CURRICULUM VITAE
  Jay Stephen Keystone, M.D., M.Sc. (CTM), FRCPC  
 
    Jay Keystone, M.D.
Office Address: The Toronto Hospital
200 Elizabeth Street, en g-212
Toronto, Ontario M5G2C4
Tel: (416) 340-3671
Fax: (416) 595-5826
   
Education: MD, Faculty of Medicine
University of Toronto
(1964-1969) Honors
 
 
 

Dr. Keystone graduated from University of Toronto Medical School in 1969. He trained in internal medicine in Toronto and at the University of Michigan Medical Center. After obtaining his FRCPC, he studied at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine where he received his M. Sc. in Clinical Tropical Medicine in 1974. He then did field work in Africa and South America before returning to become the Director of the Tropical Disease Unit at the Toronto General Hospital from 1977 until 1997. He is Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto, Director, International Medical Graduate Program, Ontario Ministry of Health and President of the Medical Alumni Association, University of Toronto.

He is past president of the International Society of Travel Medicine, the American Committee on Clinical Tropical Medicine and Travelers' Health (of the American Society of Tropical Medicine) and the Canadian society for International Health.

Dr. Keystone's research interests are in leprosy, travelers' diarrhea, intestinal parasite, and travelers' health. Most of his field research is done in South India. His claim to fame is being the first and last attending physician to make rounds at the Toronto General Hospital on roller blades.

 
BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILE
  Dr. Jay S. Keystone is professor, Department of Medicine, and director, International Health Programs, at the University of Toronto. He is also a staff physician at the Center for Travel and Tropical Medicine, at the Toronto Hospital. Dr. Keystone received his medical degree from the University of Toronto with Honors (1964-1969). He completed his internship at Toronto General Hospital and his residency at Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto, as well as the University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor. He did postgraduate work in Clinical Tropical Medicine at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Dr. Keystone has received numerous honors and has held medical society positions worldwide. He is the past president of the International Society of Travel Medicine and the American Committee on Clinical Tropical Medicine and Travelers' Health (ACCTMTH) of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and the Canadian Society of International Health. He has served on editorial boards of Canadian and American journals, and he has been published in many distinguished international journals. Dr. Keystone is a renowned lecturer in the fields of travel and tropical medicine.