Adj Rajen Morar

Rajen Morar is a South African clinician-researcher affiliated with Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, with a longstanding focus on pulmonology and critical care. His academic work centres on sarcoidosis and complex respiratory disorders within high tuberculosis-burden settings, contributing context-specific insights to Southern African medicine.

His publications explore the clinical spectrum, comorbidities, genetic associations, and immunological mechanisms of sarcoidosis, including HLA typing, microRNA expression, and biomarkers such as chitotriosidase. This body of work advances understanding of disease pathogenesis while addressing diagnostic challenges where sarcoidosis and tuberculosis frequently overlap.

Additional studies in intensive care medicine, including myasthenia gravis and severe sepsis, reflect expertise in managing critically ill patients and evaluating outcomes in resource-constrained environments. Collectively, his research integrates molecular investigation with bedside clinical practice, strengthening respiratory and critical care scholarship in the region.