Rajiv Shah

Dr. Shah is a committed clinician teacher who has invested deeply in many aspects of the MD program curriculum at the University of Toronto, including the development of the Longitudinal Integrated Curriculum (LInC) program, an initiative active during the period 2016-18. As a core specialist, Dr. Shah has become a very versatile teacher, emerging as a subject expert in the area of care for vulnerable populations. These interests include patients with HIV, trans and non-binary patients, immigrants and patients with food insecurity. Dr. Shah served as our undergraduate MD program director 2013-18, during which time he translated many of his teaching initiatives into the online repository (The Hub) as case-based learning materials. During his tenure, he developed the core curriculum for our specialty in the new Foundations curriculum for year 1-2 students, and was most successful in the development of our comprehensive community-based learning network for our clinical clerks. Dr. Shah has worked consistently on his goals with a series of summer students, resulting in a number of national level publications in JOGC, and international-level presentations related to undergraduate MD education.