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University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada, R3T 2N2
Max Rady College of Medicine
Pediatrics and Child Health
Section of Pediatric Gastroenterology
Room AE 408 - 671 William Avenue
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3E 0W2
Phone: 204-787-1039
Fax: 204-787-1450
welmatary@hsc.mb.ca
Dr. Wael El-Matary is a professor and research scientist at the Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, with a focus on pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
He is the founder of the Manitoba Ambi-directional Longitudinal Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Cohort Study (MALPID Study), which aims to assess epidemiology, clinical characteristics, and outcomes of children with IBD.
He has over 150 peer-reviewed publications and research affiliations with multiple groups including the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research and Clinical Center, University of Manitoba, Western Canadian Inflammatory Bowel Disease Group, The GEM Project (Gene, Environment and Microbiome) Investigator group, Canadian Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Network, The Canadian Gastrointestinal Epidemiology Consortium, The International Consortium of Pediatric Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis Outcomes Study, Canadian Institutes of Health Research SPOR Team, and Canadian Association of Gastroenterology Intestinal Ultrasound Group.
His research interests include clinical, epidemiological and translational aspects of IBD in children, and quality improvement in pediatric IBD.
Dr. Wael El-Matary was appointed as the section head of pediatric gastroenterology at the Max Rady College of Medicine in 2011.
Before this, he completed his graduate training in pediatric gastroenterology in the United Kingdom from 1998 to 2005, including two years of clinical research (MD) at the University of Bristol (2000-2001), followed by a clinical fellowship at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto (2005-2006).
During his tenure at the University of Alberta as an assistant professor of pediatrics (2007-2010), he completed training in clinical epidemiology (MSc) and worked as a consultant pediatric gastroenterologist at the Royal Liverpool Children’s Hospital (Alder Hey, 2010-2011), Liverpool, United Kingdom, before joining the faculty at the University of Manitoba in 2011.
Dr.El-Matary is the founder of the Manitoba Ambi-directional Longitudinal Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Cohort Study (MALPID Study) which aims to assess epidemiology, clinical characteristics, and outcomes of children with IBD.
He has over 150 peer-reviewed publications and research affiliations with multiple groups including the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research and Clinical Center, University of Manitoba, Western Canadian Inflammatory Bowel Disease Group, The GEM Project (Gene, Environment and Microbiome) Investigator group, Canadian Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Network, The Canadian Gastrointestinal Epidemiology Consortium, The International Consortium of Pediatric Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis Outcomes Study, Canadian Institutes of Health Research SPOR Team, and Canadian Association of Gastroenterology Intestinal Ultrasound Group.
His research interests include clinical, epidemiological, and translational aspects of IBD in children, and quality improvement in pediatric IBD.
Certification in intestinal ultrasound (3 modules), International Group of Intestinal Ultrasound (2019)
Master of Science, clinical epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alberta (2012)
Doctorate of Medicine, University of Bristol, United Kingdom (2002)
Diploma in Clinical Nutrition, Royal College of Pediatric and Child Health, London, United Kingdom (2007)
Master of Science, clinical pediatrics, University of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt (1995)
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, University of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt (1990)
Honouree, Crohn’s and Colitis Canada, Winnipeg Chapter (2019)
Poster of Distinction – El-Matary W, Nugent Z, Yu NB, Lix L, Targownik L, Bernstein CN, Singh H., "Trends and predictors of Clostridium difficile infection in children: a population-based study." Digestive Disease Week (DDW), Washington DC, June 2018. (2018)
Poster of Distinction – El-Matary W, Nugent Z, Yu NB, Lix L, Targownik L, Bernstein CN, Singh H., "Trends and predictors of Clostridium difficile infection in children: a population-based study." Canadian Digestive Disease Week (CDDW), Toronto, February 2018. (2018)
Poster of Distinction – El-Matary W, Moroz P, Bernstein CN, "The epidemiology of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in children of Manitoba: 30 years' experience." European Crohn’s and Colitis Organization Annual Meeting, Copenhagen. (2014)
Pediatrics and Child Health
CE-208 Children's Hospital, Health Sciences Centre
840 Sherbrook Street
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB R3A 1S1 Canada
