Khursheed Jeejeebhoy
Dr. Khursheed Jeejeebhoy received his medical degree from the Christian Medical College Hospital in Vellore, India in 1959. Dr. Jeejeebhoy is the Division Director of Gastroenterology at the University of Toronto and the Toronto General Hospital as well as the Director of Nutrition Support and staff physician at St. Michael’s Hospital. He is also a Emeritus Professor of Medicine, cross appointed to the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Toronto.
Dr. Jeejeebhoy has published over 500 peer-reviewed articles, abstracts and book chapters over his career. He served on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition and the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and as Medical Consultant to the Nutrition Post from 1994-1996. He is currently a contributor to the Medical Post and on the editorial board of Nature , Gastroenterology and Hepatology.
He has received numerous awards throughout his career including the McCollom award from the American Society of Clinical Nutrition, the British Society of Gastroenterology, a Research Awards from the Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, and the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology and Distinguished Service Award from the Ontario Association of Gastroenterology. He has been elected senior member of the Canadian Medical Association.
