Dr. Aliya Aziz Khan is a clinical professor of medicine, director of a calcium disorders clinic, and founding director of a metabolic bone disease fellowship program. A graduate of University of Ottawa’s medical school, she trained in internal medicine, geriatric medicine, and endocrinology at the University of Toronto. She has over 200 scientific publications on osteoporosis and parathyroid disease. She co-founded the Canadian Endocrine update, a national endocrine symposium. If the field of primary hyperparathyroidism, she was recognized in 2019 as being in the top 0.1% of the world experts by Expertscape, she chaired the first Canadian guidelines, co-chaired three international workshops, and in 2022 led the development of global guidelines that were endorsed by 65 international societies. She has led and participated in numerous randomized trials. She is a an activist and humintarian.
Dr Catherine Clase completed degrees in pathology and in medicine at Christ’s College, Cambridge, UK, and trained in internal medicine (Memorial University of Newfoundland), nephrology and health research methodology (McMaster University). Between 1997 and 2001 she was an assistant professor at Dalhousie University. She is a professor of medicine: her research interests centre on chronic kidney disease, and in 2018 she was awarded the Dr John B Dossetor Research Award by the Kidney Foundation of Canada. In 2019 she co-chaired the KDIGO potassium controversies conference. She is an experienced editor and peer reviewer. Clinically, she is a medical lead for transitioning young people with kidney disease from pediatric to adult practice. She advocates for the use of masks in healthcare, workplaces, and institutions, to prevent the acute and chronic loss of health associated with recurrent COVID-19 infection, and is editor-in-chief of the website www.maskevidence.org. As part of a team, she coordinated the donation of several containers of humanitarian aid to Uganda and Ukraine.
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