Karim M. Khan is a former sport and exercise medicine physician who served as

editor in chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The editor-in-chief heads all departments of the organization and is held account ...

of the ''

British Journal of Sports Medicine The ''British Journal of Sports Medicine'' is a twice-monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering sports science and sports medicine including sport physiotherapy. It is published by the BMJ Group. It was established in 1964 and the editor-in-c ...

'' from 2008-2020. He was awarded the

Officer of the Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an Australian honours and awards system, Australian honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Monarch ...

in 2019 for "distinguished service to sport and exercise medicine and to the promotion of physical activity for community health" and an Honorary Fellowship of the Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine (UK) in 2014. Professor Khan was born in Germany. His father (Rahim Miran-Khan) was Afghan, his mother (Ingeborg née Kallus) German. His family immigrated to Australia in 1965. Karim moved to Canada in 1997 and was hired at the

University of British Columbia The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a Public university, public research university with campuses near University of British Columbia Vancouver, Vancouver and University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, in British Columbia, Canada ...

, Vancouver, in July 2000. Currently, he is a professor at UBC and the Scientific Director of the CIHR Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis (CIHR-IMHA).

Editor of the ''British Journal of Sports Medicine''

Over the time of Karim Khan’s office as the Editor-in-Chief, the

(BJSM) rose from being 12th-ranked journal in the sports science and medicine field with an impact factor of 3.7 in 2012, increasing its impact factor each year to one of the leaders in this field. It had a 2021

impact factor The impact factor (IF) or journal impact factor (JIF) of an academic journal is a type of journal ranking. Journals with higher impact factor values are considered more prestigious or important within their field. The Impact Factor of a journa ...

of 13.8.

''Clinical Sports Medicine''

Along with Peter Brukner, Karim Khan published 5 editions of the textbook ''Brukner and Khan's Clinical Sports Medicine''. It has been described as the Bible of Sports Medicine. The quality of the authorship has been lauded for drawing leaders in the fields of

sports medicine Sports medicine is a branch of medicine that deals with physical fitness and the treatment and prevention of injuries related to sports and exercise. Although most sports teams have employed team physicians for many years, it is only since the ...

and

physiotherapy Physical therapy (PT), also known as physiotherapy, is a healthcare profession, as well as the care provided by physical therapists who promote, maintain, or restore health through patient education, physical intervention, disease preventio ...

in particular and for its multidisciplinary content.

Tendon and physical activity research

Khan played an important role in changing nomenclature of tendinitis to the preferred term of tendinopathy (or tendinosis) with the insight that the primary pathology is degenerative rather than inflammatory. He has been credited with promoting the importance of Physical Activity for general health. He has published over 350 works with over 35,000 citations and an H-index of 101.

References

External links

www.bjsm.bmj.com

Clinical Sports Medicine
* https://csm.mhmedical.com/ * {{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Karim M. Living people Australian sports physicians Officers of the Order of Australia University of Melbourne alumni Australian medical researchers Medical journal editors Academic journal editors 1960 births