Dr. Shamir Chandarana enjoys a busy practice focused on head and neck cancer surgery, thyroid/parathyroid surgery, and reconstructive surgery at the University of Calgary. From 2016 – 2022 he was the Co-chair of the Provincial Head and Neck Cancer Tumor Team, which oversees the delivery of Head and Neck Cancer treatment for the province. In 2022, Shamir was appointed City-wide Divisional Chief for Otolaryngology-Head and Neck 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.