Syed Ahsan Raza has an MD from Sindh Medical College - University of Karachi, and an MSc in Epidemiology from Aga Khan University in Karachi, Pakistan. He did his fellowship training in cancer research at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in Lyon, France. He is currently pursuing his PhD degree in Public Health and Epidemiology at the Université de Montréal. His research interest is on the role of helicobacter infections and environmental risk factors on gallbladder disease and cancer.