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Shaf Keshavjee

ResearcherThoracic SurgeryUniversity of Toronto

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Shaf Keshavjee

Researcher

Thoracic Surgery

Health Sciences

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Supervision signals

Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
173 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 29 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 12 research grants (10 CIHR, 2 SSHRC), most recently in 2025.
Supervised 2 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2015.

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Academic metrics

396

Publications

776

Citations

h-index

128

Collaborators

Grants

Publications by year

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Research

Lung Transplantation Biomarkers Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion Acute Lung Injury Gene Therapy Chronic Rejection Crispr Interleukin (Il)-10

Latest papers

The effect of a 2-surgeon review system on donor offers in lung transplantation at a high-volume center.
The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2026
Long-term outcomes and patterns of failure in patients with thymic malignancies treated with surgery and radiation therapy.
Cancer · 2026
Expanding Remote Patient Monitoring for Pre-Lung Transplant Candidates With Interstitial Lung Disease.
Clinical transplantation · 2026

All 396 publications

Latest funding

Whole organ gene editing for immunomodulation in lung transplantation
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$1,071,000
Optimal Clinical and Geographic Placement of Integrated Community Health Services Centres: An Integrated Mixed Methods Approach
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$481,952
Genetic Engineering of Lungs to Create Universal Blood Type Donor Organs
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$1,101,600

All 29 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 396 publications.

The effect of a 2-surgeon review system on donor offers in lung transplantation at a high-volume center.

Gil-Barturen M, Yamamoto H, Pessoa BM, Da Silva N, Wakeam E, Yeung JC, Pierre A, de Perrot M, Yasufuku K, Waddell TK, Shelton C, Donahoe L, Keshavjee S, Cypel M

The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2026.08.025 PMID: 42680010

Long-term outcomes and patterns of failure in patients with thymic malignancies treated with surgery and radiation therapy.

Icht O, Nardi-Agmon I, Thavendiranathan P, Keshavjee S, Agrawal A, Miro JM, Badran O, Liu G, Ye XY, Cho BCJ, Bezjak A, Hope A

Cancer2026

DOI: 10.1002/cncr.70595 PMID: 42691203

Expanding Remote Patient Monitoring for Pre-Lung Transplant Candidates With Interstitial Lung Disease.

Wickerson L, De Mori T, Chowdhury N, Chaparro C, Marks N, Keshavjee S, Sidhu A

Clinical transplantation2026

DOI: 10.1111/ctr.70657 PMID: 42656123

Non-Aspergillus fumigatus mould infections in lung transplant recipients: an international, multicentre, case-control study.

Henry B, Walti LN, Kothari S, Bitterman R, Beeckmans H, Vos R, Cano A, Ruiz-Arabi E, de la Torre Cisneros J, Geisler Crone C, Perch M, Bodén E, Lindstedt S, Tyagi V, Kabbani D, Hirji A, Russelli G, Mularoni A, Luong ML, Viani M, Armati M, Bennett D, Martinu T, Keshavjee S, Husain S

The Lancet. Microbe2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.lanmic.2026.101352 PMID: 42419340

Metabolomic atlas of ischemia-reperfusion injury in human lung transplants: Mitochondrial stress and primary graft dysfunction.

Liang L, Zhao Y, Wang A, Zhu B, Hsin MK, Cypel M, Keshavjee S, Liu M

American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.ajt.2026.04.007 PMID: 42173490

The American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) 2026 Expert Consensus Document: Guidelines for donor/recipient size-matching in lung transplantation.

Chang S, Geraci T, Stokes JW, Ahmad U, Catarino P, Ceulemans LJ, Cypel M, Halloran K, Haney J, Hartwig MG, Keshavjee S, Lemaitre P, Novoa N, Puri V, Sato M, Schaheen LW, Whitson B, Hoetzenecker K

The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2026.03.620 PMID: 42086167

MetaboSense: An Integrated Quantum Dot-Mediated Aptamer Assay and Modular Microfluidic Platform for Continuous In-Line Monitoring of Lung Metabolism During Ex Vivo Perfusion.

Srikant S, Keshavarz Motamed P, Borrillo T, Ronen L, Siebiger G, Garza G, Abouali H, Fattah MFA, Jaber I, Ban D, Cypel M, Liu M, Keshavjee S, Sage AT, Poudineh M

Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2026

DOI: 10.1002/advs.77123 PMID: 42593849

Impact of ex vivo lung perfusion evaluation on donation after circulatory death in lung transplantation.

Gil-Barturen M, Donahoe L, de Perrot M, Yasufuku K, Pierre A, Wakeam E, Waddell TK, Keshavjee S, Cypel M, Yeung JC

JTCVS techniques2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.xjtc.2026.102416 PMID: 42577007

Outcomes of lung transplantation using TorEx ex-vivo lung perfusion.

Yamamoto H, Ali A, Siebiger G, Wakeam E, Donahoe L, Yeung JC, Pierre A, de Perrot M, Yasufuku K, Waddell TK, Keshavjee S, Cypel M

JHLT open2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jhlto.2026.100615 PMID: 42499651

Advancing Organ Preservation and Perfusion: Introducing the International Society of Organ Preservation and Perfusion Therapy (ISOPPT).

Battula NR, Romagnoli R, Patrono D, Keshavjee S, Ghinolfi D, Tullius S, Hessheimer A, Guarrera J, Mas V, Oniscu G, Oltean M, Tchantchaleishvili V, Tang Q, Clavien PA, Martins PN

Artificial organs2026

DOI: 10.1111/aor.70179 PMID: 42310847

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Shaf Keshavjee

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

The effect of a 2-surgeon review system on donor offers in lung transplantation at a high-volume center.

Long-term outcomes and patterns of failure in patients with thymic malignancies treated with surgery and radiation therapy.

Expanding Remote Patient Monitoring for Pre-Lung Transplant Candidates With Interstitial Lung Disease.

Non-Aspergillus fumigatus mould infections in lung transplant recipients: an international, multicentre, case-control study.

Metabolomic atlas of ischemia-reperfusion injury in human lung transplants: Mitochondrial stress and primary graft dysfunction.

The American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) 2026 Expert Consensus Document: Guidelines for donor/recipient size-matching in lung transplantation.

MetaboSense: An Integrated Quantum Dot-Mediated Aptamer Assay and Modular Microfluidic Platform for Continuous In-Line Monitoring of Lung Metabolism During Ex Vivo Perfusion.

Impact of ex vivo lung perfusion evaluation on donation after circulatory death in lung transplantation.

Outcomes of lung transplantation using TorEx ex-vivo lung perfusion.

Advancing Organ Preservation and Perfusion: Introducing the International Society of Organ Preservation and Perfusion Therapy (ISOPPT).

Frequent collaborators

Marcelo Cypel

Mingyao Liu

Tereza Martinu

Kazuhiro Yasufuku

Stephen Juvet

Jonathan Yeung

Lorenzo Del Sorbo

Shahid Husain

Aizhou Wang

Eddy Fan

Atul Humar

David Hwang

Chung-Wai Chow

Thomas Waddell

Deepali Kumar

Elliot Wakeam

Lianne Singer

John Granton

George Tomlinson

Andrew Hope

Andrew Sage

Geoffrey Liu

Andrew Healey

Farid Foroutan

Ciaran Joseph Scallan

Kjetil Ask

Wael Hanna

Jim Hu

Martin Rainer Kolb

Martin Post

David Wishart

Lori West

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Mélanie Levasseur

Seema Mital

Christine Bear

David Hedley

Heather Ross

Robert Fowler

Francois Lamontagne