Prof. Aliya Khan

Prof. Aliya Khan is a Clinical Professor of Medicine, Divisions of Endocrinology and Metabolism and Geriatrics at McMaster University. She is the Director of the Calcium Disorders Clinic as well as the Fellowship in Metabolic Bone Disease at McMaster University. She graduated from the University of Ottawa Medical School with Honors and completed postgraduate training at the University of Toronto. She has published over 200 scientific papers on osteoporosis and parathyroid disease as well as numerous book chapters and books on parathyroid disease. She co-chaired the International Workshop on hypoparathyroidism. Prof.  Khan is the Chair of the Rapid Response Committee of Osteoporosis Canada; a Scientific Advisor of the International Osteoporosis Foundation and the Canadian Ambassador for the American Society of Bone and Mineral Research. Prof. Khan has been recognized by numerous national and international awards including the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal for 2012 for excellence in clinical care, research and teaching as well as the International Hypoparathyroidism Award for 2014 and the International Osteoporosis Foundation award for publishing excellence in 2017. In 2019 she was recognized as being in the top 0.1% of the world experts in hyperparathyroidism by Expertscape.
In 2020 she was recognized for her outstanding contributions to the field of osteoporosis research and education in Canada by Osteoporosis Canada and awarded the Lindy Fraser award.