Shahrzad Joharifard
MD, BA, MPH
Investigator and Pediatric Surgeon, BC Children's Hospital
Human Resources for Health
Catherine Binda and Rachel Livergant and Jamie Tersago and Zainab Jami and Le Qi Chen and Leah Birch and Chloe Blackman and Esther Chin and Hannah Wild and Emilie Joos and Shahrzad Joharifard
DOI: 10.1186/s12960-026-01056-003 / 2026
International Journal of Surgery: Global Health
Irena Zivkovic and Davy Lau and Jayd Adams and Chloe Blackman and Rachel Livergant and Catherine Binda and Marisa Dorling and Shahrzad Joharifard and Emilie Joos
DOI: 10.1097/gh9.000000000000062003 / 2026
Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Frances Scheepers and Sela Grays and Amanpreet Brar and Marianne Vidler and Shahrzad Joharifard
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2026.16299702 / 2026
Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Peter R.A. Malik and Julia Haehl and Rachel Livergant and Lukas Shum-Tim and Kayoung Heo and Andreas Lindner and Oliver Muensterer and Shahrzad Joharifard
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2026.16295501 / 2026
Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Shaily Brahmbhatt and Sima Zakani and Eric Greaney and Chelsea Stunden and Daniel Rosenbaum and John Jacob and Shahrzad Joharifard
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2026.16296701 / 2026
Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Sacha Williams and Natasha Bejjani and Elena Guadagno and Robert Baird and Shahrzad Joharifard and Melanie Morris and Robin Petroze and Dan Poenaru and Sherif Emil
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2026.16296501 / 2026
JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC SURGERY CASE REPORTS
DOI: 10.1016/J.EPSC.2026.103213JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC SURGERY
DOI: 10.1016/J.JPEDSURG.2025.162521Cureus
Shum-Tim L and Desaigoudar V and Mashat A and Hsiao H and Malik PRA and Malone KR and Abdalla MH and Rajagopalan S and Mourad N and Bos C and Joos E and Joharifard S
DOI: 10.7759/cureus.95585 PubMed: 4132275210 / 2025
Annals of Surgery
Abeza, M.A. and Agarwal, J. and Alayande, B.T. and Alonso, N. and Amson, H.J. and Assadi, R. and Augustin, S. and Awedew, A.F. and Ayana, B.A. and Baldan, M. and Banda, M. and Benjamin, D. and Bitew, A.A. and Cherian, M.N. and Chigwede, M. and Contini, S. and Courthaudon, E. and Crawford, A.M. and Cunningham, C. and Dauphin, A. and Deng, M.D.A. and Dsouza, R.J. and Edgcombe, H. and Emil, S. and Fabiano, S. and Falk, R. and Fofanah, T. and Junior, M.A.F.R. and Francius, A.E. and Gashaw, Z.M. and Gemechu, N. and Giannou, C. and Hewitt-Smith, A. and Kanmounye, U.S. and Kumwenda, W. and Lakhoo, K. and Ferreira, J.L. and Mahmoodi, M. and Maoate, K. and Mcleod, E. and Meara, J.G. and Millien, C. and Muhorakeye, F. and Baleka, A.M. and Nataraja, R.M. and Ndayishiimye, T. and Mukundwa, P.N. and Nyiramahirwe, A. and Okelo, S. and Pathak, M. and Petroze, R.T. and Poenaru, D. and Roesch, M. and Sonenthal, P. and Teklemariam, T.L. and Temesgen, W.B. and Vasco, M. and Virk, R. and Watters, D.A. and Wetzig, N.R. and Zuze, B. and Hilzenrat, R.A. and Livergant, R. and Binda, C.J. and Adams, J. and Joos, E. and Joharifard, S. and Chin, E. and Haji, F.
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000006905JOURNAL OF SURGICAL EDUCATION
DOI: 10.1016/J.JSURG.2025.103592British Columbia Medical Journal
Hunter, O.F. and Luthra, S. and Souaiaia, T. and Kroeker, J. and Joos, E. and Joharifard, S.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Vayalikunnel, R. and Zanotto Manoel, P. and Zanotto Manoel, A. and Jeyakumar, M. and Chen, L.Q. and Jeyakumar, R. and Balmes, P. and Lalande, A. and MacNeill, A.J. and Joharifard, S. and Joos, E.
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph22101545JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC SURGERY
DOI: 10.1016/J.JPEDSURG.2025.162183JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC SURGERY
DOI: 10.1016/J.JPEDSURG.2025.162227GLOBAL SURGICAL EDUCATION - JOURNAL OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR SURGICAL EDUCATION
DOI: 10.1007/S44186-025-00416-ZAMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE
DOI: 10.4269/AJTMH.25-0033Annals of Surgical Oncology
Tracy, E.T. and Engwall, A. and Brown, E.G. and Sun, R.C. and Walther, A. and Beckhorn, C.B. and Lal, D. and Rothstein, D.H. and Roach, J. and Cost, N. and Rich, B.S. and Ehrlich, P.F. and Aldrink, J.H. and Rodeberg, D. and Allen-Rhoades, W. and Venkatramani, R. and Malogolowkin, M. and Wagner, L. and Foster, J. and Geller, J. and Alvarez, E. and Linardic, C. and Weiss, A. and Polites, S. and Joharifard, S. and McDuffie, L. and Diaz-Miron, J. and Gulack, B. and Craig, B. and Javid, P. and Petrosyan, M. and Berman, L. and Lovvorn, H. and Mak, G. and Diesen, D. and Notrica, D. and Lillehei, C. and Nwomeh, B. and Olson, R. and Adibe, O. and Gonzalez, K. and Reynolds, E. and Vasudevan, S. and Dasgupta, R. and Shamberger, R. and Kotagal, M. and Gow, K. and Weil, B. and Davidoff, A.
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-025-17335-4JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC SURGERY CASE REPORTS
DOI: 10.1016/J.EPSC.2025.103079JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC SURGERY
DOI: 10.1016/J.JPEDSURG.2025.162232JOURNAL OF SURGICAL EDUCATION
DOI: 10.1016/J.JSURG.2023.11.004WORLD JOURNAL FOR PEDIATRIC AND CONGENITAL HEART SURGERY
DOI: 10.1177/21501351231204328British Columbia Medical Journal
McDonald, B. and Livergant, R.J. and Binda, C.J. and Luthra, S. and Balmes, P. and Moti, M. and Galbraith, L. and Falk, R. and Ebert, N. and Joharifard, S. and Joos, E.
3D PRINTING IN MEDICINE
DOI: 10.1186/S41205-023-00198-4ANNALS OF SURGERY
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000006058PLOS GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH
DOI: 10.1371/JOURNAL.PGPH.0001805SURGERIES
DOI: 10.3390/SURGERIES4020019JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC SURGERY
DOI: 10.1016/J.JPEDSURG.2023.01.031PEDIATRIC SURGERY INTERNATIONAL
DOI: 10.1007/S00383-023-05377-2ANNALS OF SURGERY
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000004579JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC SURGERY
DOI: 10.1016/J.JPEDSURG.2021.06.011CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL
DOI: 10.1503/CMAJ.211128-FJOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC SURGERY
DOI: 10.1016/J.JPEDSURG.2021.09.022JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC SURGERY
DOI: 10.1016/J.JPEDSURG.2021.09.014CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL
DOI: 10.1503/CMAJ.211128PEDIATRIC SURGERY INTERNATIONAL
DOI: 10.1007/S00383-022-05117-YJournal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports
Shin Miyata and Shahrzad Joharifard and Hussein Wissanji and Maeve O'Neill Trudeau and Mona Beaunoyer and Michel Lallier
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsc.2020.10177002 / 2021
HPHR Journal
Oluwatomilayo Daodu and Shahrzad Joharifard
DOI: 10.54111/0001/FF9EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC SURGERY REPORTS
DOI: 10.1055/S-0041-1723019LANCET
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00767-4EJVES VASCULAR FORUM
DOI: 10.1016/J.EJVSVF.2021.06.007WORLD JOURNAL OF SURGERY
DOI: 10.1007/S00268-019-05277-4PEDIATRIC SURGERY INTERNATIONAL
DOI: 10.1007/S00383-020-04696-YCANADIAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY
DOI: 10.1503/CJS.004719JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC SURGERY
DOI: 10.1016/J.JPEDSURG.2017.01.012WORLD JOURNAL OF SURGERY
DOI: 10.1007/S00268-014-2544-9PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000001101AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY
DOI: 10.1016/J.AMJSURG.2013.02.007INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGY & OBSTETRICS
DOI: 10.1016/J.IJGO.2012.07.031WORLD JOURNAL OF SURGERY
DOI: 10.1007/S00268-013-1996-7SURGERY
DOI: 10.1016/J.SURG.2012.10.001INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGY & OBSTETRICS
DOI: 10.1016/J.IJGO.2011.09.025BMC PUBLIC HEALTH
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-10491) The development and implementation of the Vital Surgery Training Program, an 18-month task-sharing program that equips non-specialist doctors working in conflict and post-conflict settings with essential surgical skills through a hybrid curriculum of online modules and hands-on training.
2) Family experiences with sham-feeding for neonates with long-gap esophageal atresia.
3) The development and validation a 3D-printed simulator for the training of open and laparoscopic pediatric inguinal hernia repair (in conjunction with the UBC Digital Lab).
4) The development and validation a 3D-printed low-cost simulator for the training of neonatal laparotomy and repair of small bowel atresia (in conjunction with UBC Engineers in Scrubs).
5) The utility of 3D imaging and printing in the treatment of pediatric thoraco-abdominal tumours (in conjunction with the UBC Digital Lab).
Transformational Investment Capacity (TIC), Médecins Sans Frontières. $95,800 grant to expand and decentralize surgical capacity in the Central African Republic by training physician-surgeons.
Research Award, UBC School of Biomedical Engineering. $15,000 grant for the development and validation of a 3D-printed neonatal bowel resection, anastomosis, and stoma creation simulator.
International Development, Aid, and Collaboration (IDAC), Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. $90,000 grant for the implementation of Essential Surgical Skills training in South Sudan and the Central African Republic.
Continuous Learning Advancement Fund (CLAF), UBC Faculty of Medicine. $53,540 grant for the development of the foundation phase of the Essential Surgical Skills curriculum.
UBC New Faculty Research Award, University of British Columbia, August 2022. $10,000 grant to develop a pediatric surgery inguinal hernia simulator.
UBC Strategic Investment Fund Grant, University of British Columbia, February 2022. $209,510 grant for the development of the activities of the Global Surgery Lab, co-directed with Dr. Emilie Joos.
Evidence to Innovation Seed Grant, British Columbia Children’s Hospital Research Institute. $10,000 grant for a prospective study investigating the utility of three-dimensional modelling and printing in perioperative planning and patient education in pediatric thoracoabdominal tumors.
Dr. R.J. Johnson Early-Career Investigator Award, University of British Columbia, Department of Surgery, November 2024. Award given to an early career surgeon-scientist in the Department of Surgery with outstanding research achievements.
Liste d’Honneur de la Doyenne, Université de Montréal, 2020. Awarded a place on the Dean’s Honour’s List, a notation given to fewer than 10% of post-graduate medical education graduates
Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Award, Partners in Health, July 2018. Award given to the employee deemed to have made the most significant contribution to patient safety and quality improvement
Travelling Fellow Scholarship, Canadian Association of Pediatric Surgeons, November 2019. $2000 grant given to a trainee in a Canadian pediatric surgery fellowship to provide additional clinical learning opportunities
Dr. Fang-Ching Sun Memorial Award, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, May 2020. Award given to an outstanding graduating student who is dedicated to promoting the health of vulnerable people ($3,000 prize)
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