Farzana Sayani

Farzana Sayani, MD MSc FRCPC, is an adult hematologist with expertise in thalassemia and sickle cell disease. Dr. Sayani 
attended the University of Calgary, for medical school, completed residency and fellowship training at the Universities of 
Calgary and Alberta, and completed a Hemoglobinopathy fellowship at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. She has a 
Master’s Degree in Haemoglobinopathies from University College London. From 2012 to 2024, she was the founding director of 
the Penn Comprehensive Adult Thalassemia and the Penn Comprehensive Sickle Cell Programs at the University of 
Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. She is currently Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine Temerty Faculty of Medicine, 
and the Medical Director of the Red Blood Cell Disorder Program at University Health Network. Her main areas of interest are 
the clinical care and study of adult complications of sickle cell disease and thalassemia, complications of iron overload, pediatric 
to adult transition, fertility and pregnancy in hemoglobinopathies, and quality improvement in delivery of comprehensive 
clinical care.