Rahima Bhanji

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Medicine Dept

Contact

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Medicine Dept
Email
rbhanji@ualberta.ca
Phone
(780) 492-2235

Overview

Area of Study / Keywords

Immunosuppression Metabolic syndrome Sex-based outcomes Sarcopenia Frailty


About

Rahima A. Bhanji, MD, MSc, FRCPC went to medical school at the University of Alberta. She received her training in Internal medicine, Gastroenterology, and Hepatology at the University of Alberta. Her training in Hepatology was supported by Canadian Association for the Study of the Liver Clinical Fellowship.  She then completed  an advanced Transplant Hepatology Research Fellowship at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, USA. Rahima Bhanji also holds a Master’s degree in Epidemiology from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. In January 2018, she was appointed as the Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Alberta. She is a consultant in gastroenterology and hepatology.

Dr. Bhanji provides clinical care for patients with chronic liver disease and end-stage liver disease needing liver transplantation and post-transplant care.

Areas of clinical expertise include:

  • Managing patients with end-stage liver disease
  • Providing care after liver transplantation
  • Improving long-term outcomes after liver transplantation, including complications related to immunosuppression, metabolic abnormalities, renal dysfunction and cardiovascular disease

Dr. Bhanji holds an administrative position in the Liver transplant Center at the University of Alberta. She is active in teaching and mentoring trainees at various levels and has published numerous papers in high-impact scientific journals.

Dr. Bhanji allocates 30 percent of her time to research. Her research interest lies in the field of liver transplantation. Her goals are to provide health care through disease prevention, creation of strategies to improve outcomes, early detection of and appropriate management of disease recurrence after liver transplantation.

Featured Publications

Tandon P., Purdy G., Ismond K.P., Cruz C., Etruw E., Suderman K., Hyde A., Stickland M., Spence J.C., Lien D.C., Bhanji R., Prado C.M., Cruz A.M., Joy A.A., Yaskina M., Round J., Harback K., Padwal R., McNeely M.L.

Contemporary Clinical Trials. 2022 July; 118 10.1016/j.cct.2022.106791


Tandon P., Purdy G., Ismond K.P., Cruz C., Etruw E., Suderman K., Hyde A., Stickland M., Spence J.C., Lien D.C., Bhanji R., Prado C.M., Cruz A.M., Joy A.A., Yaskina M., Round J., Harback K., Padwal R., McNeely M.L.

Contemp Clin Trials.. 2022 July; 118 10.1016/j.cct.2022.106791


Chiang D., Dingle T.C., Belga S., Kabbani D., Bhanji R.A., Walter J., Abraldes J.G., Cervera C.

Transpl Infect Dis.. 2022 June; 24 (3) 10.1111/tid.13821


Prolonged-release Tacrolimus is Associated with Reduced Cardiovascular Disease and Improved Survival Following Liver Transplantation

2022 Joint International Congress of ILTS, ELITA & LICAGE. 2022 May;


IMPACT OF DIABETES ON POST LIVER TRANSPLANT OUTCOMES

GI Research Day at University of Alberta. 2022 April;


Ebadi M., Tsien C., Bhanji R.A., Dunichand-Hoedl A.R., Rider E., Motamedrad M., Mazurak V.C., Baracos V., Montano-Loza A.J.

Cells. 2022 April; 11 (7) 10.3390/cells11071216


Ebadi M., Tsien C., Bhanji R.A., Dunichand-Hoedl A.R., Rider E., Motamedrad M., Mazurak V.C., Baracos V., Montano-Loza A.J.

Cells. 2022 April; 11 (8) 10.3390/cells11081345


Singh N., Ma M., Montano-Loza A.J., Bhanji R.A.

World Journal of Hepatology. 2022 February; 14 (2):456-463 10.4254/wjh.v14.i2.456


Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology. 2022 February; 10.1093/jcag/gwab049.223


Singh N., Watt K.D., Bhanji R.A.

Liver Transplantation. 2022 January; 10.1002/lt.26456


Bhanji R.A., Chow J., Ma M., Pannu N., Bain V.G., Kneteman N., Montano-Loza A.J.

Transplant International. 2021 December; 34 (12):2824-2833 10.1111/tri.14154


Ebadi M., Ip S., Bhanji R.A., Montano-Loza A.J.

Nutrients. 2021 August; 13 (9):3042 10.3390/nu13093042


J Can Assoc Gastroenterol . 2021 July; 10.1093/jcag/gwab019


Bhanji R.A., Watt K.D.

Liver Transplantation. 2021 July; 27 (7):1041-1053 10.1002/lt.26052


Bhanji R.A., Saiman Y., Watt K.D.

Clinical Liver Disease. 2021 January; 17 (1):2-5 10.1002/cld.1000


Learning from a Rare Phenomenon: Spontaneous Clearance of Hepatitis C Virus Post-Liver Transplant.

Rocky Mountain Internal Medicine conference (virtual).. 2020 November;


Ebadi M., Bhanji R.A., Dunichand-Hoedl A.R., Mazurak V.C., Baracos V.E., Montano-Loza A.J.

Nutrients. 2020 November; 12 (11):1-12 10.3390/nu12113463