Pari Basharat

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Research Interests/Specializations

Autoimmune-Mediated Necrotizing Myopathy
Dermatomyositis
Inflammatory Myopathy
Polymyositis
Rheumatology

Dr. Basharat completed her Internal Medicine and Rheumatology fellowships at the University of Western Ontario in 2011 and 2013. She also completed a fellowship in Inflammatory Myopathies at Johns Hopkins University in 2014.

Dr. Basharat has a special interest in inflammatory myopathies. She runs a specialized multi-disciplinary clinic for Inflammatory Myositis bi-monthly with Dr. Shannon Venance, a neuromuscular specialist from the Department of Neurology. This clinic serves to enhance the care and assessment of patients with possible autoimmune muscle disorders. Dr. Basharat is also involved in research at the local, national and international levels in autoimmune myopathies and recently received the AMOSO Opportunities Fund Award from the Department of Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, for research in this area. She recently published a review on Autoimmune Necrotizing Myopathies and will be involved in the Canadian Inflammatory Myopathy Study Group research initiative, a national research network and database to enhance research in the area of inflammatory myopathies.