Jay S. Keystone MD

Jay S. Keystone, MD, MSc FRCPC , is a professor of medicine, Department of Medicine, a senior staff physician in the Tropical Disease Unit , Toronto General Hospital and the director of Medisys Travel and adult Immunization Clinic, Toronto.

Dr. Keystone received his medical degree from the University of Toronto where he was awarded the Cody gold medal (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 later completed postgraduate work, receiving his Master’s degree in clinical tropical medicine at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He carried out field work in subsaharan Africa and South America before returning to Toronto to become the Director of the Tropical Disease Unit at Toronto General Hospital in 1997.

Dr. Keystone has received numerous honors and has held medical society positions worldwide. In 2008, he received the Ben Kean Medal from the American Society of Tropical Medicine for his longstanding contributions to medical education and mentorship. He is the past president of the International Society of Travel Medicine, the clinical division 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 and some not-so-distinguished international journals. Dr. Keystone is a renowned lecturer in the fields of travel and tropical medicine . He has received numerous teaching awards for his presentation skills including the Faculty of Medicine’s Colin Woolf award for excellence in continuing medical education. It is worth noting that he has spoken on several different continents and has been incontinent .

His research interests are in leprosy, travelers’ diarrhea, delusional parasitosis and travelers’ health. Most of his field research was 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 rollerblades.