Yasin Khan, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor

Education & Affiliations
Biography
Dr. Yasin Khan was born and raised in Canada. He graduated from the University of Toronto, where he earned his Honours Bachelor of Science and subsequently received his Doctor of Medicine from Saba University. He then joined Johns Hopkins University as a post-doctoral research fellow at the Center for Nanomedicine, where he stayed on as a Faculty Research Associate before resuming his clinical training. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine and his clinical fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Louisiana State University. While at LSU, Dr. Khan received the William J. Gandolini Memorial Fellowship Award for research in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). After his fellowship in New Orleans, Dr. Khan returned to the University of Toronto and joined the Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care, where he gained additional training and experience in advanced and subspeciality critical care medicine. He is currently completing his PhD in Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research from the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto.
Dr. Khan joined the Faculty of Tulane University as an Assistant Professor and Physician Scientist in February 2022. His clinical interests include the management of acute hypoxic respiratory failure (AHRF) and ARDS, mechanical ventilation, and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. He practices critical care and pulmonary medicine at University Medical Center New Orleans. Dr. Khan’s methodologic areas of interest include observational research and clinical epidemiology. His research is focussed on the management of AHRF and understanding how this broader syndrome is related to ARDS. He is investigating how mechanical strategies for ARDS can be extrapolated to patients with AHRF and the clinical outcomes associated with this approach. For this research, Dr. Khan has earned a position as a scholar in the Tulane University Dean’s Faculty Physician Scientist Pipeline Program.
Research
Yasin’s research focuses on managing acute hypoxemic respiratory failure (AHRF) and understanding how this broader syndrome is related to ARDS. His projects will investigate how mechanical ventilation strategies for ARDS can be extrapolated to patients with AHRF and the clinical outcomes associated with this approach. He is also interested in clinical and cost-effectiveness decision modeling to help optimize the delivery of evidence-based mechanical ventilation to critically ill patients with AHRF.
Contributions
View Dr. Khan's publications at his PubMed page.
Awards & Accomplishments
Conferred Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Clinical Epidemiology
Dr. Yasin Khan was conferred his Doctor of Philosophy degree in the field of Clinical Epidemiology from the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (IHPME) at the University of Toronto. This is an especially notable accomplishment as the IHPME is ranked among the top ten healthcare research training programs globally, and the University of Toronto is ranked second in the world for health sciences research. Under the tutelage of some of the leaders in critical care research, Dr. Khan completed a thesis that examined the impacts of different ventilatory strategies for acute hypoxemic respiratory failure. His research provides important insights on how best to care for these patients, who account for more than a third of ICU admissions, and how to improve the delivery of evidence-based ventilation approaches in the ICU. During his graduate studies, Dr. Khan received the Critical Care Research Fellowship Award from University Health Network in Toronto and grant funding from the Provincial Government of Ontario, along with support from Tulane's PSPP.
Attending Physician of the Quarter
Dr. Yasin Khan, Assistant Professor in the Section of Pulmonary Diseases, Critical Care, and Environmental Medicine, was recognized by University Medical Center, LCMC Health, as Attending Physician of the Quarter for the 1st quarter of the year. In addition to being an outstanding critical care specialist, he is widely recognized in our region for his expertise in ECMO – extracorporeal membrane oxygenation that allows for life-sustaining support for patients with cardiorespiratory failure.
Selection for Tulane Physician Scientist Pipeline Award
This terrific achievement will undoubtedly help advance Yasin’s research efforts at Tulane.