Dr Karim F. Damji, MD, FRCSC, MBA
Dean, Medical College, Pakistan
Dr Damji is the Dean of the Medical College at Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan (2025 – present).
Dr Damji was the inaugural Chair for the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan (2022 – 2025).
He completed medical school at the University of British Columbia (UBC, 1987) in Vancouver, Canada, a research fellowship in Ocular Pathology at UBC (1990), residency in Ophthalmology at the University of Ottawa (1994), and a research fellowship in Ophthalmic Genetics (1995) as well as a clinical fellowship in Glaucoma at Duke University (1996) in the US. Dr Damji also holds an Executive MBA (2005) from Queen’s University, Canada.
Dr Damji was a glaucoma specialist and clinician scientist at the University of Ottawa from 1996-2008 and then moved to the University of Alberta where he was Professor from 2008-2021. He has served as residency program director at both Universities and Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences for 7 years at the University of Alberta (2014-21). Dr. Damji also served as President of the Canadian Glaucoma Society and President of the Canadian Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology.
Dr Damji’s research efforts are in the areas of stem cell therapy for glaucoma, use of technology to improve access for eye care, the benefits of microinvasive glaucoma surgery, and employing a ‘sandwich’ training model to develop glaucoma subspecialists and leaders in Sub Saharan Africa.
He has authored over 190 peer-reviewed publications and is senior editor for the Shields Textbook of Glaucoma. He holds research grants at the Univ of Alberta and continues to be affiliated there as Professor Emeritus.
Dr Damji has received awards for excellence in teaching, research, humanism, & global health.
