• Portrait of Dr. Rizwan Manji
  • Associate professor

    Max Rady College of Medicine
    Department of Surgery
    Asper Clinical Research Institute
    St. Boniface General Hospital
    CR3014 — 369 Tache Avenue
    Winnipeg, Manitoba, R2H 2A6

    Phone: 204-258-1031
    Fax: 204-231-4624
    rmanji@sbgh.mb.ca

  • Research summary

    Dr. Manji’s research focusses on outcome studies in patients post cardiac surgery including those with prolonged length of stay, heparin induced thrombocytopenia and seizures using a large clinical and administrative database.

    Dr. Manji also does basic science research looking at the role of the immune response in the failure of bioprosthetic heart valves and the role of the immune response in causing aortic stenosis.

    He has also done research work related to cardiovascular disease in low-middle income countries.

    His interests include cognitive overload/brain biology leading to medical error and burnout.

  • Research affiliations

    Cardiovascular Health Research Outcomes in Manitoba

    Translink FP7 Europe

Biography

Dr. Manji completed his MD, PhD and cardiac surgery training at the University of Alberta followed by his critical care training and MBA at UM. Dr. Manji practices critical care medicine and does research in the areas mentioned under research summary. Dr. Manji is part of the surgery department’s quality improvement/innovation and implementation committee and also serves as a reviewer for many journals as well as grant committees.

  • Education

    Master of Business Administration, University of Manitoba (2008)

    Fellow of Royal College of Physicians of Canada (critical care medicine), University of Manitoba (2007)

    Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons of Canada (cardiac surgery), University of Alberta (2005)

    PhD (experimental surgery), University of Alberta (2001)

    Doctor of Medicine (honours, research), University of Alberta (1995)

  • Awards

    Citation Finalist, Society of Critical Care Medicine Annual Meeting (2011)

    Archer Daniels Midland Fellowship, I.H. Asper School of Business, University of Manitoba (2006)

    Postgraduate Medical Publication Research Prize, University of Alberta (2005)

Contact us

Surgery
Max Rady College of Medicine
AE101-820 Sherbrook Street
University of Manitoba (Bannatyne campus)
Winnipeg, MB R3A 1R9 Canada

204-787-4587
204-787-1485
204-787-4884