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Alim Hirji

Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Medicine Dept
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Medicine Dept
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ahirji@ualberta.ca

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Area of Study / Keywords

Lung Transplant PFT Weight CLAD Transplant Lung Organ Allocation LAS

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Dr. Alim Hirji is currently appointed as Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry.

Featured Publications

Molecular biopsy features associated with baseline lung allograft dysfunction in a multicenter international cohort

Martina Mackova, Patrick Gauthier, Jessica Chang, Alim Hirji, Justin Weinkauf, Stephen Juvet, Shaf Keshavjee, Jan Havlin, Robert Lischke, Andrea Zajacova, Greg Snell, Glen Westall, Philip F. Halloran, Kieran Halloran

The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2025 November; 10.1016/j.healun.2025.11.005

Reply to ‘Letter to the Editor: “Asbestosis Requiring Lung Transplantation in a Retired Hairdresser: An Occupational Exposure to Comb Through”’

Ruojin Bu, Lakshmi Puttagunta, Alim Hirji

Respirology Case Reports. 2025 October; 10.1002/rcr2.70370

Respiratory Viruses at Time of Lung Transplant and the Relationship to Primary Graft Dysfunction

Laura van den Bosch, Karina Kaur, Rhea Varughese, Alim Hirji, Jason Weatherald, Justin Weinkauf, Dale Lien, Oscar Fernandez Garcia, Carlos Cervera Alvarez, Karen Doucette, Dima Kabbani, Kieran Halloran

Transplant Infectious Disease. 2025 September; 10.1111/tid.70078

Priorities for lung transplantation research: a James Lind Alliance priority-setting partnership between patients, caregivers, and clinicians in Canada

Margret I. Michaels, Kieran Halloran, Lea Harper, Nikki Marks, Celine Bergeron, Basil Nasir, Dima Kabbani, Laura van den Bosch, Alim Hirji, Rhea A. Varughese, Jason Weatherald

JHLT Open. 2025 August; 10.1016/j.jhlto.2025.100349

Asbestosis Requiring Lung Transplantation in a Retired Hairdresser: An Occupational Exposure to Comb Through

Ruojin Bu, Lakshmi Puttagunta, Kieran Halloran, Justin G. Weinkauf, Dale C. Lien, Bryce Laing, Eric Leung, Doug Helmersen, Mitesh V. Thakrar, Alim Hirji

Respirology Case Reports. 2025 July; 10.1002/rcr2.70283

Lung Transplantation From Donors With a History of Substance Use

David Li, Justin Weinkauf, Alim Hirji, Jason Weatherald, Rhea Varughese, Laura van den Bosch, Dale Lien, Jayan Nagendran, Kieran Halloran

Clinical Transplantation. 2025 May; 10.1111/ctr.70162

Health-related Quality of Life and Exercise Capacity in Double Lung Transplant Recipients With Baseline Lung Allograft Dysfunction

Alisha Rullay, Karina Kaur, Jennifer Holman, Laura C. van den Bosch, Justin G. Weinkauf, Jayan Nagendran, Rhea A. Varughese, Alim S. Hirji, Dale C. Lien, Jason C. Weatherald, Kieran M. Halloran

Transplantation Direct. 2025 January; 10.1097/TXD.0000000000001751

Exploring a postoperative alternative to intraoperative therapeutic plasma exchange for sensitized lung transplant recipients

Kieran Halloran, Alim Hirji, Justin Weinkauf, Jayan Nagendran, Patricia Campbell

The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2024 May; 10.1016/j.healun.2024.01.003

Defining a natural killer cell-enriched molecular rejection-like state in lung transplant transbronchial biopsies

Patrick T. Gauthier, Martina Mackova, Alim Hirji, Justin Weinkauf, Irina L. Timofte, Greg I. Snell, Glen P. Westall, Jan Havlin, Robert Lischke, Andrea Zajacová, Jan Simonek, Ramsey Hachem, Daniel Kreisel, Deborah Levine, Bartosz Kubisa, Maria Piotrowska, Stephen Juvet, Shaf Keshavjee, Peter Jaksch, Walter Klepetko, Kieran Halloran, Philip F. Halloran

American Journal of Transplantation. 2023 December; 10.1016/j.ajt.2023.06.003

Updates in Kidney Transplantation From the 2022 Banff-Canadian Society of Transplantation Joint Meeting: Conference Report

Ian Carrigan, Sunita Mathur, Nicholas Bourgeois, Mélanie Dieudé, Daniel Fantus, Patricia Gongal, Anne Halpin, Alim Hirji, Holly Mansell, Caroline Piotrowski, Ruth Sapir-Pichhadze, Amanda J. Vinson

Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease. 2023 January; 10.1177/20543581231209185

The molecular features of chronic lung allograft dysfunction in lung transplant airway mucosa

Kieran Halloran, Martina Mackova, Michael D Parkes, Alim Hirji, Justin Weinkauf, Irina L Timofte, Greg I Snell, Glen P Westall, Robert Lischke, Andrea Zajacova, Jan Havlin, Ramsey Hachem, Daniel Kreisel, Deborah Levine, Bartosz Kubisa, Maria Piotrowska, Stephen Juvet, Shaf Keshavjee, Peter Jaksch, Walter Klepetko, Philip F Halloran

The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2022 December; 10.1016/j.healun.2022.08.014

Successful Long-Term Outcome After Transplantation of Lungs Affected by Smoke Inhalation Injury

Jalal Moolji, Ishrat Gill, Rhea Varughese, Benjamin Adam, Kieran Halloran, Justin Weinkauf, Dale Lien, John Mullen, Alim Hirji

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2022 July; 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.09.045

Pre-transplant malignancy is associated with increased risk of de novo malignancy post-lung transplantation

Sekowski V., Jackson K., Halloran K., Varughese R., Nagendran J., Weinkauf J., Lien D., Hirji A.

RESPIRATORY MEDICINE. 2022 June; 197 10.1016/j.rmed.2022.106855

Pre-transplant malignancy is associated with increased risk of de novo malignancy post-lung transplantation

Viktor Sekowski, Kathy Jackson, Kieran Halloran, Rhea Varughese, Jayan Nagendran, Justin Weinkauf, Dale Lien, Alim Hirji

Respiratory Medicine. 2022 June; 10.1016/j.rmed.2022.106855

Mismatched perfusion defects on routine ventilation‐perfusion scans after lung transplantation

David Li, Jonathan Abele, Parveen Sunner, Rhea Varughese, Alim Hirji, Justin Weinkauf, Jayan Nagendran, Dale Lien, Kieran Halloran

Clinical Transplantation. 2022 June; 10.1111/ctr.14650

Mismatched perfusion defects on routine ventilation-perfusion scans after lung transplantation

Li D., Abele J., Sunner P., Varughese R., Hirji A., Weinkauf J., Nagendran J., Lien D., Halloran K.

CLINICAL TRANSPLANTATION. 2022 June; 36 (6) 10.1111/ctr.14650

Top Molecules Associated With CLAD In Lung Transplants Are Shared Between Mucosal Biopsies, Transbronchial Biopsies, And Kidney Transplant Biopsies At Risk Of Progression

American Transplant Congress. 2022 June;

Acute Lung Injury in Interstitial Lung Disease Is Not Associated Post-Transplant Survival

ISHLT. 2022 April; 10.1016/j.healun.2022.01.1358

Pre-transplant medications and primary graft dysfunction risk in lung transplant recipients

ISHLT. 2022 April; 10.1016/j.healun.2022.01.720

Prognostic value of first post-transplant lung function

ISHLT. 2022 April; 10.1016/j.healun.2022.01.1341

Transcripts associated with chronic lung allograft dysfunction in transbronchial biopsies of lung transplants

Parkes M.D., Halloran K., Hirji A., Pon S., Weinkauf J., Timofte I.L., Snell G.I., Westall G.P., Havlin J., Lischke R., Zajacová A., Hachem R., Kreisel D., Levine D., Kubisa B., Piotrowska M., Juvet S., Keshavjee S., Jaksch P., Klepetko W., Halloran P.F.

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRANSPLANTATION. 2022 April; 22 (4):1054-1072 10.1111/ajt.16895

Transcripts associated with chronic lung allograft dysfunction in transbronchial biopsies of lung transplants

Michael D. Parkes, Kieran Halloran, Alim Hirji, Shane Pon, Justin Weinkauf, Irina L. Timofte, Greg I. Snell, Glen P. Westall, Jan Havlin, Robert Lischke, Andrea Zajacová, Ramsey Hachem, Daniel Kreisel, Deborah Levine, Bartosz Kubisa, Maria Piotrowska, Stephen Juvet, Shaf Keshavjee, Peter Jaksch, Walter Klepetko, Philip F. Halloran

American Journal of Transplantation. 2022 April; 10.1111/ajt.16895

Bilateral Lung Transplant for Treatment of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis With Undetected Lung Adenocarcinoma: A Case Report

Jogiat U.M., Chu Q.S., Nagendran J., Laing B., Hirji A., Adam B.A.

ANTICANCER RESEARCH. 2022 February; 42 (2):1157-1160 10.21873/anticanres.15580

Lung Transplantation from Donors with a History of Substance Use

ISHLT. 2022 January; 10.1016/j.healun.2022.01.1621

Baseline lung allograft dysfunction in primary graft dysfunction survivors after lung transplantation

David Li, Justin Weinkauf, Ali Kapasi, Alim Hirji, Rhea Varughese, Dale Lien, Jayan Nagendran, Kieran Halloran

Respiratory Medicine. 2021 November; 10.1016/j.rmed.2021.106617

Baseline lung allograft dysfunction in primary graft dysfunction survivors after lung transplantation

Li D., Weinkauf J., Kapasi A., Hirji A., Varughese R., Lien D., Nagendran J., Halloran K.

RESPIRATORY MEDICINE. 2021 November; 188 10.1016/j.rmed.2021.106617

Successful Long-Term Outcome After Transplantation of Lungs Affected by Smoke Inhalation Injury

Moolji J., Gill I., Varughese R., Adam B., Halloran K., Weinkauf J., Lien D., Mullen J., Hirji A.

ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY. 2021 October; 114 (1):e25-e28 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.09.045

Progressive Dyspnea With Recurrent Pneumothoraces

Homer K.L., Mandziuk J., Hirji A., Barrie J., Meyer S.R., Wong E.Y.L., Puttagunta L., Halloran K.M.

CHEST. 2021 August; 160 (2):e209-e215 10.1016/j.chest.2021.03.052

Atelectasis in primary graft dysfunction survivors after lung transplantation

David Li, Jonathan Abele, Justin Weinkauf, Ali Kapasi, Alim Hirji, Rhea Varughese, Jayan Nagendran, Dale Lien, Karen Doucette, Kieran Halloran

Clinical Transplantation. 2021 July; 10.1111/ctr.14315

Atelectasis in primary graft dysfunction survivors after lung transplantation

Li D., Abele J., Weinkauf J., Kapasi A., Hirji A., Varughese R., Nagendran J., Lien D., Doucette K., Halloran K.

CLINICAL TRANSPLANTATION. 2021 July; 35 (7) 10.1111/ctr.14315

Assessing the efficacy and safety of hydroxychloroquine as outpatient treatment of COVID-19: a randomized controlled trial

Ilan Schwartz 1, Mari E Boesen 1, Graziela Cerchiaro 1, Craig Doram 1, Brett D Edwards 1, Aravind Ganesh 1, Jamie Greenfield 1, Scott Jamieson 1, Vikram Karnik 1, Carol Kenney 1, Rachel Lim 1, Bijoy K Menon 1, Kwadwo Mponponsuo 1, Sarah Rathwell 1, Karla J Ryckborst 1, Breanne Stewart 1, Maryna Yaskina 1, Luanne Metz 1, Lawrence Richer 1, Michael D Hill 2, ALBERTA HOPE COVID-19 Collaborators

CMAJ Open. 2021 June; 9 (2):E693-E702 10.9778/cmajo.20210069

Hospitalization status at time of lung transplant for interstitial lung disease does not affect post transplant outcomes

ISHLT. 2021 April; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healun.2021.01.1026

Atelectasis in primary graft dysfunction survivors after lung transplantation

Li D., Abele J., Weinkauf J., Kapasi A., Hirji A., Varughese R., Nagendran J., Lien D., Doucette K., Halloran K.

CLINICAL TRANSPLANTATION. 2021 April; 35 (7) 10.1111/ctr.14315

Diagnostic yield and impact of bronchoscopy in patients with a hematological malignancy or hematopoietic stem cell transplant presenting with pulmonary complications.

ATS. 2021 April; Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2021;203:A3860

Torque Teno Virus as a Predictor of Cytomegalovirus Infection Post-Lung Transplantation

ISHLT. 2021 April;

Systemic Corticosteroids and Lung Function Recovery after Respiratory Viral Infection in Lung Transplant Recipients

ISHLT. 2021 April; 10.1016/j.healun.2021.01.957

Rare Case of Neutrophilic Dermatosis in Lung Transplant Recipient

ISHLT. 2021 April;

Prognostic Significance of Asymptomatic Pulmonary Embolism on Routine Ventilation-Perfusion Scans after Lung Transplantation

ISHLT. 2021 April;

Prognostic implications of abnormal left-right lung perfusion differential on routine post-transplant ventilation-perfusion scans

ISHLT. 2021 April;

High immunologic risk lung transplantation using risk stratified induction

ISHLT. 2021 April;

Chest X-ray Sizing for Lung Transplants Reflects Pulmonary Diagnosis and Body Composition and Is Associated with Primary Graft Dysfunction Risk

Li D., Weinkauf J., Hirji A., Nagendran J., Kapasi A., Lien D., Halloran K.

TRANSPLANTATION. 2021 February; 105 (2):382-389 10.1097/TP.0000000000003238

Molecular T-cell?mediated rejection in transbronchial and mucosal lung transplant biopsies is associated with future risk of graft loss

Halloran K., Parkes M.D., Timofte I., Snell G., Westall G., Havlin J., Lischke R., Hachem R., Kreisel D., Levine D., Kubisa B., Piotrowska M., Juvet S., Keshavjee S., Jaksch P., Klepetko W., Hirji A., Weinkauf J., Halloran P.F.

JOURNAL OF HEART AND LUNG TRANSPLANTATION. 2020 December; 39 (12):1327-1337 10.1016/j.healun.2020.08.013

Azithromycin prophylaxis after lung transplantation is associated with improved overall survival

Li D., Duan Q., Weinkauf J., Kapasi A., Varughese R., Hirji A., Lien D., Meyer S., Laing B., Nagendran J., Halloran K.

JOURNAL OF HEART AND LUNG TRANSPLANTATION. 2020 December; 39 (12):1426-1434 10.1016/j.healun.2020.09.006

Clinical transplantation using negative pressure ventilation ex situ lung perfusion with extended criteria donor lungs

Max T. Buchko, Nasim Boroumand, Jeffrey C. Cheng, Alim Hirji, Kieran Halloran, Darren H. Freed, Jayan Nagendran

Nature Communications. 2020 November; 10.1038/s41467-020-19581-4

Clinical transplantation using negative pressure ventilation ex situ lung perfusion with extended criteria donor lungs

Buchko M.T., Boroumand N., Cheng J.C., Hirji A., Halloran K., Freed D.H., Nagendran J.

Nature Communications. 2020 November; 11 (1) 10.1038/s41467-020-19581-4

Clinical judgment versus lung allocation score in predicting lung transplant waitlist mortality

Alim Hirji, Hedi Zhao, Maria B. Ospina, Jesus S. Lomelin, Kieran Halloran, Matthew Hubert, John Yee, Dale C. Lien, Robert D. Levy, Lianne G. Singer

Clinical Transplantation. 2020 July; 10.1111/ctr.13870

Elevated pre-transplant left ventricular end-diastolic pressure increases primary graft dysfunction risk in double lung transplant recipients

David Li, Justin Weinkauf, Alim Hirji, Ali Kapasi, Dale Lien, Jayan Nagendran, Daniel Kim, Justin Ezekowitz, Kieran Halloran

The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2019 July; 10.1016/j.healun.2019.02.010

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