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Shyam Maharaj

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Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct)MedicineMcMaster University

Shyam Maharaj

Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct)

Medicine

Faculty of Health Sciences

McMaster University

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

In this role since 2017

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Adjunct, part-time and visiting faculty usually co-supervise alongside a core faculty member.
No graduate courses on record.
5 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.

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295

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Contact

maharass@mcmaster.ca (905) 522-4941 ext. 39998

Research

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27 publications.

Study protocol for a multiarm, randomized controlled trial to determine the effectiveness of community-based frailty rehabilitation to improve physical function in older adults: The OPTIMAL Fitness Trial

Papaioannou A, Kennedy C, Lee J, Hewston P, McArthur C, Maharaj S, Adachi J, Boulos P, Bobba R, Rabinovich A

PLoS ONE2026

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0343338

Pharmacotherapy: Safe Prescribing and Adverse Drug Events

Hirsch CH, Maharaj S, Bourgeois JA

2024

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-47802-4_5

The Geras virtual frailty rehabilitation program to build resilience in older adults with frailty during COVID-19: a randomized feasibility trial

Okpara C, Ioannidis G, Thabane L, Adachi JD, Rabinovich A, Hewston P, Lee J, McArthur C, Kennedy C, Woo T

Pilot and Feasibility Studies202315 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s40814-023-01346-7 PMID: W4384524944

GERAS VIRTUAL FRAILTY REHABILITATION PROGRAM FOR FRAIL OLDER ADULTS: A PILOT RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL

Papaioannou A, Okpara C, Hewston P, Thabane L, Adachi JD, Rabinovich A, Lee J, Mcarthur C, Kennedy C, Woo T

Aging clinical and experimental research2023

Psychotoxicity of Immunomodulators: Corticosteroids, Mycophenolate, Tacrolimus, Cyclophosphamide, and Hydroxychloroquine

Pasyk S, Maharaj S, Bourgeois JA

20221 citations

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-84740-1_14

Circulating fibrocytes are not disease-specific prognosticators in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Stewart ID, Nanji H, Figueredo G, Fahy WA, Maher TM, Ask AJ, Maharaj S, Ask K, Kolb M, Jenkins GR

European Respiratory Journal202113 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00172-2021 PMID: W3139062550

Use of Antipsychotics and Benzodiazepines in Dementia: A Push Down the Hill of Frailty?

Maharaj S, Dam L, Hategan A, Crowson J

2020First author

Circulating fibrocytes can identify people with a poor prognosis in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Stewart ID, Nanji H, Figueredo G, Fahy WA, Maher TM, Ask AJ, Maharaj S, Ask K, Kolb M, Jenkins GR

2020

DOI: 10.1101/2020.06.05.20123406

Pharmacotherapy: Safe Prescribing and Adverse Drug Events.

Hirsch C, Maharaj S, Bourgeois J

2018

The Chief Adverse Effects of Medications

Hirsch CH, Maharaj S, Bourgeois JA

20167 citations

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-30346-8_12

Courses taught

Advanced Topics in Pharmacology
PHARMAC 4AA3 · last taught 2026
Undergraduate
Introduction to Pharmacology
PHARMAC 3A06A · last taught 2024
Undergraduate