Professor
Max Rady College of Medicine
Internal Medicine
ON2081 - 675 McDermot Avenue
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB, R3E 0V9
Phone: 204-787-1340
Fax: 204-786-0196
ebow@cancercare.mb.ca
Eric Bow, MD, MSc., D. Bacteriol., FRCPC, FIDSA
Cross appointments
Holds cross appointments with:
Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Department of Medical Oncology and Haematology, CancerCare Manitoba
Research achievements
Research themes
Infections in cancer patients
Research interests
- Central Venous Access Device related infections and thrombotic complications
- Infection prevention and central strategies in ambulatory cancer populations
- Patient-driven hand hygiene compliance monitoring
- Prevention and management of bacterial and fungal infections in neutropaenic cancer patients
Research affiliations
Research affiliations include:
Keywords
- Fungal infections
- Hand hygiene
- Infection prevention
- Infectious Diseases
Biography
Dr. Bow is a professor of internal medicine and medical microbiology at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg.
He was recruited to CancerCare Manitoba and the University of Manitoba in 1982 as an infectious diseases physician, infection prevention and control consultant and hematologist/oncologist with special clinical and research interests in the infectious diseases of cancer patients and in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
He provides clinical consultation services for oncology and transplant infectious diseases at CancerCare Manitoba and to the Health Sciences Centre (HSC), Winnipeg.
In addition, he attends on the surgical and medical infectious disease consultation at the Health Sciences Centre.
Dr. Bow is actively engaged in clinical practice guideline development for the management of the febrile neutropenia patient provincially and internationally with the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
He also is an active member of the Mycoses Study Group-Education, Research consortium promoting research in clinical mycology.
He is a primary investigator for a number of local clinical trials on the prevention and treatment of invasive aspergillosis in stem cell transplantation.
Education
Fellow, Infectious Diseases, University of Manitoba (1982)
Post-Graduate Medicine, McMaster University (1980)
Undergraduate Medicine, University of Calgary (1976)
Awards
Hematology/Oncology Grand Rounds Best Presentation Award (2019)
Individual Award of Excellence in appreciation of Clinical Service Excellence, Department of Medical Oncology & Hematology, CancerCare Manitoba (2017)
Academic Year Teaching Award, Manitoba Medical Students’ Association (2016)
Clinical Infectious Diseases Award for Outstanding Review (2010)
Clinical Infectious Diseases Award for Outstanding Review (2008)
Clinical Infectious Diseases Award for Outstanding Review (2005)
Difco Award in Microbiology, Department of Microbiology, School of Hygiene, University of Toronto (1972)
Contact us
Internal Medicine
Room GC430, Health Sciences Centre
820 Sherbrook Street
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB R3A 1R9 Canada
204-787-7772
204-787-4826