Aliya Khan is a Clinical Professor of Medicine, Divisions of Endocrinology and Metabolism and Geriatrics at McMaster University and Director of the CalciumDisorders Clinic at McMaster University Medical Centre. She is also the Director of the Fellowship program in Metabolic Bone Disease at McMaster University.
She graduated from the University of Ottawa Medical School with Honors. She trained in Internal Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, and Endocrinology at the University of Toronto and also completed a research fellowship in Calcium and Metabolic Bonedisorders at the University of Toronto.
She has published over 200 scientific papers on osteoporosis and parathyroid disease as well as numerous book chapters. She is the Editor of the Handbook of Parathyroid Diseases. She co-chaired the International Workshops on PrimaryHyperparathyroidism as well as the International Workshop on hypoparathyroidism. Dr. Khan is the Chair of the Rapid Response Committee of osteoporosis Canada; a Scientific Advisor of the International OsteoporosisFoundation and Chair of the International Osteonecrosis of the Jaw Task Force.
Dr. Khan has received numerous awards including the International ClinicianInstructor of the Year 2011 award by the International Society of ClinicalDensitometry. 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 by Expertscape as being in the top 0.1% of Experts in Hyperparathyroidism in the World.
In 2020 Dr. Khan was awarded the Osteoporosis Canada Lindy Fraser Award in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the field of osteoporosis research and education.