Name Jawahar Kalra | ||
Born April 2, 1949 Aligarh, India Occupation PhysicianProfessor of Pathology Known for Research, Teaching, Quality Health Care Advocacy, Health Care Administration, Volunteerism Awards RBC Top 25 Immigrant Awards 2013Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee MedalSaskatchewan Health Research Foundation Achievement Award in Clinical Research Organization University of Saskatchewan Alma mater | ||
Jawahar Kalra, MD, PhD, FRCPC, FCAHS (born 1949) is a heart researcher, educator, and physician. He is a Professor of Pathology at the University of Saskatchewan, a clinical scientist, and health system administrator.
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Biography
Born in Aligarh, India, he began his post-secondary studies at the Aligarh Muslim University earning a BSc in Chemistry and Biology in 1967 followed by his MSc in Biochemistry in 1969. He joined All India Institute of Medical Sciences as a junior research fellow in Biochemistry in 1969. He continued his studies at Memorial University in Newfoundland earning a MSc degree in 1972, a PhD in 1976, and his MD in 1981. He did residency training at the University of Ottawa and was the senior resident in the Departments of Medicine and Laboratory Medicine at Ottawa Civic and Ottawa General Hospitals.
In 1985 he accepted a position with the Department of Pathology at the University of Saskatchewan and Royal University Hospital.
He served as the Head of the Department of Pathology in the College of Medicine (1991-2000) and Head of the Department of Laboratory Medicine for the Saskatoon Health Region (1994-2000). Kalra also served as President of the Canadian Association of Medical Biochemists (1993–95), Intersociety Council of Laboratory Medicine (1994–96), Canadian Chairs of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (1995-2000), Canadian Association of Pathologists (1999-2000), and of the American College of Angiology (2004). He was a founding member (1991) and Director (1998-2000) of the Saskatchewan Stroke Research Centre.
Kalra specialised in thyroid-function testing techniques, as well as total quality management and lean transformation strategies. His other research is in applied biochemistry related to oxygen free radicals in various diseases including heart failure and atherosclerosis.