottawa Medical School. She obtained post-graduate training in Internal Medicine, Geriatric Medicine and Endocrinology at the University of Toronto and completed a clinical research fellowship in Metabolic Bone Diseases at St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto.
She has published over 80 scientific papers on osteoporosis and parathyroid bone disease. She led the development of the first Canadian standards papers on the practice of bone densitometry in men, pre and postmenopausal women and children. She also led the development of the first Canadian position paper on the management of primary hyperparathyroidism. Dr. Khan co chaired the Third International Workshop on Primary Hyperparathyroidism held in 2008. Dr. Khan chaired the Canadian ONJ Task force and is leading the Canadian survey evaluating bisphosphonate use and ONJ.
Dr Khan is the editorial consultant for the American College of Physicians - Hypercalcemia module. She is a member of the editorial board and reviewer for numerous medical journals. She is a consultant and grant reviewer for the Ontario Ministry of Health. She has been a frequent guest at TV and radio shows and has made numerous presentations covered in the print media on osteoporosis and other bone diseases. She is frequently invited as a speaker and Chair at national and international scientific meetings.
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