Dr. Shamir Chandarana completed Medical School and Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery residency training at University of Western Ontario in London, Canada. He then pursued a 2-year fellowship in Head and Neck Cancer Surgery and Microvascular Reconstruction at the University of Michigan. Concurrently he completed a Masters in Public Health. In 2010, Shamir received an appointment with the Divisions of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Surgical Oncology at the University of Calgary and is a core member of the Head and Neck Surgery Program. From 2016 – 2022 he was the Co-chair of the Provincial Head and Neck Cancer Tumor Team. This team oversees the delivery of Head and Neck Cancer treatment for the province of Alberta, Canada. In 2022, Shamir was appointed City-wide Divisional Chief for Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, overseeing delivery of health care as it relates to Otolaryngology within the city of Calgary.
He enjoys a busy practice focused on head and neck cancer surgery, thyroid/parathyroid surgery, and reconstructive surgery. His nationally funded research includes a focus on provision of health services, evaluating pathways and transitions in care for patients with head and neck cancer, as well as practice pattern variation in the management of thyroid cancer. He is also the site co-PI for a national multi-centre active surveillance trial for low-risk papillary thyroid cancer, and is investigating the impact of ethnicity on outcomes in oral cancer.