Atul Humar

Atul Humar is a Professor in the Department of Medicine, University of Toronto. Dr. Humar received his medical degree from the University of Ottawa. He completed his residency and did further training in Transplant Infectious Diseases in Toronto and Boston. Dr. Humar’s research interests are in virology with a focus on the pathogenesis of herpesvirus infections post-transplant. He is involved in both basic and clinical research assessing immunologic and virologic determinants of infection. Dr. Humar has over 200 publications in these areas. His work was integral to the development of internationally used guidelines related to the management of infections post-transplant. For example, he is the senior author of both the International Guidelines for Cytomegalovirus in transplantation and for the American Society of Transplantation guidelines related to this. Dr. Humar is the Director of the Organ Transplant Centre at the University Health Network, one of the largest transplant programs in North America, and he is Director of the University of Toronto Transplant Institute. He is the Past- President of the Canadian Society of Transplantation (CST) and is a Fellow of the American Society for Transplantation (FAST).